20.500.12556/RUL-134237 Land consumption and land take enhancing conceptual clarity for evaluating spatial governance in the EU context Rapid expansion of settlements and related infrastructures is a global trend that comes with severe environmental, economic, and social costs. Steering urbanization toward well-balanced compactness is thus acknowledged as an important strategic orientation in UN Sustainable Development Goal 11 (SDG-11) via the SDG-indicator “Ratio of land consumption rate to population growth rate.” The EU’s simultaneous commitment to being “a frontrunner in implementing [ . . . ] the SDGs” and to striving for “no net land take until 2050” calls for relating the concepts of land consumption and land take to each other. Drawing on an EU-centred questionnaire study, a focus group and a literature review, we scrutinize definitions of land consumption and land take, seeking to show how they are interrelated, and questioning the comparability of respective indicators. We argue that conceptual clarifications and a bridging of the two notions are much needed, and that the precision required for definitions and applications is context-dependent. While approximate understandings may suffice for general communication and dissemination objectives, accurate and consistent interpretations of the discussed concepts seem indispensable for monitoring and reporting purposes. We propose ways of addressing existing ambiguities and suggest prioritizing the term land take in the EU context. Thereby, we aim to enhance conceptual clarity around land consumption and land take—a precondition for solidly informing respective policies and decisions. artificialization compact cities densification indicators SDG-11 soil sealing spatial planning sustainable development urbanization urbano okolje urbanizacija prostorsko načrtovanje trajnostni razvoj kazalniki true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2022-01-03 11:09:23 2022-01-03 11:09:23 2022-09-13 03:54:06 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2020 0 0 21 str. iss. 19, art. 8269 Vol. 12 2020 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 71 2071-1050 10.3390/su12198269 31882755 RAZ_Marquard_Elisabeth_2020.pdf RAZ_Marquard_Elisabeth_2020.pdf 1 0E172A80F9FF238E9A904504F9471DF7 1ad625d341c09f2e0a09a841f9ef37855d3a808de43cefc1764693a97c42f015 4d64c80e-6c7d-11ec-abdb-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=152587 https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/19/8269 0 29c22a81-6c7d-11ec-abdb-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=152586 Biotehniška fakulteta Filozofska fakulteta 0 0 0