Land Use Planning Group
The Land Use Planning Group aims to improve our understanding of landscapes as social-ecological systems, thus providing the basis for sustainable land use and spatial planning.
Chair holder
Our research
In the research of the Spatial Planning group a central role is assigned to the landscapes as a social-ecological systems. We aim to develop planning theory, approaches, and instruments which may enhance the resilience of landscapes. In order to do so we analyse and explain the interplay between natural and social processes. We study how landscapes respond to societal processes, how in turn people respond to landscape change, and how they decide to intervene through technological solutions and policy measures. In doing so, the Land Use Planning Group represents and contributes to Wageningen University & Research's mission ‘for quality of life’.
Our education
Land Use Planning is one of the key Chair Groups participating in Landscape Architecture and Planning, covering the specialisation Spatial Planning (‘Ruimtelijke planning’) in both programmes.
We offer a wide range of Bachelor and Master level courses in planning methods, theory and practice.
Latest publications
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Can the Land Use Master Plan Control Urban Expansion and Protect Farmland in China? A Case Study of Nanjing
Growth and Change 49 (2018)3. - ISSN 0017-4815 - p. 512 - 531.
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Reading landscape design representations as an interplay of validity, readability and interactivity: a framework for visual content analysis
Visual Communication (2018). - ISSN 1470-3572
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Complex dynamics in the uptake of new farming practices : a case study for organic waste application
Journal of Environmental Planning and Management (2018). - ISSN 0964-0568 - 25 p.
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A numerical method to account for distance in a farmer's willingness to pay for land
Spatial Statistics 25 (2018). - ISSN 2211-6753 - p. 22 - 34.
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Travelling without a helmet : Tourists' vulnerabilities and responses to disasters in Indonesia
Disasters (2018). - ISSN 0361-3666