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DOI	10.1088/1748-9326/ab2e4b
	Transnational land acquisitions beyond the food and financial crises
	Mechiche-Alami A.; Piccardi C.; Nicholas K.A.; Seaquist J.W.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	17489318
卷号	14 期号:8
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 form a 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. © 2019 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd.
英文关键词	globalization; investment; land grabbing; network analysis; trade
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Commerce; Electric network analysis; Investments; Public policy; Better regulation; Different stages; Financial crisis; Fully integrated; globalization; Investment strategy; Land acquisition; Local populations; International trade; environmental economics; globalization; investment; network analysis; strategic approach; trade-environment relations
来源期刊	Environmental Research Letters
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/154451
作者单位	Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, Lund, SE-223 62, Sweden; Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano, I-20133, Italy; Centre for Sustainability Studies, Lund University, Lund, SE-221 00, Sweden
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Mechiche-Alami A.,Piccardi C.,Nicholas K.A.,et al. Transnational land acquisitions beyond the food and financial crises[J],2019,14(8).
APA	Mechiche-Alami A.,Piccardi C.,Nicholas K.A.,&Seaquist J.W..(2019).Transnational land acquisitions beyond the food and financial crises.Environmental Research Letters,14(8).
MLA	Mechiche-Alami A.,et al."Transnational land acquisitions beyond the food and financial crises".Environmental Research Letters 14.8(2019).