Reports and publications

Main Reports

Land Use Futures: making the most of land in the 21st century (PDF, 676 Kb)  
Executive summary

Land Use Futures: making the most of land in the 21st century (PDF, 15.7 Mb)  
Project final report and executive summary

Land Use Futures: making the most of land in the 21st century (PDF, 14.2 Mb) 
Systems maps

Land Use Futures: One-year review (PDF, 2.8 Mb) 
One-year review

Evidence Reviews

As part of its evidence, the Foresight project commissioned over 35 evidence reviews. These papers have been published in a special issue of Land Use Policy journal, Volume 26. The papers are listed below andcan also be accessed on the Science Direct site.

The papers are grouped into four categories. Please click on the cross next to the relevant group to view the papers.

• Land use futures—Land Use Policy journal introduction (PDF, 88 Kb)  
• Overview
  • Land use change in Britain (PDF, 468 Kb) (ER1)
  • International perspectives on future land use (PDF, 423 Kb) (ER38)
  • International Perpectives on land use - Country case studies (PDF, 1.3 Mb) (ER39)
  • Bringing the real world into economic analyses of land use value: Incorporating spatial complexity (PDF, 2.0 Mb) (ER40)
• People and Land Use
  • Rural land ownership in the United Kingdom: Changing patterns and future possibilities for land use (PDF, 218 Kb) (ER17)
  • Urban land and property ownership patterns in the UK: trends and forces for change (PDF, 732 Kb) (ER16)
  • Society's attitudes to and preferences for land and landscape (PDF, 584 Kb) (ER12)
  • Perceptions about land use (PDF, 190 Kb) (ER13)
  • Space per person in the UK: A review of densities, trends, experiences and optimum levels (PDF, 1.2 Mb) (ER14)
  • The future of housing and homes (PDF, 1.8 Mb) (ER20)
  • Land ownership in the United Kingdom: Trends, preferences and future challenges (PDF, 168 Kb) (ER15)
  • Social and economic drivers of land use change in the British space economy (PDF, 165 Kb) (ER21)
  • Land use planning and health and well-being (PDF, 385 Kb) (ER30)
  • Future UK land use policy and the risk of infectious disease in humans, livestock and wild animals (PDF, 343 Kb) (ER31)
• Planning and Governance
  • Property rights, land use and the rural environment: A case for reform (PDF, 173 Kb) (ER25)
  • Conservation designations—Are they fit for purpose in the 21st century? (PDF, 282 Kb) (ER18)
  • Managing land-use change (PDF, 163 Kb) (ER19)
• Land Use and the Environment
  • Land use and climate change in the UK (PDF, 682 Kb) (ER29)
  • Land use and the state of the natural environment (PDF, 410 Kb) (ER9)
  • Land use and biodiversity relationships (PDF, 703 Kb) (ER8)
  • The future of soils and land use in the UK: Soil systems for the provision of land-based ecosystem services (PDF, 4.1 Mb) (ER3)
  • Land use and the coastal zone (PDF, 497 Kb) (ER10)
  • The future of the uplands (PDF, 732 Kb) (ER11)
• Resources and Services
  • Agricultural land use in the era of climate change: The challenge of finding ‘Fit for Purpose’ data (PDF, 171 Kb) (ER26)
  • Agricultural technology and land use futures: The UK case (PDF, 545 Kb) (ER27)
  • Agriculture and land use: Demand for and supply of agricultural commodities, characteristics of the farming and food industries, and implications for land use in the UK (PDF, 941 Kb) (ER28)
  • The relationship between land use and surface water resources in the UK (PDF, 694 Kb) (ER5)
  • Land use, water management and future flood risk (PDF, 2.2 Mb) (ER6)
  • The relationship between land use and groundwater resources and quality (PDF, 1.3 Mb) (ER7)
  • UK land use and soil carbon sequestration (PDF, 959 Kb) (ER4)
  • The present and future land requirements of logistical activities (PDF, 973 Kb) (ER23)
  • The present and future use of ‘land’ below ground (PDF, 1.2 Mb) (ER24)
  • The impact of sustainable energy production on land use in Britain through to 2050 (PDF, 943 Kb) (ER22)
  • Digging the backyard: Mining and quarrying in the UK and their impact on future land use (PDF, 840 Kb) (ER2)
  • Future play: tourism, recreation and land use (PDF, 668 Kb) (ER33)
  • The state of the natural environment - Land use and the future of forestry (PDF, 445 Kb) (ER32)

Discussion Documents

In addition, there are a number of discussion papers, workshop reports and contractual reports, which form part of the project evidence for the project. They contain a broad range of perspectives, views and opinions but are not formal evidence reviews. As such, the views expressed do not necessarily represent the views of the Government Office for Science, nor the policy of the UK Government.

• A perspective on sustainable land use (PDF, 141 Kb) (Dis1)
• Urban land market and policy failures (PDF, 445 Kb)  (Dis2)
• Findings from the Rural Economy and Land Use (RELU) projects contributing to the Land Use Futures project (PDF, 120 Kb) (Dis3)
• Horizon scan of emerging issues for the Land Use Futures project (PDF, 587 Kb) (Dis4)
• Defra Land Use Project: Demonstrator Case Studies workstream(Dis5)
• Land Use Futures environmental valuation paper (PDF, 582 Kb) (Dis6)
• Report of the Scoping Workshop 28 February 2008 (PDF, 751 Kb)   (Dis7)
• Report of the Scoping Workshop, 12 March 2008 (PDF, 1.2 Mb) (Dis8)
• Annex on Change Drivers from the Scoping Workshop Report, 12 March 2008 (PDF, 117 Kb) (Dis9)
• Report of the workshop on Framing the Systems Work, 30 October 2008 (PDF, 1.0 Mb) (Dis10)
• Report of the 1st systems workshop, 1 December 2008 (PDF, 1.4 Mb) Dis11)
• Report of the Systems Workshops, 20 January and 4 February 2009 (PDF, 1.9 Mb) (Dis12)
• Report of the workshop on Valuing Land, November 2008 (PDF, 246 Kb) (Dis14)
• Telling stories: Report of the scenarios workshop, 18 February 2009 (PDF, 398 Kb) (Dis15)
• Report of the discussions from the Foresight Land Use Futures Project and the North East Integrated Regional Strategy workshop, June 2009 (PDF, 166 Kb) (Dis16)
• Report of Multifunctionality of land workshop report, July 2009 (PDF, 2.7 Mb) (Dis17)
• Report of the workshop on Governance of the UK land system, July 2009 (PDF, 105 Kb) ( Dis18)
• Report of the workshop on Land Valuation and Decision Making, July 2009 (PDF, 818 Kb) (Dis19)

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