TY - CHAP

T1 - Multifunctional Land Consolidations in Denmark

T2 - Rethinking the Pattern of Landownership to Create Resilient Future Landscapes

AU - Præstholm, Søren

AU - Kronvang, Brian

AU - Olsen, Jakob Vesterlund

AU - Schou, Jesper Sølver

AU - Johansen , Pia Heike

PY - 2023

Y1 - 2023

N2 - This chapter presents learnings from a multifunctional land consolidation initiative in Denmark that pursued both present and future societal goals through collaborative processes in local landscapes. The evaluation reveals that multifunctional land consolidations in four pilot projects have not yet succeeded in reaching the many local goals of the initial plans nor fulfilled overarching societal demand. However, the intense local dialogue initiated has resulted in catalogues including many multifunctional project ideas that eventually may be realized by other means or due to a later round of land consolidation. Yet, a stronger integration between local collaborative voluntary processes and national compulsory goals accompanied with more flexible funding instruments is needed if multifunctional land consolidations should provide significant solutions to future greening challenges (e.g. climate, biodiversity and environment). Multifunctional land consolidation is certainly not a quick fix to obtain resilient landscapes but it may be a component in finding new pathways – not only in a Danish context.

AB - This chapter presents learnings from a multifunctional land consolidation initiative in Denmark that pursued both present and future societal goals through collaborative processes in local landscapes. The evaluation reveals that multifunctional land consolidations in four pilot projects have not yet succeeded in reaching the many local goals of the initial plans nor fulfilled overarching societal demand. However, the intense local dialogue initiated has resulted in catalogues including many multifunctional project ideas that eventually may be realized by other means or due to a later round of land consolidation. Yet, a stronger integration between local collaborative voluntary processes and national compulsory goals accompanied with more flexible funding instruments is needed if multifunctional land consolidations should provide significant solutions to future greening challenges (e.g. climate, biodiversity and environment). Multifunctional land consolidation is certainly not a quick fix to obtain resilient landscapes but it may be a component in finding new pathways – not only in a Danish context.

U2 - 10.4324/9781003266440-2

DO - 10.4324/9781003266440-2

M3 - Book chapter

SN - 978-1-032-21037-7

SN - 978-1-032-21038-4

T3 - Routledge Studies in Conservation and the Environment

SP - 11

EP - 28

BT - Creating Resilient Landscapes in an Era of Climate Change

A2 - Rastandeh, Amin

A2 - Jarchow, Meghann

PB - Routledge

ER -