Documents

The report discusses the decision-making processes, behaviours and motivations of landowners or land managers, particularly around their future land use decisions and investment strategies into their land.

This policy briefing discusses whether the means in which land values are determined had changed due to the changing landscape.

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In this research briefing we present our work to date, which includes a working example of an area of the Spey Catchment.

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This briefing investigates changes in Scottish land values and the trends in investment that have been driving these changes. Previous research has highlighted that land values in Scotland have been increasing.

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This document presents a summary of literature review, conducted for the Costs and opportunities for Scottish products with higher value status project. The aim of the research project of which

This report discussed the interviews with salmon produces within the Costs and opportunities for Scottish products with higher value status project. The aim of the research project of which this

This report provides a comprehensive review of policy interventions for Scotland’s rural areas and islands since the 1950s. Based on this review, it provides some suggestions for how policies may evolve in future.

In this discussion paper the authors looked at definitions of local food, the reported advantages and disadvantages of local food, perceived barriers to local food production, and ways of measuring local food production. The authors explored why it is important to have agreed definitions if the economic contribution

This report is the first of an annual series of reports stemming from research funded by the Scottish Government’s Strategic Research Programme 2022-27, that aims to provide novel insights on Scotland’s rural and island economies and communities.

Report 4 of 4. This report explores the factors that may help or hinder community wealth building policy, with particular attention to rural and island contexts.