Visualizing economic drivers of virtual land trade

A case study of global cereals trade

Bibliographic Data

ID21247644
AuthorsSohyun Park (0000-0003-4719-6920, Computational and Data Sciences, George Mason University Korea, Incheon, South Korea, corresponding author), Darla K Munroe (0000-0002-4175-9406, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy), N Xiao (0000-0002-6585-6294, The Ohio State University)
Year2023
Volume50
Issue6
Pages1695-1698
Publication date2023-07-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironment and Planning B Urban Analytics and City Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2399-8083 • E-ISSN: 2399-8091
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/23998083231177057
OpenAlexW4376640135
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited6

Exploring virtual land trade (VLT) embodied in the global agricultural trade enables us to uncover potential risks to economy, environment, and food security within the trade structure. Using the bilateral trade data for the periods of 1988–1990, 1998–2000, 2008–2010, and 2018–2020, we created halfcircle diagrams depicting how virtual land of cereals is traded between countries of different income levels. The diagrams show that the global trend of virtual land in cereal products was being exported from high-income to low-income countries. Initially, a few wealthy countries dominated exports, and in later periods, middle-income countries joined major exporters. There has been a significant increase in the number of countries participating in VLT. Halfcircle diagrams are a useful tool for visualizing overall trends of VLT in relation to a potential driver

Agriculture · Business · Economics · Food security · Geography · International trade · Economic and Technological Innovation · Environmental Impact and Sustainability · Organic Food and Agriculture

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