Land take and food security: assessment of land take on the agricultural production in Europe

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 898-912

  Gardi, Ciro ^a   Panagos, Panos ^a   Van Liedekerke, Marc ^a   Bosco, Claudio ^b   De Brogniez, Delphine ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b Department of Civil and Building Engineering ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agricultural production capability; European Union; food security; land take; soil sealing

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84924487116     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2014.899490     Document Type: Article

References (66)

1. Angel, S., J. Parent, D.L. Civco, A. Blei, and D. Potere. 2011. “The Dimensions of Global Urban Expansion: Estimates and Projections for All Countries, 2000–2050.” Progress in Planning 75 (2): 53–107.
2. Bakker, M.M., G. Govers, F. Ewert, M. Rounsevell, and R. Jones. 2005. “Variability in Regional Wheat Yields as a Function of Climate, Soil and Economic Variables: Assessing the Risk of Confounding.” Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 110 (3–4): 195–209.
3. Becker, S.O., P.H. Egger, and M. von Ehrlich. 2010. “Going NUTS: The Effect of EU Structural Funds on Regional Performance.” Journal of Public Economics 94 (9–10): 578–590.
4. Bossard, M., J. Feranec, and J. Otahel. 2000. CORINE land cover technical guide—Addendum 2000. Copenhagen: European Environment Agency.
5. Bot, A.J., F.O. Nachtergaele, and A. Young. 2000. Land Resource Potential and Constraints at Regional and Country Levels (World Soil Resources Report 90). Land and Water Development Division FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS (FAO). Rome: FAO.
6. Brisson N., P. Gate, D. Gouache, G. Charmet, F.X. Oury, and F. Huard 2001. “Why are wheat yields stagnating in Europe? A comprehensive data analysis for France.” Field Crops Research 119: 201–212.
7. Burriel, E.L. 2011. “Subversion of Land-use Plans and the Housing Bubble in Spain.” Urban Research and Practice 4 (3): 232–249.
8. Buttner, G., and G. Maucha. 2006. “The Thematic Accuracy of CORINE Land Cover 2000. Assessment Using LUCAS (Land Use/Cover Area Frame Statistical Survey). Technical Report, 7.” Copenhagen: European Environment Agency. Accessed 10 March 2012. http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/technical_report_2006_7
9. Calderini, D.F., and G.A. Slafer. 1998. “Changes in Yield and Yield Stability in Wheat During the 20th Century.” Field Crops Research 57: 335–347.
10. Chen, J. 2007. “Rapid Urbanization in China: A Real Challenge to Soil Protection and Food Security.” Catena 69: 1–15.
11. CLC. 2011. “CORINE Land Cover Dataset for 1990 – 2000 – 2006.” Accessed 2 June 2012. http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data#c5=all&c11=natural&c17=&c0=5&b_start=0
12. Coppin, P., Jonckheere, I., Nackaerts, K., Muys, B., and Lambin, E. 2004. “Digital change detection methods in ecosystem monitoring: A review.” International Journal of Remote Sensing 25(9): 1565–1596.
13. da Silveira, S. J, and F. H. de Oliveira. 2013. “Minimum Permeable Soil Area in a Sustainable Allotment.” Journal of Urban Planning and Development 10.1061/(ASCE)UP.1943-5444.0000162, 04014003. http://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/%28ASCE%29UP.1943-5444.0000162
14. Depietri, Y., F.G. Renaud, and G. Kallis. 2012. “Heat Waves and Floods in Urban Areas: A Policy-oriented Review of Ecosystem Services.” Sustainability Science 7: 95–107.
15. EC. 2002. European Commission – Towards a Thematic Strategy for Soil Protection (COM (2002) 179 final).
16. EC. 2006. European Commission – Thematic Strategy for Soil Protection – Communication (COM (2006) 231 final).
17. EC. 2011. “Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe.” (COM(2011) 571). Accessed December 2012. http://ec.europa.eu/environment/resource_efficiency/pdf/com2011_571.pdf
18. EEA. 2010. “The European Environment – State and Outlook 2010.” Accessed 7 July 2013. http://www.eea.europa.eu/soer
19. EEA. 2011. “Land Take (CSI 014) – Assessment published Feb 2011.” Accessed 15 July 2011. http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/land-take-2/assessment
20. Escobar, J.C., E.S. Lora, O.J. Venturini, E.E. Yanez, E.F. Castillo, and O. Almazan. 2009. “Biofuels: Environment, Technology and Food Security.” Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews 13: 1275–1287.
