Global S&T Development Trend Analysis Platform of Resources and Environment
DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/ab2e4b |
Transnational land acquisitions beyond the food and financial crises | |
Mechiche-Alami, Altaaf1; Piccardi, Carlo2; Nicholas, Kimberly A.3; Seaquist, Jonathan W.1 | |
2019-08-01 | |
发表期刊 | ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
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ISSN | 1748-9326 |
出版年 | 2019 |
卷号 | 14期号:8 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Sweden; Italy |
英文摘要 | Large-scale land acquisitions (LSLA) in resource-rich countries came to global attention after the food and financial crises of 2008. Previous research has assessed the magnitude of these land investments in terms of land areas acquired. In this study, we analyze the trends in the evolution of LSLA by framing the latter as virtual land trade network with land transactions occurring between 2000 and 2015, in order to shed light on the development and evolution of this system. Based on an index we introduce to represent both the number of countries and size of deals, we discover three main phases of trade activity: a steady increase from 2000 until 2007 (Phase 1) followed by a peak coinciding with the food and financial crises between 2008 and 2010 (Phase 2) and concluded by a decline from 2011 to 2015 (Phase 3). We identify 73 countries that remained active in land trading during all three phases and forma core of land traders much larger than previously thought. Using network analysis methods, we group countries with similar trade patterns into categories of competitive, preferential, diversified, and occasional importers or exporters. Finally, in exploring the changes in investors and their interests in land throughout the phases, we attribute the evolution of LSLA to the different stages in the globalization and financialization of different industries. By showing that land investments seem fully integrated as investment strategies across industries we argue for the urgency of better regulation of LSLA so that they also benefit local populations without damaging the environment regardless of their primary purpose. |
英文关键词 | globalization network analysis trade land grabbing investment |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000490599700003 |
WOS关键词 | GLOBAL LAND ; INVESTMENTS ; GLOBALIZATION ; DISPLACEMENT ; GOVERNANCE ; CHALLENGES ; EVOLUTION ; FARMLAND ; WORLD ; DEALS |
WOS类目 | Environmental Sciences ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/185592 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Lund Univ, Dept Phys Geog & Ecosyst Sci, Solvegatan 12, SE-22362 Lund, Sweden; 2.Politecn Milan, Dept Elect Informat & Bioengn, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, I-20133 Milan, Italy; 3.Lund Univ, Ctr Sustainabil Studies, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Mechiche-Alami, Altaaf,Piccardi, Carlo,Nicholas, Kimberly A.,et al. Transnational land acquisitions beyond the food and financial crises[J]. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS,2019,14(8). |
APA | Mechiche-Alami, Altaaf,Piccardi, Carlo,Nicholas, Kimberly A.,&Seaquist, Jonathan W..(2019).Transnational land acquisitions beyond the food and financial crises.ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS,14(8). |
MLA | Mechiche-Alami, Altaaf,et al."Transnational land acquisitions beyond the food and financial crises".ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS 14.8(2019). |
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