Land Use Futures - State of Science Review Topics

The project has commissioned the following science reviews:

Theme

Topic

Understanding land use patterns, practices

- Spatial and proportional patterns of land use and land cover

- Present and future use of "land" below ground

Understanding physical systems and land use

- Relationship between land use and soil resource

- Land use and carbon sequestration

- Relationship between land use and water resource

- Water quality trends, future demand and supply, scarcity, distribution

- Relationship between land use and water management

The state of the natural environment

- Relationship between land use and biodiversity

- Land use and state of the natural environment

- Land use and waste management

- Land use and the coastal zone

- Land use and future of forestry

- Land use and the uplands

Behaviours and preferences

- Societal culture and attitudes about land, preferences and perceptions

- Land and space

- Preferences and ownership

Governance and control of land use

- Land use and planning

- Land use and existing policy commitments

- Land ownership patterns

- Designations and protections

- Land use, the market and other institutions

- Land use and decision-making

- Land use and Property rights

Land use, society and the economy

- Relationship between land use and demographic change

- The future of housing and homes

- Land use and the future of work

- The future of transport and infrastructure

- Logistics and infrastructure

- Land use and the political economy

- Land use and energy

- The future of recreation and tourism

- Land use and the future of mining and quarrying

Land use, agriculture and land management

- Land use and agriculture

- New technologies management techniques and impacting on land

Land use and links to important agendas

- The role of land use planning in creating communities and social cohesion

- Land use and climate change mitigation and adaptation

- Land use, health and wellbeing

- Relationship between land use and disease (including animal, plant and human)

- The future of ICT

Long science reviews

International Perspectives on Land Use

Valuation