21. Eurostat. 2011. “Eurostat Directorate-General (DG) of the European Commission, Nomenclature of the Territorial Units for Statistics of Europe.” Accessed 16 July 2013. http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/nuts_nomenclature/introduction
22. FAO. 2003. “Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. World Agriculture: Towards 2015/2030. An FAO Perspective.” Accessed 16 July 2013. http://www.fao.org/docrep/005/y4252e/y4252e00.htm
23. FAO. 2008. “Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. FAO Statistical Yearbook 2007–2008.” Accessed 16 July 2013. http://www.fao.org/
24. FAOSTAT. 2012. “Statistics Division of the FAO.” Accessed 16 July 2013. http://faostat.fao.org/
25. Fazal, S. 2000. “Urban Expansion and Loss of Agricultural Land – A GIS Based Study of Saharanpur City, India.” Environment and Urbanization 12 (2): 133–149.
26. Feranec, J., Hazeu, G., Christensen, S. and Jaffrain, G. 2007. “Corine land cover change detection in Europe (case studies of the Netherlands and Slovakia).” Land Use Policy 24 (1): 234–247.
27. Fischer, B., F. Jöst, B. Klauer, and J. Schiller. 2009. Is a Sustainable Land-use Policy in Germany Possible. Discussion Paper Series no. 484. University of Heidelberg.
28. Gardi, C., Dall'Olio, N., and Cavallo, M.C. 2007. “Urbanization Process and Variation of Energy Budget of Land Surfaces.” Italian Journal of Agronomy 2: 131–137.
29. Gnansonou, E., L. Panichelli, A. Dauriat, and J.D. Villegas. 2008. “Accounting for Indirect Land Use Changes in GHG Balances of Biofuels – Review of Current Approaches.” Working paper REF. 437.101. Ecole Poytechnique Federale de Lausanne, March. Accessed 10 July 2012. http://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/121496/files/Accounting_for_ILUC_in_biofuels_production.pdf
30. Godfray, H.C.J., J.R. Beddington, I.R. Crute, L. Haddad, D. Lawrence, J.F. Muir, J. Pretty, and C. Toulmin. 2010. “Food security: The Challenge of Feeding 9 Billion People.” Science 327: 812–818.
31. Harvey, M., and S. Pilgrim. 2011. “The New Competition for Land: Food, Energy, and Climate Change.” Food Policy 36: 40–51.
32. Hathout, S. 2002. “The Use of GIS for Monitoring and Predicting Urban Growth in East and West St Paul, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.” Journal of Environmental Management 66 (3): 229–238.
33. Honohan, P. 2009. “Policy Paper: Resolving Ireland's Banking Crisis.” Economic and Social Review 40 (2): 207–231.
34. Imhoff, M.L., W.T. Lawrence, C.D. Elvidge, T. Paul, E. Levine, M.V. Privalsky, and V. Brown. 1997. “Using Nighttime DMSP/OLS Images of City Lights to Estimate the Impact of Urban Land Use on Soil Resources in the United States.” Remote Sensing of Environment 59 (1): 105–117.
35. International Energy Agency. (IEA). 2004. “Biofuels for Transport – An International Perspective.” Accessed 7 July 2013. http://www.iea.org
36. ISPRA. 2008. “Annual Environmental Statistics.” Accessed 7 July 2013. http://annuario.isprambiente.it/capitoli/Ver_8/versione_integrale/09_Geosfera.pdf
37. Kasanko, M., J. I. Barredo, C. Lavalle, N. McCormick, L. Demicheli, V. Sagris 2006. “Are European Cities Becoming Dispersed? A Comparative Analysis of 15 European Urban Areas.” Landscape Urban Plan 77: 111–130.
38. MARS. 2012. “Monitoring of Agriculture with Remote Sensing.” Accessed 8 July 2012. http://mars.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
39. Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. 2005. Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Synthesis. Washington DC: Island Press.
40. Müller, K., C. Steinmeier, and M. Küchler. 2010. “Urban Growth Along Motorways in Switzerland.” Landscape and Urban Planning 98 (1): 3–12.
41. Munafò, M., L. Salvati, and M. Zitti. 2013. “Estimating Soil Sealing Rate at National Level – Italy as a Case Study.” Ecological Indicators 26: 137–140.
42. Nestroy, O. 2006. “Soil Sealing in Austria and its Consequences.” Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology 6: 171–173.
43. Neumann K., M. Herold, A. Hartley, and C. Schmullius. 2007. “Comparative Assessment of CORINE2000 and GLC2000: Spatial Analysis of Land Cover Data for Europe.” International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 9 (4): 425–437.
44. Nobre, C.A., A.F. Young, P.H.N. Saldiva, J.A.M. Orsini, A.D. Nobre, A.T. Ogura, and G. de Oliveira Rodrigues. 2011. “Vulnerability of Brazilian Megacities to Climate Change: The São Paulo Metropolitan Region (RMSP).” In Climate Change in Brazil: Economic, Social and Regulatory Aspects edited by R.S. Motta, J. Hargrave, G. Luedemann and M.B.S. Gutierrez, 197–219. Brasilia: IPEA.
