Jasper van Vliet
Biographic Data
| ID | 6020268 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jasper van Vliet |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jasper |
| FAMILY NAME | van Vliet |
| SIGNATURE | VAN VLIET J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3996-5278 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 37 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 198 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 37 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Digital permeation of urban planning practice
The field of urban planning is currently undergoing a profound transformation driven by digital technologies. These are increasingly used to support and automate the planning process, and have the potential to reshape the nature of planning itself and impact the core planning values of equity, transparency, efficiency, and legitimacy. One pressing issue is the growing use of standards, not only in data formats, but also in the categories that des…
Diverging trajectories of built-up land dynamics for country groups by income until 2100
The area of built-up land per capita (BPC) is a key indicator of land use efficiency, varying by an order of magnitude between countries. While previous studies have examined the effects of GDP and population, the influence of other socioeconomic factors on BPC has remained unclear, as well as potential differences across groups of countries by income. Using a fixed effects regression model, we analyze national-level BPC from 1985 to 2020 and ide…
Quantifying daily mismatch in urban cooling supply and demand at daytime and nighttime
Urban green-blue infrastructure (UGBI) has been identified as a sustainable strategy for urban heat mitigation. However, most studies assessing mismatches between cooling supply and demand use coarse temporal scales, thus overlooking temporal dynamics. Specifically, they ignore variability in weather conditions, land cover, and population distribution, as well as the different cooling mechanisms at daytime and nighttime. Here, we quantify daily s…
Comparing the spatial structure of cities in East Africa, Europe and North America
Understanding urban spatial structure is important as it reflects, among other things, the liveability, sustainability, and economic situation of a city. While considerable research has been done on urban spatial structure in North America, Europe, and China, cities in sub-Sharan Africa are chronically understudied. Yet, the largest urban population growth of our time is taking place in exactly these cities, and as a consequence these cities face…
VulneraCity–drivers and dynamics of urban vulnerability based on a global systematic literature review
Globally, urban disaster risk is being affected by changing patterns of natural hazards due to climate change and rapid urbanization. While we have a relatively good understanding of the hazard and exposure in cities, we know little about their vulnerability. In this study, we investigate the drivers and dynamics of urban vulnerability for six different natural hazards by conducting a systematic literature review on the peer-reviewed scientific l…
Trajectories of urban land consumption along the urban-rural gradient in France, 1975–2020
Urban land consumption negatively impacts ecosystem services such as food production, carbon regulation, and water absorption. Despite indications of densification in some large cities, evidence shows that built-up land has been increasing faster than population globally. However, existing research disproportionally focuses on large cities, overlooking intermediate and rural territories. Our study examines the trajectories of urban land consumpti…
Trade‐offs and synergies between dimensions of well‐being among smallholder farmers in Savannakhet province, Lao PDR
Agrarian transition is often seen as a pathway towards sustainable development and increasing well‐being for rural households. However, empirical evidence on trade‐offs and synergies between different dimensions of well‐being as a result of agrarian transitions is lacking. We conducted a cross‐sectional survey of 360 households across 12 villages in Savannakhet province, Lao PDR. We find evidence of synergies across different farmer types and bet…
Scenario projections of South Asian migration patterns amidst environmental and socioeconomic change
Projecting migration is challenging, due to the context-specific and discontinuous relations between migration and the socioeconomic and environmental conditions that drive this process. Here, we investigate the usefulness of Machine Learning (ML) Random Forest (RF) models to develop three net migration scenarios in South Asia by 2050 based on historical patterns (2001–2019). The model for the direction of net migration reaches an accuracy of 75%…
Interactions between sustainable development goals at the district level in Lao PDR
We develop a unique dataset of 3 SDG indicators at district level in Lao PDR. • We find a positive correlation between poverty and stunting in 2005 and in 2015. • We find a negative correlation between these indicators and natural areas. • There are no significant relations between changes in indicators over time. • Variations between districts highlight the need for subnational analyses of SDGs. Monitoring the status and evolution of Sustainable…
Long-term changes in 3D urban form in four Spanish cities
