Spatial–Temporal Analysis of Urban Land-Use Efficiency: An Analytical Framework in Terms of Economic Transition and Spatiality

Liu, Shuchang; Ye, Yanmei; Li, Linlin

doi:10.3390/su11071839

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“…Thus, the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment proposed a new method that could overcome this shortcoming. Based on China's national conditions, Chinese scholars have constructed a comprehensive evaluation index for the RES that considers resource conservation, economic level and urban charm [45][46][47][48][49]. The RES should be evaluated quantitatively.…”

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“…The RES should be evaluated quantitatively. Methods include a comprehensive weighted-average index, an analytic hierarchy, and a fuzzy comprehensive evaluation [45][46][47][48][49]. As for how to develop the RES, scholars have mainly conducted research on the transformation of governmental functions, scientific and technological investments, and the transformation of economic development models [43][44][45].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…As for how to develop the RES, scholars have mainly conducted research on the transformation of governmental functions, scientific and technological investments, and the transformation of economic development models [43][44][45]. Similarly, to promote the establishment of the RES, Chinese scholars generally believe that the Chinese government should transform governmental functions, change the economic development model based on high inputs and low outputs, and increase investments in science and technology [45][46][47][48][49].…”

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Can China’s Resource-Saving and Environmentally Friendly Society Really Improve the Efficiency of Industrial Land Use?

Pu¹,

An-lu²,

Wen³

2021

Land

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The Chinese government is committed to its goal of building a resource-saving and environmentally friendly society (RES). The hope is that establishing an RES will accelerate social and economic development, improve resource utilization, and transform industrialization. This paper focuses on the Changsha–Zhuzhou–Xiangtan urban agglomeration (CZTUA) in Hunan Province, which is a pilot for the RES, as an example. A slack-based measure model based on data envelopment analysis was used to evaluate industrial land use efficiency (ILUE), which includes undesirable outputs. We collected panel data from 2003 to 2018 and used the difference-in-differences method to investigate whether the ILUE in the CZTUA has improved since the implementation of the RES in 2007. The results showed that: (1) the ILUE in the CZTUA increased from 0.25 in 2003 to 0.48 in 2018; (2) from 2007 to 2018, the establishment of the RES increased the ILUE in the CZTUA by 24.6%; (3) gross domestic product and the secondary industry structure ratio had key roles in improving the ILUE in the CZTUA; (4) there is an inverted U-shaped relationship between economic development and the ILUE in the CZTUA; (5) since the establishment of the RES, the pollution emission index of the CZTUA has clearly decreased each year. These findings not only provide a reference for the Chinese government for following up the formation of the RES and its promotion in other regions of China, but may also contribute to sustainable economic development in other transitional countries in the world.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Can China’s Resource-Saving and Environmentally Friendly Society Really Improve the Efficiency of Industrial Land Use?

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Wen³

2021

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“…Traditional studies on land-use efficiency mostly targeted one of the aspects only, such as the development status, temporal and spatial distribution, regional disparity, or influence factors of land-use efficiency; a few consider two or three aspects. Among them, they were either limited to one province or one region and were not extended to the whole country, or the research period was relatively short and only studied the land-use efficiency for several years [19,[24][25][26][27]. In addition, among Sustainability 2019, 11,4756 3 of 22 studies on the influence factors of land-use efficiency, there is still a lack of researches that focuses on the perspective of demographic transition.…”

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“…Xie et al [16] found that with the development of the economy, the efficiency of industrial land-use will decrease slightly. Meanwhile, some scholars have also studied the influencing factors of land-use from other perspectives, such as industrialization, globalization, tourism, and so on [17][18][19][20][21][22][23].…”

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Temporal-Spatial Variations and Regional Disparities in Land-Use Efficiency, and the Response to Demographic Transition

