Land Use Futures - project outputs

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Main Reports

Land Use Futures: making the most of land in the 21st century (0.7MB)
Executive summary

Land Use Futures: making the most of land in the 21st century (16.5MB)
Project final report and executive summary

Land Use Futures: making the most of land in the 21st century (15MB)
Systems maps

Evidence Reviews

As part of its evidence, the Foresight project commissioned over 35 evidence reviews. These papers have been published in a special issue of Land Use Policy journal, Volume 26. The papers are listed below and can also be accessed on the Science Direct site.

The papers are grouped into four categories. Please click on the cross next to the relevant group to view the papers.

• Land use futures—Land Use Policy journal introduction
• Overview
  • Land use change in Britain (ER1)
  • International perspectives on future land use (ER38)
  • International Perpectives on land use - Country case studies (ER39)
  • Bringing the real world into economic analyses of land use value: Incorporating spatial complexity (ER40)
• People and Land Use
  • Rural land ownership in the United Kingdom: Changing patterns and future possibilities for land use (ER17)
  • Urban land and property ownership patterns in the UK: trends and forces for change (ER16)
  • Society's attitudes to and preferences for land and landscape (ER12)
  • Perceptions about land use (ER13)
  • Space per person in the UK: A review of densities, trends, experiences and optimum levels (ER14)
  • The future of housing and homes (ER20)
  • Land ownership in the United Kingdom: Trends, preferences and future challenges (ER15)
  • Social and economic drivers of land use change in the British space economy (ER21)
  • Land use planning and health and well-being (ER30)
  • Future UK land use policy and the risk of infectious disease in humans, livestock and wild animals (ER31)
• Planning and Governance
  • Property rights, land use and the rural environment: A case for reform (ER25)
  • Conservation designations—Are they fit for purpose in the 21st century? (ER18)
  • Managing land-use change (ER19)
• Land Use and the Environment
  • Land use and climate change in the UK (ER29)
  • Land use and the state of the natural environment (ER9)
  • Land use and biodiversity relationships (ER8)
  • The future of soils and land use in the UK: Soil systems for the provision of land-based ecosystem services (ER3)
  • Land use and the coastal zone (ER10)
  • The future of the uplands (ER11)
• Resources and Services
  • Agricultural land use in the era of climate change: The challenge of finding ‘Fit for Purpose’ data (ER26)
  • Agricultural technology and land use futures: The UK case (ER27)
  • Agriculture and land use: Demand for and supply of agricultural commodities, characteristics of the farming and food industries, and implications for land use in the UK (ER28)
  • The relationship between land use and surface water resources in the UK (ER5)
  • Land use, water management and future flood risk (ER6)
  • The relationship between land use and groundwater resources and quality (ER7)
  • UK land use and soil carbon sequestration (ER4)
  • The present and future land requirements of logistical activities (ER23)
  • The present and future use of ‘land’ below ground (ER24)
  • The impact of sustainable energy production on land use in Britain through to 2050 (ER22)
  • Digging the backyard: Mining and quarrying in the UK and their impact on future land use (ER2)
  • Future play: tourism, recreation and land use (ER33)
  • The state of the natural environment - Land use and the future of forestry (ER32)

Discussion Documents

In addition, there are a number of discussion papers, workshop reports and contractual reports, which form part of the project evidence for the project. They contain a broad range of perspectives, views and opinions but are not formal evidence reviews. As such, the views expressed do not necessarily represent the views of the Government Office for Science, nor the policy of the UK Government.

• A perspective on sustainable land use (Dis1)
• Urban land market and policy failures (Dis2)
• Findings from the Rural Economy and Land Use (RELU) projects contributing to the Land Use Futures project (Dis3)
• Horizon scan of emerging issues for the Land Use Futures project (Dis4)
• Defra Land Use Project: Demonstrator Case Studies workstream (Dis5)
• Land Use Futures environmental valuation paper (Dis6)
• Report of the Scoping Workshop 28 February 2008 (Dis7)
• Report of the Scoping Workshop, 12 March 2008 (Dis8)
• Annex on Change Drivers from the Scoping Workshop Report, 12 March 2008 (Dis9)
• Report of the workshop on Framing the Systems Work, 30 October 2008(Dis10)
• Report of the 1st systems workshop, 1 December 2008 (Dis11)
• Report of the Systems Workshops, 20 January and 4 February 2009 (Dis12)
• Report of the workshop on Valuing Land, November 2008 (Dis14)
• Telling stories: Report of the scenarios workshop, 18 February 2009 (Dis15)
• Report of the discussions from the Foresight Land Use Futures Project and the North East Integrated Regional Strategy workshop, June 2009 (Dis16)
• Report of Multifunctionality of land workshop report, July 2009 (Dis17)
• Report of the workshop on Governance of the UK land system, July 2009 (Dis18)
• Report of the workshop on Land Valuation and Decision Making, July 2009 (Dis19)