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Optimal Design of Agroecological Landscape
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Optimal Design of Agroecological Landscape

A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Land Planning and Landscape Architecture".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (23 February 2023) | Viewed by 5553

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Paola Gullino

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1. Department of Agriculture, Forest and Food Sciences, University of Turin, Via Giuseppe Verdi, 8, 10124 Torino TO, Italy
2. Research Centre for Rural Development of Hilly, University of Turin, Via Giuseppe Verdi, 8, 10124 Torino TO, Italy
Interests: historical rural landscape; green areas; perception; UNESCO cultural sites and landscape design
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Dr. Federica Larcher

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Department of Agricultural, Forest, and Food Sciences, DISAFA, Ornamental Crops and Landscape Design, University of Turin, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy
Interests: landscape and urban horticulture; urban greening; parks and gardens
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

In rural landscapes, historical and traditional values are often in conflict with commercial demand and social needs. For sustainable development, it is essential to find a methodology able to conjugate ecological, cultural and historical values with socio-economic trends. From this perspective, the sustainable use of agroecosystem services is a key factor for the future.

For this Special Issue, empirical and conceptual research papers and literature reviews that provide possible solutions, best practices and shared criteria to analyze, design and manage agroecological landscapes are invited. “Optimal Design of Agroecological Landscape” will comprise a selection of papers addressing new research related to rural landscapes and green areas with a multidisciplinary approach. The Special Issue will analyze agroecological landscapes characterized by a rural matrix and peri-urban green areas in which agricultural activity is an integral part of the system.

“Optimal Design of Agroecological Landscape” will collect high-quality papers that contribute to the methodology and application of current design approaches, as well as management challenges, aimed at discussing how land governance can support the capacity to supply ecosystem services with rural landscapes.

Papers selected for this Special Issue will undergo a rigorous peer review procedure with the aim of rapidly and widely disseminating innovative research results and successful experiences. In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

  • Multiscale and multidisciplinary analysis;
  • Biodiversity and green areas;
  • Green infrastructures;
  • Agroecological landscapes;
  • Landscape analysis of historical and traditional sites;
  • Ecological sustainability of rural landscape;
  • Ecosystem services;
  • Landscape perception;
  • Inclusive and participatory land governance.

I look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Paola Gullino
Dr. Federica Larcher
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Land is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • biodiversity
  • landscape ecology
  • historical and traditional rural landscape
  • ecosystem services
  • landscape scenarios
  • landscape perception
  • land use changes

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From Uncertainties to Solutions: A Scenario-Based Framework for an Agriculture Protection Zone in Magic Valley Idaho
by Daniel Cronan, E. Jamie Trammell and Andrew Kliskey
Land 2023, 12(4), 862; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/land12040862 - 11 Apr 2023
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As growth in the western U.S. continues to lead to the development of land, pressure is being exerted on agricultural production, and could lead to the loss of prime agricultural land. A wide array of perspectives concerning agricultural protection requires a variety of [...] Read more.
As growth in the western U.S. continues to lead to the development of land, pressure is being exerted on agricultural production, and could lead to the loss of prime agricultural land. A wide array of perspectives concerning agricultural protection requires a variety of possible solutions. Diverse and plausible scenarios, driven by stakeholders, can be modeled by researchers to guide potential solutions to address key challenges within a region. This paper addresses one stakeholder-defined social-ecological system (SES) solution in the context of southern Idaho, one of the fastest-growing states in the U.S.: agricultural protection zoning. This project demonstrates a method for incorporating an Agriculture Protection Zone (APZ) within a suite of scenarios showing land protection opportunities across a range of future conditions and challenges. The results, by way of a Geodesign framework, entail suitability analyses through a series of weighted raster overlays to analyze scenario-based solutions. The suite of scenario solutions was compared to demonstrate effective proportions of the APZ. The analysis of the results, as a solution gradient, aim to inform policy makers, planners, and developers about the efficiencies of various APZ delineations as well as a methodology to demonstrate the impact of solutions based on assumptions of stakeholder-informed future scenarios. Full article
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Cultivating Agroecological Networks during the Pandemic in Argentina: A Sociomaterial Analysis
by Karin Skill, Sergio Passero and Mohsen Farhangi
Land 2022, 11(10), 1782; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/land11101782 - 13 Oct 2022
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The COVID-19 pandemic has motivated a turn towards more agroecological food production and food sovereignty. This article aims to analyze how the agroecological actor network has emerged in and around the capital of Buenos Aires and the province of Santa Fe, in Argentina, [...] Read more.
The COVID-19 pandemic has motivated a turn towards more agroecological food production and food sovereignty. This article aims to analyze how the agroecological actor network has emerged in and around the capital of Buenos Aires and the province of Santa Fe, in Argentina, during the pandemic. The research questions are: How has the agroecological actor network emerged during the pandemic in Argentina? In what ways are agroecological networks enacted through coupling and decoupling practices? The study is based on interviews with practitioners, and observations of online events. In our results, we show how the production of compost, exchange of seeds and experiences, governmental programs, and food fairs are coupled and assembled in the agroecological network. The agroecological network is decoupling from the conventional agroindustrial model with pesticides and chemical input, supermarkets, and the global food system. The conclusion is that the pandemic has worked as a crisis where the agroecological network has been expanded. Full article
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Dependence on Mountains and Water: Local Characteristics and Regeneration Patterns of Rural Industrial Heritage in China
by Xiangrui Xiong, Yanhui Wang, Melisa Pesoa-Marcilla and Joaquín Sabaté-Bel
Land 2022, 11(8), 1341; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/land11081341 - 18 Aug 2022
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In most Chinese villages, mountains and water are essential resources for human life, which residents have established close connections with through subsistence and production activities. These connections involve geographical, functional, and spiritual effects, which create the unique cultural identity of a place. As [...] Read more.
In most Chinese villages, mountains and water are essential resources for human life, which residents have established close connections with through subsistence and production activities. These connections involve geographical, functional, and spiritual effects, which create the unique cultural identity of a place. As a kind of rural heritage, rural industrial heritage is a concrete result of the interaction between local activities and mountains and water, thus presenting specific local characteristics. The conservation and re-use of rural heritage have become an important issue in global rural studies. Different cases that have been transformed and re-used are analyzed in this paper, in order to explore the influence of mountains and water on their local characteristics, the effects on their conservation and re-use in both spiritual and functional aspects, and suitable regeneration patterns based on local characteristics. Comparative analysis of 3D maps, diagrams, and literature materials indicate that: (1) mountains and water dominate rural industrial heritage geographical characteristics, including their layout, size, and form; (2) the direct or indirect supports of mountains and water, in terms of functional and spiritual aspects, have changed after regeneration, where spiritual supports are becoming increasingly important; and (3) regeneration patterns with different focuses represent new habitats combining natural and artificial landscapes, indicating new relationships that shift from the single utilization of mountain and water resources in the past to symbiosis and mutual benefits between residents, heritage, nature, and local communities in the modern context. Full article
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