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    Combating Land Degradation and Desertification: The Land-Use Planning Quandary cover image
    Peer-reviewed publication
    February, 2019
    Global

    Land-use planning (LUP), an instrument of land governance, is often employed to protect land and humans against natural and human-induced hazards, strengthen the resilience of land systems, and secure their sustainability. The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) underlines the critical role of appropriate local action to address the global threat of land degradation and desertification (LDD) and calls for the use of local and regional LUP to combat LDD and achieve land degradation neutrality. The paper explores the challenges of putting this call into practice.

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    Predicting Land Use Changes in Philadelphia Following Green Infrastructure Policies cover image
    Peer-reviewed publication
    February, 2019
    United States of America

    Urbanization is a rapid global trend, leading to consequences such as urban heat islands and local flooding. Imminent climate change is predicted to intensify these consequences, forcing cities to rethink common infrastructure practices. One popular method of adaptation is green infrastructure implementation, which has been found to reduce local temperatures and alleviate excess runoff when installed effectively. As cities continue to change and adapt, land use/landcover modeling becomes an important tool for city officials in planning future land usage.

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    What Awaits Myanmar’s Uplands Farmers? Lessons Learned from Mainland Southeast Asia cover image
    Peer-reviewed publication
    February, 2019
    Myanmar

    Mainland Southeast Asia (MSA) has seen sweeping upland land use changes in the past decades, with transition from primarily subsistence shifting cultivation to annual commodity cropping. This transition holds implications for local upland communities and ecosystems. Due to its particular political regime, Myanmar is at the tail of this development.

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