Conflicting interests between local governments and the European target of no net land take
To halt land take in Europe, the European Union set a “no net land take by 2050′′ target in 2011. However, land take continues to occur in European countries, with recent studies suggesting that local decision-making is playing a major role in these land-use conversions. In this study, we investigated how urban growth boundaries (UGBs) are used by local governments to manage urban growth in Romania. A mixed-method approach was adopted, combining …
Perceptions of equity in conservation scenarios
The Half Earth (HE) and Sharing the Planet (SP) scenario narratives are two distinctly different scenarios on how to restore and conserve biodiversity while accounting for the need for agricultural production. Yet, the equity implications of both scenarios are not clear. We conducted a questionnaire to better understand what experts with various backgrounds perceive as the main equity implications of these scenarios. We find that, overall, distri…
A global map of local climate zones to support earth system modelling and urban-scale environmental science
There is a scientific consensus on the need for spatially detailed information on urban landscapes at a global scale. These data can support a range of environmental services, since cities are places of intense resource consumption and waste generation and of concentrated infrastructure and human settlement exposed to multiple hazards of natural and anthropogenic origin. In the face of climate change, urban data are also required to explore futur…
Global trends and local variations in land take per person
Globally, urban areas are growing at a faster rate than their population, potentially reducing environmental sustainability due to undesirable land take in (semi)natural and agricultural lands. However, it is unclear to what extent this trend varies locally, which may hamper the formulation and implementation of local-scale policies in the context of the global competition for land. Here, we attribute built-up land change to population dynamics a…
Socioeconomic outcomes of agricultural land use change in Southeast Asia
Agricultural land use is transforming rapidly in Southeast Asia, often supported by development policies aiming primarily at economic growth. However, the socioeconomic outcomes of these changes for smallholder farmers remain unclear. Here, we systematically review cases of agricultural land use change in Southeast Asia to assess their socioeconomic outcomes and potential trade-off and synergies in these outcomes. Of the 126 reviewed cases, we fi…
Modeling urban development and its exposure to river flood risk in Southeast Asia
Countries in Southeast Asia have been developing quickly from a predominantly rural to predominantly urban society, leading to a rapid increase in urban land. This increase in urban land has mainly occurred in river deltas and floodplains, exposing humans and human assets to flood hazard. Here we present an assessment of current and future flood risk in five countries of mainland Southeast Asia, using a new modeling approach that accounts for dif…
Settlement changes after peak population
China has experienced unprecedented urbanization in the past few decades, fueled by population growth, economic development, and rural to urban migration. In the future, economic growth as well as rural to urban migration is expected to continue, but demographic scenarios indicate that the population of China will peak and subsequently decline. As a result, it is unsure how urban areas will develop after peak population. In this study we further …
Crisis-induced disruptions in place-based social-ecological research ‐ an opportunity for redirection
Place-based research faces multiple threats, including both natural and global health hazards and political conflicts, which may disrupt fieldwork. The current COVID-19 pandemic shows how these threats can drastically affect social-ecological research activities given its engagement with different local stakeholders, disciplines, and knowledge systems. The crisis reveals the need for adaptive research designs while also providing an opportunity f…
Agency shifts in agricultural land governance and their implications for land degradation neutrality
Given current land degradation trends, Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN, SDG Target 15.3) by 2030 could be difficult to attain. Solutions to avoid, reduce, and reverse land degradation are not being implemented at sufficiently large scales, pointing to land governance as the main obstacle. In this paper, we review dynamics in agricultural land governance, and the potential this may have to enable land degradation or provide solutions towards LDN.…
The peri-urbanization of Europe
Detection of NO 2 pollution plumes from individual ships with the TROPOMI/S5P satellite sensor
This paper presents an analysis of tropospheric NO 2 column measurements from the TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument onboard the Copernicus Sentinel 5 Precursor satellite (TROPOMI/S5P) for an oceanic area in the central Mediterranean on 2 July 2018. The day and area were selected because of the stable and cloud-free weather conditions with low wind speeds throughout most of the area, while covering one of the busiest worldwide international shipp…
Local land-use decision-making in a global context
