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    A Land System Science meta-analysis suggests we underestimate intensive land uses in land use change dynamics

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    Authors
    Sonter, L.
    Barrett, D.
    Moran, Chris
    Soares-Filho, B.
    Date
    2015
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Sonter, L. and Barrett, D. and Moran, C. and Soares-Filho, B. 2015. A Land System Science meta-analysis suggests we underestimate intensive land uses in land use change dynamics. Journal of Land Use Science. 10 (2): pp. 191-204.
    Source Title
    Journal of Land Use Science
    DOI
    10.1080/1747423X.2013.871356
    ISSN
    1747-423X
    School
    Office of Research and Development
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23640
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    © 2013, Taylor & Francis.A meta-analysis of the Land System Science literature identified that small-scale land uses currently receive little attention in studies seeking to understand land use change dynamics. We conceptualised two ways in which small-scale land uses operate to indirectly drive more extensive land use change: (1) through modifying spatial landscape attributes and (2) through altering underlying forces driving the expansion of other land uses. We then propose the concept of ‘intensive land uses’, those that occupy a small proportion of the landscape but indirectly drive land use change dynamics through their operation. Our discussion highlights that, with the exception of roads, we currently underestimate the importance of intensive land uses in the literature and we illustrate this with a case study of a commonly disregarded intensive land use: mining. We conclude that the inclusion or exclusion of land uses from analyses should extend beyond quantifying their land use area and instead incorporate an understanding of how land uses operate within their regional context. Finally, we present three future research opportunities to incorporate intensive land uses into analyses and models of land use change dynamics.

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