Wang

Yang

et al. 2019

Sustainability

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China has undergone rapid industrialization and urbanization over the past 40 years. In this process, as a large country with a vast territory and a large population, China's population development and land utilization have been greatly affected and undergone dramatic changes. In this paper, we mainly discuss the temporal and spatial variation characteristics of land-use efficiency in China from 1991 to 2016 and the regional disparities and explore the impacts of demographic transition on land-use efficiency by employing a STIRPAT model. In terms of space, China's land-use efficiency has significant agglomeration distribution characteristics and regional inequality, and the degrees of agglomeration and differentiation have gradually become enhanced over time. Our study on the influences of demographic transition on land-use efficiency found a Kuznets curve relationship between the transition of population size and land-use efficiency, as well as between the income level transition and land-use efficiency. Especially, land-use efficiency first increases up to the population threshold of 10,611.877 × 10 4 , then efficiency decreases as the population grows. The overall average population in the whole country is 4117.753 × 10 4 , which is smaller than the identified threshold. Interestingly, the factors influencing land-use efficiency also showed very significant regional disparities. In the eastern region, there is a U-curve relationship between the population employed in secondary industries (ES2) and land-use efficiency. Land-use efficiency decreases down to the ES2 threshold of 343.674 × 10 4 for the eastern region, whereas the overall average ES2 is 874.976 × 10 4 , indicating that this region has reached the turning point where land-use efficiency will improve as the population employed in secondary industries increases. Meanwhile, the increase in the human capital level was significantly positively correlated with land-use efficiency in the eastern region. For the central region, the transition of the urban-rural population structure (measured by the urbanization rate) significantly increased land-use efficiency. In addition, the results of panel estimation showed a Kuznets relationship between the population employed in tertiary industries (ES3) and land-use efficiency in the western region. Land-use efficiency increases up to the ES3 threshold of 455.545 × 10 4 , and then decreases with an increasing population employed in tertiary industries, whereas the overall average ES3 in the western region is 415.97 × 10 4 , which is smaller than the identified threshold. Policymakers could use these findings to inform rational suggestions with a sound scientific basis regarding the promotion of land-use transition.

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Performance evaluation, environmental regulation, and urban land green use efficiency: Evidence from China

Fan

Zhou

Xie

2023

Env Prog and Sustain Energy

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Environmental regulation plays an important role in enhancing urban land green use efficiency (ULGUE), while economic and environmental performance evaluation may also impact ULGUE in the Chinese context. Using data from 282 prefecture-level cities in China from 2006 to 2019, this article empirically tests the impacts of performance evaluation and environmental regulation on ULGUE by establishing a two-way fixed-effect model. The results show that environmental regulation has a significant contribution to ULGUE. However, environmental regulation also significantly increase carbon emissions from urban construction land, which is mainly influenced by the Chinese government's performance assessment. Therefore, the effect of performance evaluation is also examined. Economic performance evaluation is detrimental to environmental regulation and ULGUE, while environmental performance evaluation significantly contribute to both. Furthermore, economic performance evaluation and environmental regulation can synergistically promote ULGUE, however, environmental performance evaluation failed to have the same synergistic effect. Notably, when the ratio of economic performance evaluation to environmental performance evaluation was 2:8, performance evaluation and environmental regulation reached the optimal level for promoting ULGUE. Therefore, to improve ULGUE, it is necessary to establish and strengthen the constraint mechanism of environmental regulation on carbon emission from urban construction land. Meanwhile, local governments' performance assessment mechanism must be improved and the ratio of economic to environmental performance evaluation should be reasonably configured.

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Spatial–Temporal Analysis of Urban Land-Use Efficiency: An Analytical Framework in Terms of Economic Transition and Spatiality

Cited by 16 publications

References 35 publications

Can China’s Resource-Saving and Environmentally Friendly Society Really Improve the Efficiency of Industrial Land Use?

Can China’s Resource-Saving and Environmentally Friendly Society Really Improve the Efficiency of Industrial Land Use?

Temporal-Spatial Variations and Regional Disparities in Land-Use Efficiency, and the Response to Demographic Transition

Performance evaluation, environmental regulation, and urban land green use efficiency: Evidence from China

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