Land-use change has transformed the majority of the terrestrial biosphere, impacting biodiversity, climate change, food production and provision of multiple ecosystem services. To improve our understanding of land-use change processes, the motivations and characteristics of land-use decision-makers need to be addressed more explicitly. Here, we systematically review the peer-reviewed literature between 1950 and 2018 that documents decision-making…
Direct and indirect loss of natural area from urban expansion
Beyond land cover change
Future governance options for large-scale land acquisition in Cambodia
This paper investigates how large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) can be governed to avoid underuse and thereby spare room for other land claims, specifically nature conservation. LSLA underuse occurs when land in LSLAs is not converted to its intended use. Taking Cambodia as a case, we map converted and unconverted areas within LSLAs using remote sensing. We develop three scenarios of alternative LSLA policies until 2040, and use a land system c…
Direct and indirect loss of natural area from urban expansion
A global analysis of land take in cropland areas and production displacement from urbanization
Direct and indirect loss of natural habitat due to built-up area expansion
Beyond land cover change
Meta-studies in land use science
Land use science has traditionally used case-study approaches for in-depth investigation of land use change processes and impacts. Meta-studies synthesize findings across case-study evidence to identify general patterns. In this paper, we provide a review of meta-studies in land use science. Various meta-studies have been conducted, which synthesize deforestation and agricultural land use change processes, while other important changes, such as u…
Demand for biodiversity protection and carbon storage as drivers of global land change scenarios
Conflicting interests between local governments and the European target of no net land take
To halt land take in Europe, the European Union set a “no net land take by 2050′′ target in 2011. However, land take continues to occur in European countries, with recent studies suggesting that local decision-making is playing a major role in these land-use conversions. In this study, we investigated how urban growth boundaries (UGBs) are used by local governments to manage urban growth in Romania. A mixed-method approach was adopted, combining …
Agency shifts in agricultural land governance and their implications for land degradation neutrality
Given current land degradation trends, Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN, SDG Target 15.3) by 2030 could be difficult to attain. Solutions to avoid, reduce, and reverse land degradation are not being implemented at sufficiently large scales, pointing to land governance as the main obstacle. In this paper, we review dynamics in agricultural land governance, and the potential this may have to enable land degradation or provide solutions towards LDN.…
Farmers’ participation in the development of land use policies for the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia
The Copenhagen Accord
Mapping settlement systems in China and their change trajectories between 1990 and 2010
A wide variety of settlement systems exist, ranging from small villages to large metropolises. However, spatial analyses are typically confined to the mere presence or absence of built-up land and the changes therein, while more subtle differences between various settlement systems are ignored. In this paper we study the spatial distribution of Chinese settlements in terms of their built-up land, cluster density and cluster size, as well as their…
Perceptions of equity in conservation scenarios
The Half Earth (HE) and Sharing the Planet (SP) scenario narratives are two distinctly different scenarios on how to restore and conserve biodiversity while accounting for the need for agricultural production. Yet, the equity implications of both scenarios are not clear. We conducted a questionnaire to better understand what experts with various backgrounds perceive as the main equity implications of these scenarios. We find that, overall, distri…
Socioeconomic outcomes of agricultural land use change in Southeast Asia
Agricultural land use is transforming rapidly in Southeast Asia, often supported by development policies aiming primarily at economic growth. However, the socioeconomic outcomes of these changes for smallholder farmers remain unclear. Here, we systematically review cases of agricultural land use change in Southeast Asia to assess their socioeconomic outcomes and potential trade-off and synergies in these outcomes. Of the 126 reviewed cases, we fi…
What restrains Ethiopian NGOs to participate in the development of policies for natural resource management
By law, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Ethiopia are severely restricted in their activities towards policy development. In this study we explore to what extent these restrictions have affected NGOs in Natural Resource Management in the Oromia regional state of Ethiopia. We quantitatively analyzed 106 semi-structured questionnaires, in order to assess 1) the general characteristics of these NGO, 2) the role of NGOs in natural resource ma…
Comparing the spatial structure of cities in East Africa, Europe and North America