45. Panagos, P., C. Ballabio, Y. Yigini, and M. Dunbar. 2013. “Estimating the Soil Organic Carbon Content for European NUTS2 Regions Based on LUCAS Data Collection.” Science of the Total Environment 442: 235–246.
46. Panagos, P., M. Van Liedekerke, A. Jones, and L. Montanarella. 2012. “European Soil Data Centre: Response to European Policy Support and Public Data Requirements.” Land Use Policy 29 (2): 329–338.
47. Pegado, R.S., C.J.C. Blanco, J. Roehrig, C. Caroça, F.S. Costa, and W.S. Tostes. 2012. “The Importance of Physical Indicators in Areas of Urban Flood: The Case of the Metropolitan Region of Belém.” International Journal of Civil & Environmental Engineering 12: 42–48.
48. Prokop, G., H. Jobstmann, and A. Schönbauer. 2011. Overview of Best Practices for Limiting Soil Sealing or Mitigating its Effects in EU-27. Final report of a study contracted by the European Commission, DG Environment. Brussels: European Communities.
49. Rabbinge, R., and C.A. Van Diepen. 2000. “Changes in Agriculture and Land Use in Europe.” European Journal of Agronomy 13 (2–3): 85–99.
50. Salvati, L. 2013. “The Spatial Pattern of Soil Sealing Along the Urban-Rural Gradient in a Mediterranean Region.” Journal of Environmental Planning and Management DOI:10.1080/09640568.2013.770730.
51. Satterthwaite, D., G. McGranahan, and C. Tacoli. 2010. “Urbanization and its Implications for Food and Farming.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 365: 2809–2820.
52. Saura S. 2002. “Effects of Minimum Mapping Unit on Land Cover Data Spatial Configuration and Composition.” International Journal of Remote Sensing 23: 4853–4880.
53. Scalenghe, R., and F.A. Marsan. 2009. “The anthropogenic sealing of soils in urban areas.” Landscape and Urban Planning 90: 1–10.
54. Schädler, S., M. Morio, S. Bartke, R. Rohr-Zänker, and M. Finkel. 2011. “Designing Sustainable and Economically Attractive Brownfield Revitalization Options Using an Integrated Assessment Model.” Journal of Environmental Management 92: 827–837.
55. Schädler, S., M. Morio, S. Bartke, and M. Finkel. 2012. “Integrated Planning and Spatial Evaluation of Megasite Remediation and Reuse Options.” Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 127: 88–100.
56. Speidel, J., D. Weiss, S. Ethelston, and S. Gilbert. 2009. “Population Policies, Programmes and the Environment.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 364: 3049–3065.
57. Sulzer, W., and K. Kern. 2009. “Derivation of Multi-temporal Soil Sealing Maps Using High Resolution Airborne Thematic Mapper (ATM) Imagery and an Examination of their Usefulness in Town Planning.” EARSeL eProceedings 8 (1): 1–10.
58. Summers, A.A., P.C. Cheshire, and L. Senn. (Eds.). 1999. Urban Change in the United States and Western Europe: Comparative Analysis and Policy. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute Press.
59. Sunding, D., and D. Zilberman. 2001. “The Agricultural Innovation Process: Research and Technology Adoption in a Changing Agricultural Sector.” In Handbook of Agricultural Economics, edited by B. L. Gardner and G. Rausser, 208–250. New York: Elsevier.
60. Tan, M., X. Li, H. Xie, and C. Lu. 2005. “Urban Land Expansion and Arable Land Loss in China – A Case Study of Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Region.” Land Use Policy 22 (3): 187–196.
61. Tomlinson I. 2013. “Doubling Food Production to Feed the 9 Billion: A Critical Perspective on a Key Discourse of Food Security in the UK.”Journal of Rural Studies 29: 81–90.
62. UN. 2014. “National Accounts Main Aggregates Database.” Accessed 3 January 2014. https://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/dnlList.asp
63. UNCCD. 2012. “UNCCD Secretariat Policy Brief.” Accessed 10 July 2013. http://www.unccd.int/Lists/SiteDocumentLibrary/Rio+20/UNCCD_PolicyBrief_ZeroNetLandDegradation.pdf
64. Wei, Z., S. Wu, S. Zhou, and C. Lin. 2013. “Installation of Impervious Surface in Urban Areas Affects Microbial Biomass, Activity (Potential C Mineralisation), and Functional Diversity of the Fine Earth.” Soil Research 51: 59–67.
65. Xiao, R., S. Su, Z. Zhang, J. Qi, D. Jiang, and J. Wu. 2013. “Dynamics of Soil Sealing and Soil Landscape Patterns Under Rapid Urbanization.” Catena 109: 1–12.
66. Zhao, D., F. Li, R. Wang, Q. Yang, and H. Ni. 2012. “Effect of Soil Sealing on the Microbial Biomass, N Transformation and Related Enzyme Activities at Various Depths of Soils in Urban Area of Beijing, China.” Journal of Soils and Sediments 12 (4): 519–530.