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Local politics and land take: Using remote sensing data to analyse land-use changes in Sweden

Author: Wittberg Emanuel, Tavares António Fernando, Szmigiel-Rawska Katarzyna
Publication type: journal articles
Full citation: Wittberg Emanuel, Tavares António Fernando, Szmigiel-Rawska Katarzyna (2025) Local politics and land take: Using remote sensing data to analyse land-use changes in Sweden. Journal of Environmental Management, 384, 125387.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125387
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• Creation of a Land Use Change Index (LUCI) to measure the extent of land-use intensification on the municipal level.

• Insights into how local politics impact sustainable spatial development.

• Municipalities with more competitive elections tend to experience more intensive land-use changes, which is unique to Sweden.

• Characteristics of local political institutions moderate effects of economic interests driving land-use intensification.

• Mining industries significantly drive land-use changes, but Green Party presence on the local level mitigates this effect.