Geography
Document Type
Article
Abstract
This article reviews recent research on contemporary transformations of global land governance. It shows how changes in global governance have facilitated and responded to radical revalorizations of land, together driving the intensified competition and struggles over land observed in many other contributions to this special issue. The rules in place to govern land use are shifting from 'territorial' toward 'flow-centered' arrangements, the latter referring to governance that targets particular flows of resources or goods, such as certification of agricultural or wood products. The intensifying competition over land coupled with shifts toward flow-centered governance has generated land uses involving new forms of social exclusion, inequity and ecological simplification. © 2013 Elsevier B.V.
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Publication Title
Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
Publication Date
2013
Volume
5
Issue
5
First Page
522
Last Page
527
ISSN
1877-3435
DOI
10.1016/j.cosust.2013.06.006
Keywords
agricultural production, global perspective, governance approach, land use change, literature review, research work, territory
Repository Citation
Sikor, Thomas; Auld, Graeme; Bebbington, Anthony J.; Benjaminsen, Tor A.; Gentry, Bradford S.; Hunsberger, Carol; Izac, Anne Marie; Margulis, Matias E.; Plieninger, Tobias; Schroeder, Heike; and Upton, Caroline, "Global land governance: From territory to flow?" (2013). Geography. 471.
https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_geography/471
Copyright Conditions
Must link to publisher version with DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2013.06.006
