TY - JOUR

T1 - Steering of land use in the context of sustainable development

T2 - A systematic review of economic instruments

AU - Ackerschott, Adriana

AU - Kohlhase, Esther

AU - Vollmer, Anita

AU - Hörisch, Jacob

AU - von Wehrden, Henrik

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Authors

PY - 2023/6/1

Y1 - 2023/6/1

N2 - To mitigate conflicting land use demands and to reduce increasing land consumption, effective instruments for steering land use are needed. While conventional instruments for land use planning have been increasingly criticised, economic instruments (such as taxes, subsidies and tradeable permits) have received growing attention in practice and research. The purpose of this study is to provide a systematic overview of current research on the application of economic instruments in the context of land use. We thereby identified focus areas in the research field, highlighted research needs and provide an overview of the effectiveness of different economic instruments in the context of land use. Overall, we confirmed that economic instruments have substantial potential in the context of land use steering, primarily in regard to taxes, charges and subsidies.

AB - To mitigate conflicting land use demands and to reduce increasing land consumption, effective instruments for steering land use are needed. While conventional instruments for land use planning have been increasingly criticised, economic instruments (such as taxes, subsidies and tradeable permits) have received growing attention in practice and research. The purpose of this study is to provide a systematic overview of current research on the application of economic instruments in the context of land use. We thereby identified focus areas in the research field, highlighted research needs and provide an overview of the effectiveness of different economic instruments in the context of land use. Overall, we confirmed that economic instruments have substantial potential in the context of land use steering, primarily in regard to taxes, charges and subsidies.

KW - Sustainability sciences, Management & Economics

KW - Economic instruments

KW - Land use

KW - Systematic literature review

KW - Economic instruments

KW - Land use

KW - Systematic literature review

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85150165199&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106620

DO - 10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106620

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 129

JO - Land Use Policy

JF - Land Use Policy

SN - 0264-8377

M1 - 106620

ER -