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Investigation of potential land value tax policy - options for Scotland [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The University of Reading has been appointed by the Scottish Land Commission (SLC) to conduct research to assess, with reference to international experience, the potential of land value taxation to contribute to a more productive, accountable and ...
Hughes, Cathy   +5 more
core   +9 more sources

Understanding the Diversity of Urban–Rural Fringe Development in a Fast Urbanizing Region of China

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2021
The territories between urban and rural areas, also called urban–rural fringe, commonly present inherent instability and notable heterogeneity. However, investigating the multifaceted urban–rural fringe phenomenon based on large-scale identification has ...
Guoyu Li   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Harnessing Potential: The Role of Public and Land-Grant Universities’ Commitment to Engagement

open access: yesJournal of Community Engagement and Scholarship, 2022
While many articles have been written about land-grant universities (LGUs) and their tripartite mission, the objective of this article is to place that mission within a broad historical overview of the role of engagement within LGUs, to familiarize ...
Sheila A. Martin, Douglas L. Steele
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring the Spatiotemporal Integration Evolution of the Urban Agglomeration through City Networks

open access: yesLand, 2022
Regional integration is a global trend and an integrated region consists of different cities of different sizes and functions, against which researching their organized structure is an important issue when discussing regional coordinated development. So,
Dan Su, Xiaoqian Fang, Qing Wu, Yu Cao
doaj   +1 more source

Integrating Landscape Pattern into Characterising and Optimising Ecosystem Services for Regional Sustainable Development

open access: yesLand, 2022
Humans benefit from ecosystem services (ES) and profoundly influence the ecosystem in rapid urbanisation and large-scale urban sprawl contexts, especially at the landscape level.
Yangbiao Li   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of Land Transfer on Agricultural Carbon Productivity and Its Regional Differentiation in China

open access: yesLand, 2023
Facing the realistic threat of natural environment deterioration and frequent extreme weather, improving agricultural carbon productivity has become an objective requirement for achieving the goal of double carbon and for promoting the high-quality ...
Xisheng Liao   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gestión del suelo público en Pollentia/Mallorca. Las inscripciones con la fórmula LDDD

open access: yesMayurqa, 2019
The epigraphy of Pollentia provides information on one of the functions of the local senate during the Early Roman Empire, the free cession of public land to private promoters for the dedication, at their expense, of statues as tributes to prominent ...
María Luisa Sánchez Leon
doaj   +1 more source

How urban sprawl influences eco-environmental quality: Empirical research in China by using the Spatial Durbin model

open access: yesEcological Indicators, 2021
Rapid urban sprawl in China has caused serious eco-environmental changes, and thus attracted significant attention of the international academic circles.
Danling Chen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Limiting conflicts when managing public lands for furbearer trapping and dog‐related recreation

open access: yesWildlife Society Bulletin, 2018
Resource users with different interests frequent public lands, resulting in opportunity for conflict. We examined the issue of interactions among wildlife trappers and dog owners by examining stakeholders’ socio‐demographics, land usage, concerns ...
Heather A. Triezenberg, Barbara A. Knuth
doaj   +1 more source

Participatory processes for public lands: Do provinces practice what they preach?

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2017
Here, we analyze the current spaces for public participation in Crown (public) land management through a comparative study that focuses on the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. We define spaces for public participation as opportunities
Lauren F. Miller, Solange Nadeau
doaj   +1 more source

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