This one-pager provides details on the LAND-at-scale project in Egypt. This project is implemented by GIZ Egypt, and financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs via the Netherlands Enterprise & Development Agency (RVO). 

Background and context
With the decentralization processes underway in most countries of the Congo Basin, community involvement in decision-making is becoming an imperative, particularly with regard to land and resource management (Beatty, M.T. et al. (1978). To ensure that this involvement results in a clear and sustained expression of community needs, it is important to think of an integrated, free and committed approach to communities in order to promote a dialogue between land management actors (Joe Watts, 1994).
Goal and objectives

This study addresses the significant issue of land fragmentation in Ethiopia, which is characterized by  small, irregular, scattered parcels  with no or adequate road access. With landholders owning multiple small and dispersed parcels, averaging 1.5 hectares, the situation demands urgent policy intervention.

This report is a contribution of the knowledge management component of the LAND-at-scale programme (LAS) which is funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and implemented by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland - RVO). LAND-at-scale is a seven-year programme (2019-2026), that aims to contribute to fair and just tenure security, access to land and natural resources for all.

Die Landnutzungsplanung hat in der Demokratischen Volksrepublik Laos eine lange Geschichte und wird
seit den 1990er Jahren landesweit in vielfältiger Form angewendet (Ling, 2017). Im Kern schafft die Landnutzungsplanung

ການວາງແຜນນຳໃຊ້ທີ່ດິນມີປະຫວັດຄວາມເປັນມາອັນຍາວນານໃນ ສປປ ລາວ ແລະ ໄດ້ຖືກນຳໃຊ້ຜ່ານຫຼາຍຮູບແບບໃນທົ່ວປະເທດຕັ້ງແຕ່ຊຸມປີ 1990 (Ling, 2017). ການວາງແຜນນໍາໃຊ້ທີ່ດິນສາມາດສ້າງເງື່ອນໄຂເບື້ອງຕົ້ນທີ່ຈໍາເປັນ ເພື່ອບັນລຸການນໍາໃຊ້ທີ່ດິນແບບມີຄວາມຍືນຍົງທາງດ້ານສິ່ງແວດລ້ອມ, ມີຄວາມເປັນທຳຕໍ່ສັງຄົມ ແລະ ມີເສດຖະກິດທີ່ເຂັ້ມແຂງ ແລະ ໜ້າເພິ່ງພໍໃຈ (Pickardt & Wehrmann, 2011).

China has achieved success in implementing the rural revitalization strategy and promoting the development of new urbanization. However, there are still many problems in the research and implementation on urban–rural integration development, such as insufficient research at the township level, unclear recognition of development patterns, and disconnection from land-use planning.

Spatial planning systems and institutions have a significant role in managing non-agricultural land growth in Europe and the assessment of how their implementation impacts on agricultural land consumption is of great significance for policy and institutional improvement. Reducing the area of agricultural land taken for urban development, or eliminating such conversion, is an international policy priority aiming to maintain the amount and quality of land resources currently available for food production and sustainable development.

Spatial conservation prioritization does not necessarily lead to effective conservation plans, and good plans do not necessarily lead to action. These “science-action” gaps are pernicious and need to be narrowed, especially if the international goal of conserving 30% of the planet by 2030 is to be realized. We present the Earthwise Framework, a flexible and customizable spatial decision support system (SDSS) architecture and social process to address the challenges of these science-action gaps.

Urban forms are human-made systems that display a close connection with fractal objects, following organisation patterns that are not as random as believed. In this context, fractal theory can be seriously considered as a powerful tool for characterizing land-use planning. By applying the box-counting method and image-processing methods, the morphology and fractal metrics of urban networks of Chilean cities were measured.

Brownfields are a real problem which affects the urban appearance of cities and the quality of life of their inhabitants. In Romania, industrial areas were mainly concentrated on the outskirts of large cities, in the immediate vicinity of residential areas. With the closing of factories and the additional population of the big cities, there was a need for expansion of residential areas with a social-economic function.