Land, Ageing, Gender and Environment: Problems and Challenges from Different Disciplines II

A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 December 2024 | Viewed by 4455

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Institute of Bioengineering, Miguel Hernandez University, 03202 Elche, Spain
Interests: ageing and old age; gender; land; rural development; emerging technologies; climate change and emissions; health; social psychology and sociology
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University Institute on Gender Studies and Department of Social Analysis, University Carlos III of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Interests: ageing and old age; land/environment; gender and feminism; habitat/rural spaces; evaluation of programmes; caring/work; climate/social change; health; technologies; social psychology and sociology
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Biomedical Neuroengineering Research Group, Miguel Hernández University and CIBER BBN, 03202 Elche, ‎Spain
Interests: health in land; emerging technologies and interfaces related to rural development and land; ageing and old age in land; biomedical engineering; bioengineering and neuroscience
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Department of Applied Economics, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Interests: environment and emissions; applied economics and public policies in land; circular economy; advanced statistics; business cycles in land; convergence and sustainability
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Building Engineering Department, Basque Country University, Basque, Spain
Interests: environment and emisssions; circular economy; construction and building in land; forest certification; sustainability and climate change
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University Institute on Gender Studies, University Carlos III of Madrid and University Complutense of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Interests: ageing and old age; gender; evaluation of programmes; labour relations; employment in land; sociology
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Recent studies argue that we are facing a silent and relatively longstanding socio-environmental crisis. This is based on the evidence, and confirms the need to continue the evaluation and research in several key aspects of land, from different approaches and disciplines. That is, some research exists which is linked to land and gender, but there are fewer studies about older people and green societies. Therefore, the main aim of this Special Issue, in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), is to bring together researchers from different fields and open a dialogue regarding some gaps of the land, including ageing and gender relationships.

As a continuation of the last Special Issue on "Land, Ageing, Gender and Environment: Problems and Challenges from Different Disciplines", this second volume Special Issue is open to the submission of previously unpublished works on all aspects of the land, focused on the following:

  • Land and environment from sociological, health, psychological, political, technological, economic, communication and engineering sciences.
  • Active ageing and dependent old age, i.e., studies on older people’s role in relation to environment and land, with special reference to older women.
  • Gender studies regarding environmental issues, land, green economy impacts and different social-spatial habitats (rural–intermediate–urban and residential environments) which favor inclusion, and reflect a feminist and non-ageist perspective.
  • Evaluation of programs and initiatives at different levels (education, health, climate change and social climate action, technology, work, circular economy, etc.) whose purpose is related with reducing ageism and the gap between the land and older people and/or promoting sustainable development and public policies.
  • Social health addressing land interactions and impacts on health (physical and psychosocial), circular economy and quality of life, from generational and gender perspectives and/or in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and current crisis scenarios.
  • Images, stereotypes and attitudes from the different socio-political agents—population, education, employment, mass media, etc.—around any mentioned area, mainly the relationship between environment, land, ageing and gender.
  • New technologies and technological and economic approaches contributing to land and the improvement of environmental management, among others. This includes emerging technologies such as agriculture machinery, vertical farming and intelligence applied to land. 

Dr. Vanessa Zorrilla-Muñoz
Prof. Dr. Maria Silveria Agulló-Tomás
Prof. Dr. Eduardo Fernandez
Prof. Dr. Sonia de Lucas Santos
Prof. Dr. Jesus Cuadrado Rojo
Guest Editors

Blanca Criado Quesada
Guest Editor Assistant

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Keywords

  • land/environment/ecology
  • ageing/ageism/older people
  • gender/eco/feminisms
  • rural–urban spaces/frames
  • health, social services and education aspects
  • land economic and public policies aspects
  • work/employment and leisure/tourism aspects
  • pandemic, psycho-social crisis and climate change aspects

