Organizing anarchy: The food security–biodiversity–climate crisis and the genesis of rural land use planning in the developing world

Rudel, T.K. and Meyfroidt, P. (2014) Organizing anarchy: The food security–biodiversity–climate crisis and the genesis of rural land use planning in the developing world. Land Use Policy, 36. pp. 239-247.

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Abstract

Shortfalls in global food production, coupled with the growing visibility of climate change's disruptive effects, have underlined for many observers the importance of devoting rural lands to their ‘optimal’ use, where they can make maximal contributions to the global imperatives of feeding the human population and maintaining vital environmental services. In this context observers have endorsed rural land use planning as a way to insure that, at least in theory, lands get devoted to their best uses. In practice, land use planning in the developing world has resembled ‘organized anarchy’. Small landholders with insecure land tenure, overseas investors seeking large land deals, NGOs representing indigenous peoples, government officials, and staff from international environmental NGOs and multilateral organizations have come together in strategic action fields to struggle over and sometimes negotiate land use plans for contested landscapes. These plans represent a strategic, spatially explicit response to the climate change–biodiversity–food security crisis.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Rural land use planning; Dualism; Developing countries; Land grabbing; Food security; Climate change
Author Affiliation:	Department of Human Ecology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, United States
Subjects:	Social Sciences
Divisions:	General
Depositing User:	Mr Siva Shankar
Date Deposited:	20 Sep 2013 05:45
Last Modified:	20 Sep 2013 05:45
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.07.008
URI:	http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/11760

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