Understanding urban spatial structure is important as it reflects, among other things, the liveability, sustainability, and economic situation of a city. While considerable research has been done on urban spatial structure in North America, Europe, and China, cities in sub-Sharan Africa are chronically understudied. Yet, the largest urban population growth of our time is taking place in exactly these cities, and as a consequence these cities face…
Interactions between sustainable development goals at the district level in Lao PDR
We develop a unique dataset of 3 SDG indicators at district level in Lao PDR. • We find a positive correlation between poverty and stunting in 2005 and in 2015. • We find a negative correlation between these indicators and natural areas. • There are no significant relations between changes in indicators over time. • Variations between districts highlight the need for subnational analyses of SDGs. Monitoring the status and evolution of Sustainable…
Future governance options for large-scale land acquisition in Cambodia
This paper investigates how large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) can be governed to avoid underuse and thereby spare room for other land claims, specifically nature conservation. LSLA underuse occurs when land in LSLAs is not converted to its intended use. Taking Cambodia as a case, we map converted and unconverted areas within LSLAs using remote sensing. We develop three scenarios of alternative LSLA policies until 2040, and use a land system c…
The Copenhagen Accord
Rcp2.6
The RCP2.6 emission and concentration pathway is representative of the literature on mitigation scenarios aiming to limit the increase of global mean temperature to 2°C. These scenarios form the low end of the scenario literature in terms of emissions and radiative forcing. They often show negative emissions from energy use in the second half of the 21st century. The RCP2.6 scenario is shown to be technically feasible in the IMAGE integrated asse…
Manifestations and underlying drivers of agricultural land use change in Europe
Impact of the choice of emission metric on greenhouse gas abatement and costs
This paper analyses the effect of different emission metrics and metric values on timing and costs of greenhouse gas mitigation in least-cost emission pathways aimed at a forcing level of 3.5 W m-2 in 2100. Such an assessment is currently relevant in view of UNFCCC's decision to replace the values currently used. An emission metric determines the relative weights of non-CO2 greenhouse gases in obtaining CO2-equivalent emissions. For the first com…
Demand for biodiversity protection and carbon storage as drivers of global land change scenarios
Meta-studies in land use science
Land use science has traditionally used case-study approaches for in-depth investigation of land use change processes and impacts. Meta-studies synthesize findings across case-study evidence to identify general patterns. In this paper, we provide a review of meta-studies in land use science. Various meta-studies have been conducted, which synthesize deforestation and agricultural land use change processes, while other important changes, such as u…
A global analysis of land take in cropland areas and production displacement from urbanization
Harvested area gaps in China between 1981 and 2010
Previous analyses have shown that cropland in China is intensifying, leading to an increase in crop production. However, these output measures leave the potential for further intensification largely unassessed. This study uses the harvested area gap (HAG), which expresses the amount of harvested area that can be gained if all existing cropland is harvested as frequently as possible, according to their potential limit for multi-cropping. Specifica…
What restrains Ethiopian NGOs to participate in the development of policies for natural resource management
By law, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Ethiopia are severely restricted in their activities towards policy development. In this study we explore to what extent these restrictions have affected NGOs in Natural Resource Management in the Oromia regional state of Ethiopia. We quantitatively analyzed 106 semi-structured questionnaires, in order to assess 1) the general characteristics of these NGO, 2) the role of NGOs in natural resource ma…
Direct and indirect loss of natural habitat due to built-up area expansion
Farmers’ participation in the development of land use policies for the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia
Local land-use decision-making in a global context
Land-use change has transformed the majority of the terrestrial biosphere, impacting biodiversity, climate change, food production and provision of multiple ecosystem services. To improve our understanding of land-use change processes, the motivations and characteristics of land-use decision-makers need to be addressed more explicitly. Here, we systematically review the peer-reviewed literature between 1950 and 2018 that documents decision-making…
Direct and indirect loss of natural area from urban expansion
Beyond land cover change
Future governance options for large-scale land acquisition in Cambodia
This paper investigates how large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) can be governed to avoid underuse and thereby spare room for other land claims, specifically nature conservation. LSLA underuse occurs when land in LSLAs is not converted to its intended use. Taking Cambodia as a case, we map converted and unconverted areas within LSLAs using remote sensing. We develop three scenarios of alternative LSLA policies until 2040, and use a land system c…