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Importance of STEM and STEAM Education for Improvement of the Land in the RURAL Environment: Examples in Latin America
by Elisa Gavari-Starkie, Patricia-Teresa Espinosa-Gutiérrez, Cristina Lucini-Baquero and Josep Pastrana-Huguet
Land 2024, 13(3), 274; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13030274 - 22 Feb 2024
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Interdisciplinary STEM and STEAM education gives us the opportunity for training students to achieve all educational objectives in a sustainable development framework. Land in a rural area is a scenario with a range of educational resources for the development of STEM and STEAM [...] Read more.
Interdisciplinary STEM and STEAM education gives us the opportunity for training students to achieve all educational objectives in a sustainable development framework. Land in a rural area is a scenario with a range of educational resources for the development of STEM and STEAM projects to train students to interact with the rural environment. The possibilities of the land in order to prepare students for the needs of today’s world are linked and sensitized to the environment. In this article, we will offer contemporary examples of STEM and STEAM projects that have been carried out in Latin America. These projects are being developed in which young people establish links with their environment, territory, and the local environment surrounding them. We must look carefully at projects and works in which students’ ties to their land and environment are valued through the STEM and STEAM education necessary today. In this scenario, a comparison has been made between the projects in Latin American countries and Spain. Full article
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Tax Planning on New Tobacco Risk-Reduced Products in Europe: Assessment and Implications for Public Policies
by Fernando Pinto Hernández and María Jesús Delgado Rodríguez
Land 2023, 12(10), 1827; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12101827 - 25 Sep 2023
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Taxes on the consumption of certain products have played a key role in public revenue analysis in European countries. This work assesses the differences in tax planning for new non-combustion products across some European territories. Through theoretical analysis, the paper has three distinct [...] Read more.
Taxes on the consumption of certain products have played a key role in public revenue analysis in European countries. This work assesses the differences in tax planning for new non-combustion products across some European territories. Through theoretical analysis, the paper has three distinct aspects. Firstly, we show the taxpayer profile in different countries. Secondly, the study analyzes the risks for the health system and the individual. Thirdly, the design of the national tobacco tax is based on previous experience and planning in Europe. This paper concludes with a case study for different countries: (1) Spain “vapers” and “smokers”, where the analysis is based on micro-data from the European Health Interview Survey 2020. (2) Sweden, with the analysis of snus, shows it as a practice on how to reach economic savings while decreasing economic costs thanks to the nudging of consumers towards better products. The results show taxation and, especially, land taxation should consider differences in planning in the case of new products, such as non-combustion products, given the user per capita income and the potential lower health risks involved. Full article
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Evaluation of Territorial Capacity for Development: Population and Employment
by Ricard Calvo-Palomares, Juli Antoni Aguado-Hernández, Enric Sigalat-Signes and Bernat Roig-Merino
Land 2023, 12(9), 1773; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12091773 - 13 Sep 2023
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Rural depopulation and its consequences is a critical social, economic, labour and environmental issue. Based on diagnoses carried out five years ago in two rural territories of the Valencian Community (Spain) in a situation of demographic desertification, this paper aims to analyse if [...] Read more.
Rural depopulation and its consequences is a critical social, economic, labour and environmental issue. Based on diagnoses carried out five years ago in two rural territories of the Valencian Community (Spain) in a situation of demographic desertification, this paper aims to analyse if the evolution of employment and population has become a driving force for local development in both territories. To this end, triangulated analysis has been conducted using statistical sources, a survey of the respective Local Development and Employment Officers (AEDLs) and application of the new READI© methodology—based on a matrix with indicators evaluating the level of convergence of the resources, actors and dynamics available to the territory. The survey and READI© methodology have allowed us to complete sociodemographic analysis of population and employment to identify the causes that explain the similarities and differences between both territories in their capacity to generate local development processes. As a result of this study, some positive trends can be observed in the period encompassing 2017–2022, changing the preceding negative tendency and allowing us to generate a hopeful approach for such territories if local development policies correct the detected imbalances. Full article
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Can Land Circulation Improve the Health of Middle-Aged and Older Farmers in China?
by Keyan Li, Can Liu, Junlong Ma and Martinson Ankrah Twumasi
Land 2023, 12(6), 1203; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12061203 - 09 Jun 2023
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Compared with the urban aging population, the rural aging population in China is larger, and is subject to a lower per capita income, lower social security coverage, and insufficient security capacity. Therefore, ensuring the health of middle-aged and older farmers is an inevitable [...] Read more.
Compared with the urban aging population, the rural aging population in China is larger, and is subject to a lower per capita income, lower social security coverage, and insufficient security capacity. Therefore, ensuring the health of middle-aged and older farmers is an inevitable requirement for maintaining the stability of rural areas and society. This study uses data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Survey (CHARLS) 2018, an ordered probit model and instrumental variable approach to empirically analyze the effect of land circulation out on the physical health of middle-aged and older farmers over 45. The results indicate that land circulation out positively and significantly affects farmers’ health. Again, farmer’s non-agricultural work and household income play a significant role in this positive relationship between land circulation out and farmers’ health. Thus, the promotion of non-agricultural work for farmers and household income enhancement could alleviate household budget constraints while increasing health investment. The findings provide policies advocating for rural health development from land circulation perspectives. Full article
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