Occupation of Cultivated Land for Urban-Rural Expansion in China: Evidence from National Land Survey 1996-2006

Miao, Yangbing1; Liu, Jiajie2; Wang, Raymond Yu3

2021-12-01

10.3390/land10121378

LAND   影响因子和分区

2073-445X

Construction land expansion often occurs on cultivated land in developing countries during rapid urbanization and industrialization. Understanding its characteristics and driving mechanisms is of great significance for land-use policy and sustainable development. This paper depicted the spatio-temporal patterns of China's urban-rural expansion and its occupation of cultivated land based on national land survey data from 1996 to 2006. It further explored the influencing mechanism of cultivated land occupation for urban-rural construction land. The results showed that the establishment and expansion of various economic development zones contribute to more than half of the occupation of cultivated land while the expansion of cities and towns is relatively slower, and their sources of construction land are more diverse. The empirical results showed that (1) economic growth and investment play key roles in shaping the spatio-temporal patterns of the occupation of cultivated land for urban-rural construction land, and (2) the mechanisms of cultivated land occupation in different stages of regional development are different. In particular, the establishment of national economic development zones is conducive to the intensive use of construction land and the protection of cultivated land in inland regions, whereas provincial economic development zones have led to a waste of land resources in coastal regions. Based on the results, this study suggested that the policies to the intensive use of land resources and cultivated land protection required regional disparities.

land-use change urban-rural construction land cultivated land occupation cultivated land loss Chinese urbanization

SSCI

英语

通讯

National Key Research and Development Program of China[2019YFD1100803]

Environmental Sciences & Ecology

Environmental Studies

WOS:000737774900001

MDPI

Web of Science

1.China Acad Urban Planning & Design, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China
2.Peking Univ, Coll Urban & Environm Sci, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China
3.Southern Univ Sci & Technol, Ctr Social Sci, Shenzhen 518055, Peoples R China

Miao, Yangbing,Liu, Jiajie,Wang, Raymond Yu. Occupation of Cultivated Land for Urban-Rural Expansion in China: Evidence from National Land Survey 1996-2006[J]. LAND,2021,10(12).

Miao, Yangbing,Liu, Jiajie,&Wang, Raymond Yu.(2021).Occupation of Cultivated Land for Urban-Rural Expansion in China: Evidence from National Land Survey 1996-2006.LAND,10(12).

Miao, Yangbing,et al."Occupation of Cultivated Land for Urban-Rural Expansion in China: Evidence from National Land Survey 1996-2006".LAND 10.12(2021).