Mapping settlement systems in China and their change trajectories between 1990 and 2010
A wide variety of settlement systems exist, ranging from small villages to large metropolises. However, spatial analyses are typically confined to the mere presence or absence of built-up land and the changes therein, while more subtle differences between various settlement systems are ignored. In this paper we study the spatial distribution of Chinese settlements in terms of their built-up land, cluster density and cluster size, as well as their…
The peri-urbanization of Europe
Detection of NO 2 pollution plumes from individual ships with the TROPOMI/S5P satellite sensor
This paper presents an analysis of tropospheric NO 2 column measurements from the TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument onboard the Copernicus Sentinel 5 Precursor satellite (TROPOMI/S5P) for an oceanic area in the central Mediterranean on 2 July 2018. The day and area were selected because of the stable and cloud-free weather conditions with low wind speeds throughout most of the area, while covering one of the busiest worldwide international shipp…
Modeling urban development and its exposure to river flood risk in Southeast Asia
Countries in Southeast Asia have been developing quickly from a predominantly rural to predominantly urban society, leading to a rapid increase in urban land. This increase in urban land has mainly occurred in river deltas and floodplains, exposing humans and human assets to flood hazard. Here we present an assessment of current and future flood risk in five countries of mainland Southeast Asia, using a new modeling approach that accounts for dif…
Settlement changes after peak population
China has experienced unprecedented urbanization in the past few decades, fueled by population growth, economic development, and rural to urban migration. In the future, economic growth as well as rural to urban migration is expected to continue, but demographic scenarios indicate that the population of China will peak and subsequently decline. As a result, it is unsure how urban areas will develop after peak population. In this study we further …
Crisis-induced disruptions in place-based social-ecological research ‐ an opportunity for redirection
Place-based research faces multiple threats, including both natural and global health hazards and political conflicts, which may disrupt fieldwork. The current COVID-19 pandemic shows how these threats can drastically affect social-ecological research activities given its engagement with different local stakeholders, disciplines, and knowledge systems. The crisis reveals the need for adaptive research designs while also providing an opportunity f…
Agency shifts in agricultural land governance and their implications for land degradation neutrality
Given current land degradation trends, Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN, SDG Target 15.3) by 2030 could be difficult to attain. Solutions to avoid, reduce, and reverse land degradation are not being implemented at sufficiently large scales, pointing to land governance as the main obstacle. In this paper, we review dynamics in agricultural land governance, and the potential this may have to enable land degradation or provide solutions towards LDN.…
A global map of local climate zones to support earth system modelling and urban-scale environmental science
There is a scientific consensus on the need for spatially detailed information on urban landscapes at a global scale. These data can support a range of environmental services, since cities are places of intense resource consumption and waste generation and of concentrated infrastructure and human settlement exposed to multiple hazards of natural and anthropogenic origin. In the face of climate change, urban data are also required to explore futur…
Global trends and local variations in land take per person
Globally, urban areas are growing at a faster rate than their population, potentially reducing environmental sustainability due to undesirable land take in (semi)natural and agricultural lands. However, it is unclear to what extent this trend varies locally, which may hamper the formulation and implementation of local-scale policies in the context of the global competition for land. Here, we attribute built-up land change to population dynamics a…
Socioeconomic outcomes of agricultural land use change in Southeast Asia
Agricultural land use is transforming rapidly in Southeast Asia, often supported by development policies aiming primarily at economic growth. However, the socioeconomic outcomes of these changes for smallholder farmers remain unclear. Here, we systematically review cases of agricultural land use change in Southeast Asia to assess their socioeconomic outcomes and potential trade-off and synergies in these outcomes. Of the 126 reviewed cases, we fi…
Geography (25 works) · Economics (19 works) · Land use (19 works) · Land Use and Ecosystem Services (18 works) · Ecology (17 works) · Environmental Science (17 works) · Environmental resource management (14 works) · Business (12 works) · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (12 works) · Environmental planning (11 works)