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Sustainable land use needs a manageable nexus of knowledge from planning practice, policy makers, the private economy, and civic society, as well as from scientific research. This is mutually dependent on the communicative and collaborative turn in spatial planning as well as by transdisciplinary research approaches. This paper offers an approach how to organise knowledge management and co-production of knowledge in the context of complex land use decisions. Therefore, a prototype of an internet-based knowledge platform is introduced based on a theoretical reflection of concepts for integrated information and knowledge management, as well as on practical experiences derived from a German case study. We conclude that sustainable land use requires Planning Support Systems (PSS) that combine transdisciplinary perspectives in order to co-produce robust knowledge. This also implies a transdisciplinary design of PSS. Challenges of implementation are discussed and further research is specified.

Preface -- Overview of Chapters -- Sustainable land management and the co-creation of knowledge -- Part 1 (State and drivers) -- Land use change in Europe (Overview) -- Energy demand and land use change -- New economic drivers for land use change -- Demographic change and land use change -- Urbanisation and land use change -- Urban-rural interrelations -- Part 2 (Co-Design and Co-Production) -- Transdisciplinarity in land use sciences -- Tipping Points of Innovations for Sustainable Land Management -- Experimental games in sustainable land management -- Part 3 (Co-evolution: New system solutions and Governance) -- System solutions in sustainable land management – from small scale technical solutions to overarching solutions for society -- Regional Material Flow Management as a tool to develop resilient villages -- Supply chains and land management -- The re-invention of urban agriculture - innovation and acceptance of a new trend -- Approaches of Sustainable Landmanagement: International practices and innovative solutions -- Ecosystem services and development of green infrastructure -- Part 4 (Co-dissemination) -- New ways of implementation and transfer for sustainability -- Knowledge management for governance -- Part 5 -- Upcoming challenges in land use science – an international perspective -- Conclusions and research perspectives.

This open access book presents and discusses current issues and innovative solution approaches for land management in a European context. Manifold sustainability issues are closely interconnected with land use practices. Throughout the world, we face increasing conflict over the use of land as well as competition for land. Drawing on experience in sustainable land management gained from seven years of the FONA programme (Research for Sustainable Development, conducted under the auspices of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research), the book stresses and highlights co-design processes within the "co-creation of knowledge", involving collaboration in transdisciplinary research processes between academia and other stakeholders. The book begins with an overview of the current state of land use practices and the subsequent need to manage land resources more sustainably. New system solutions and governance approaches in sustainable land management are presented from a European perspective on land use. The volume also addresses how to use new modes of knowledge transfer between science and practice. New perspectives in sustainable land management and methods of combining knowledge and action are presented to a broad readership in land system sciences and environmental sciences, social sciences and geosciences.

Nordostdeutschland ist einer der räumlichen "Hotspots" der deutschen Energiewende für die Windkraft an Land wie auch für andere Anlagen erneuerbarer Stromproduktion. In Brandenburg und Mecklenburg-Vorpommern wurden dazu in den letzten Jahren vielfältige Erfahrungen gesammelt und Herausforderungen seitens der Regionalplanung gemeistert. Der Forschungsbericht analysiert dieses dynamische Themenfeld aus der Perspektive der Innovationsforschung. Ansätze der Innovationsforschung werden vorgestellt und auf ihre Relevanz für die Analyse des Planungssystems diskutiert, Rahmenbedingungen der regionalen Steuerung der Energiewende in Bund und Ländern werden beschrieben. Diskussionen mit Fokusgruppen untermauern die Betrachtungen empirisch. Der Forschungsbericht macht sichtbar, welche Beiträge die Regionalplanung zu den Erfolgen insbesondere im Windkraftausbau der letzten Jahre geleistet hat. Wenngleich Akteure der Regionalplanung sich in ihrer traditionellen Selbstbeschreibung nicht unbedingt als innovativ verstehen, sind sie sich aber bewusst, dass sie an tiefgreifenden Veränderungen mitwirken. ; Northeast Germany is one of the spatial "hotspots" of the German energy transition for onshore wind power as well as for other renewable electricity production facilities. Regional Planning in Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania gained a wide range of experience in recent years and mastered respective challenges. This report analyses this dynamic topic area from the perspective of innovation research. It presents and discusses approaches of innovation regarding their relevance for the analysis of the planning system; it explains framework conditions of the regional control of the energy transition in the federal and state governments. Discussions with focus groups provided empirical support for the observations. The report enlightens the contributions of regional planning to the successes of recent years, especially in the expansion of wind power. Although actors in regional planning do not necessarily see themselves as innovative in their traditional self-description, they are aware that they are involved in profound changes. The title of this report evokes the question about the innovative power of regional planning. In general, we can answer this question in a positive way. We detected atmospheres of innovativeness in supra-local spatial planning in terms of informal moderation of social negotiation processes, with regard to the development of goals and guiding principles, but also in the transformation of formal regional planning processes. This necessary transformation did not only follow a top-down approach, but was actively promoted at all levels of the planning system. Hence, the challenging transformation process of the energy transition was not only a conflict driver, but also an "innovation driver". It created a climate of innovation in the field of action of regional planning.

Nordostdeutschland ist einer der räumlichen "Hotspots" der deutschen Energiewende für die Windkraft an Land wie auch für andere Anlagen erneuerbarer Stromproduktion. In Brandenburg und Mecklenburg-Vorpommern wurden dazu in den letzten Jahren vielfältige Erfahrungen gesammelt und Herausforderungen seitens der Regionalplanung gemeistert. Der Forschungsbericht analysiert dieses dynamische Themenfeld aus der Perspektive der Innovationsforschung. Ansätze der Innovationsforschung werden vorgestellt und auf ihre Relevanz für die Analyse des Planungssystems diskutiert, Rahmenbedingungen der regionalen Steuerung der Energiewende in Bund und Ländern werden beschrieben. Diskussionen mit Fokusgruppen untermauern die Betrachtungen empirisch. Der Forschungsbericht macht sichtbar, welche Beiträge die Regionalplanung zu den Erfolgen insbesondere im Windkraftausbau der letzten Jahre geleistet hat. Wenngleich Akteure der Regionalplanung sich in ihrer traditionellen Selbstbeschreibung nicht unbedingt als innovativ verstehen, sind sie sich aber bewusst, dass sie an tiefgreifenden Veränderungen mitwirken.

The German Government's Integrated Energy and Climate Programme (IEKP) and the National Biomass Action Plan set ambitious targets for the further development of bioenergy until 2020. The share of energy from biomass is supposed to reach 8 % and 9.7 % of the total power consumption and of the total heat usage, respectively. The share of biofuels on the total consumption of fuels for transportation should rise up to 12 % (energetic) by 2020. This project aims to assess the possibilities of achieving the IEKP targets for bioenergy in a regional and global context. On a regional as well as global level, the potentials of different biomasses were determined in different development scenarios until 2020. Furthermore, the extent to which remote sensing could contribute in improving the spatial specification of biomass resources and whether it could be used as a monitoring system for the early detection of land use changes was investigated. On the regional level, the spatial implications of energetic biomass use was analysed with regard to environmental impacts and land use conflicts. Depending on their significance of spatial impacts, instruments of spatial planning were assessed in order to steer the supply of bioenergy. [. from Executive Summary]