Quantifying multiple effects of land finance on urban sprawl: Empirical study on 284 prefectural-level cities in China

Zhang, Yihao; Wang, Jinzhu; Liu, Yong; Yue, Wenze

doi:10.1016/j.eiar.2023.107156

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“…Our study showed that the WUP model could also be used for case studies in China. For example, Zhang et al [25] showed that the urban sprawl of 284 prefecture-level cities in China showed a trend from aggravation to alleviation from 2001 to 2019, which was consistent with our research results. In the WUP model, the DIS for Beijing was high, and Jiang et al [10] also showed a clear trend toward fragmented and irregular built-up land parcels from 1996 to 2004 in Beijing due to inadequate planning control and discontinuous strip-or jump-like developments.…”

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Spatiotemporal Pattern of Urban Sprawl Based on the Weighted Urban Proliferation Model: A Case Study of the Bohai Rim Region in China

Yang,

Liu,

Yue

et al. 2024

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Since the reform and opening up, China’s urbanization level has increased rapidly, with the urbanization rate rising from 17.92% in 1978 to 63.89% in 2020. At the same time, the extreme expansion of urban space has gradually become a common phenomenon, and the problem of urban sprawl has become a stumbling block to the high-quality development of Chinese cities. The traditional single-indicator method and multi-indicator method have obvious shortcomings in the richness of index dimension and the subjectivity of indicator selection, respectively, when measuring urban sprawl quantitatively. In this study, based on the weighted urban proliferation (WUP) model, we integrated the three independent dimensions of urban permeation (UP), dispersion of built-up areas (DIS), and utilization density (UD) to verify the applicability and feasibility of the model for quantifying the spatiotemporal pattern of urban sprawl, taking the Bohai Rim region in China as an example. There were four main results. Most cities in the Bohai Rim region had a moderate-to-high level of urban sprawl, with obvious spatial heterogeneity by province. The average WUP of cities in the Bohai Rim region increased by 61.83% from 2000 to 2020, and cities with moderate urban sprawl became cities with high sprawl. The urban sprawl process in the Bohai Rim region accelerated during 2010−2015 and stabilized thereafter. The increase in WUP caused by the growth of built-up areas is the main driver of urban sprawl in the Bohai Rim region. This study found that the WUP model can be effectively applied to the Bohai Rim region of China, where it reflects the multidimensional features of urban sprawl and provides new insight into its spatiotemporal pattern.

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Spatiotemporal Pattern of Urban Sprawl Based on the Weighted Urban Proliferation Model: A Case Study of the Bohai Rim Region in China

Yang,

Liu,

Yue

et al. 2024

Land

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“…On the one hand, local governments earn fiscal revenues from land concessions, land leases, and land taxes [17,18], easing fiscal pressures, and at the same time investing these revenues in infrastructure construction, which promotes rapid economic growth in a short period of time [19,20]. On the other hand, low-cost industrial land reduces the production costs of enterprises, while land finance revenue is used to subsidise enterprises through taxes and various incentives [21,22], which further promotes economic development. Not only that, LGLFD promotes the prosperity of the regional property market [23], which not only fosters the rapid growth of the regional economy and brings more fiscal revenue for local governments, but also accelerates the process of urbanisation in emerging markets [24][25][26].…”

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Drinking Poison to Quench Thirst: Local Government Land Financial Dependence and Urban Innovation Quality

Xu,

Yang,

Yang

et al. 2024

Land

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Many emerging markets rely on land financing, whereby land grants are used to raise funds for the government. In the short term, land financing eases the government’s fiscal deficit and boosts regional economic development. However, the long-term implications of such behaviour have not been adequately discussed. This study focuses on the relationship between local government land finance dependence (LGLFD) and urban innovation quality (UIQ). We find that LGLFD significantly inhibits the improvement of UIQ, and this inhibition occurs through three main channels: changing government spending preferences, reducing financial efficiency, and deteriorating the institutional environment. Our empirical study analyses 3662 samples from 264 Chinese cities from 2003 to 2016, confirming our research hypothesis. Further research finds that there is significant heterogeneity in the effect of LGLFD on UIQ. Based on these conclusions, some policy implications are proposed.

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The impact of urban growth boundary on urban sprawl: evidence from China

Yuan,

Ma,

Xiong

2024

Reg Environ Change

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Quantifying multiple effects of land finance on urban sprawl: Empirical study on 284 prefectural-level cities in China

Cited by 19 publications

References 76 publications

Spatiotemporal Pattern of Urban Sprawl Based on the Weighted Urban Proliferation Model: A Case Study of the Bohai Rim Region in China

Spatiotemporal Pattern of Urban Sprawl Based on the Weighted Urban Proliferation Model: A Case Study of the Bohai Rim Region in China

Drinking Poison to Quench Thirst: Local Government Land Financial Dependence and Urban Innovation Quality

The impact of urban growth boundary on urban sprawl: evidence from China

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