The paradigms and main content of land use conflict research

Nonlinear Effects of Land-Use Conflicts in Xinjiang: Critical Thresholds and Implications for Optimal Zoning

“…In terms of their mode and intensity of influence, natural factors represent long-term influencing factors in the formation of LUCs [17,47], whereas human factors exhibit a more pronounced impact on regional land-use conflicts in the short term and at large spatial scales [53,57], with the policy and institutional environment demonstrating indirect and dependent characteristics in its influence on LUCs [22,23]. Drawing on relevant studies [11,19,25,29,44,54], and based on the theoretical framework outlined in Section 2 and data availability, a total of seven natural drivers and seven anthropogenic drivers were selected, all of which are theoretically and empirically known to influence LUCs [24]. Natural drivers include elevation (abbreviated as ELE), slope (abbreviated as SLO), temperature (abbreviated as TEM), precipitation (abbreviated as PRE), evaporation (abbreviated as EVA), soil erosion (abbreviated as SE), and distance from water systems (abbreviated as Water).…”

“…Certain studies have emphasized that LUC can be construed as the outcome of the interplay between economic driving forces, policy and institutional influences, and social and cultural factors [24]. Consequently, both natural and human factors exert an influence Land 2024, 13, 612 3 of 24 on LUC [19,21].…”

“…The emergence and progression of LUCs stem from the interplay of multidimensional endogenous and exogenous factors, with the natural environment and human activities as primary components [24]. On one hand, land resources, influenced by their inherent conditions such as topography, distinct spatial characteristics (e.g., parcel geometry, etc.…”

“…In summary, the root cause of LUC lies in the imbalance between human-land relationships, resulting from the escalating demand for limited land resources, structural and elemental contradictions formed by spatial competition, and interactions among natural ecological processes, human activities, and different land-use practices [47]. Natural conditions determine the bottom line of LUC intensity, and human factors determine the upper limit of conflict intensity [24]. Based on this, we make an assumption that there are thresholds for the drivers of LUC, and the thresholds of natural drivers are called natural thresholds, and the thresholds of anthropogenic drivers are called anthropogenic thresholds.…”