China’s National New Areas in the ecological transition

Xu, Boqian

doi:10.1007/s10668-022-02198-6

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“…However, as a millennium strategic initiative and a national priority, Xiongan New Area is currently in the early stage of construction [65] and its economic level is inevitably subject to a certain degree of impact. The ecological sustainability level in Xiongan New Area continued to improve, with all townships showing varying degrees of upward trends, consistent with findings from Xu's research [58]. This positive development is attributed to the persistent commitment to the construction philosophy of "restoration before development" in the Xiongan New Area.…”

Section: Development Patterns Of Towns In Xiongan's New Areasupporting

confidence: 82%

“…Based on SDG6 and SDG15, four indicators were selected in terms of ecological sustainability, including normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), soil conservation, net ecosystem productivity (NEP), and water production [54][55][56][57]. Among them, NDVI reflects the ecological characteristics of the region, and the ecological performance of the region can be traced by measuring NDVI [58]. Water yield and soil conservation are the main ecosystem services in Xiongan New Area, which are important for the sustainable development of the land [59].…”

Section: Construction Of Indicator Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Sustainable Land Use Diagnosis Based on the Perspective of Coupling Socioeconomy and Ecology in the Xiongan New Area, China

Wang,

Zhao,

Qian

et al. 2024

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Analysis of land use sustainability (LUS) coupling socioeconomic and ecological systems has drawn the interest of researchers and decision-makers concerned with sustainable development. Exploring the relationships between land use systems can offer a coordinated route for localized and effective land governance strategies. We proposed a new theoretical framework for LUS considering coordinated development between socioeconomy and ecology. We applied it further to the Xiongan New Area, typical of a new region with government-led construction in eastern China, to explore in depth the coupling and coordination relationship among land use systems and their driving factors. Results revealed that: (1) ecological sustainability grew while socioeconomic sustainability declined in most areas of Xiongan New Area during 2010–2020 at the township level, (2) relationships among land use systems in 2010–2020 showed a trend of coordinated development, but generally, their coordination was still only at a primary and moderate level, with a shift from prominent ecological lag to prominent socioeconomic lag, (3) economic factors are critical to the coordinated development of land use systems, while the influence of ecological factors is also increasing, and (4) four development types were identified for the towns: coupling and developed, coupling and undeveloped, tradeoff and developed, and tradeoff and undeveloped. Policymakers can better appreciate the importance of government interventions in future land use planning in terms of sustainable development with the help of land use zoning optimization and sustainable land governance.

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confidence: 99%

Sustainable Land Use Diagnosis Based on the Perspective of Coupling Socioeconomy and Ecology in the Xiongan New Area, China

Wang,

Zhao,

Qian

et al. 2024

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“…Considering that pollution may be generated in the production process, green technical efficiency can be derived as the gap between the actual desirable, undesirable output and the ideal output for a given number of input factors, which reflects the level of green technology of a region or an enterprise. In the face of the central government's green development and "dual-carbon" goals, local governments have added green and low-carbon requirements into urban planning when constructing national new zones (Xu 2022). Specifically, requirements include promoting the development of lowcarbon and environmental industries, such as green buildings, clean energy, and waste reuse (Wang et al 2022).…”

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Does energy-environmental efficiency benefit from advanced policy zones? Evidence from national new zones of China

2023

Preprint

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As global climate change aggravates, reducing energy consumption and environmental pollution is essential to sustainable economic development. This paper measures the energy-environmental efficiency of 284 prefecture-level cities in China using a non-radial directional distance function (NDDF) and data envelopment analysis (DEA), and evaluates the impact of the establishment of national new zones on energy-environmental efficiency using the multi-period difference-in-difference model (DID). We find that establishing national new zones improves the energy-environmental efficiency of the prefecture-level cities in which they are located by 13%-25% by enhancing the cities' green technical efficiency and scale efficiency. In addition, national new zones have both negative and positive spatial spillover effects, inhibiting the energy-environmental efficiency of cities within 50 km, and promoting the energy-environmental efficiency of cities around 300 km by a smaller value. In terms of heterogeneity, on the one hand, the impact of establishing national new zones on energy-environmental efficiency increases with larger quantile of the latter; on the other hand, National new zones with the one-city layout have significant stimulating impacts on energy-environmental efficiency, but those with the two-city layout have no significant impact, which means there is no significant green synergistic development impact among cities.

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“…Conversely, metrics show declines in cultivated lands, forests, and hydrophytes [6]. In recent years, research on the ecological aspects of the Xiong'an New Area has been extensive, with predominant themes centered on ecological quality [10,[13][14][15], detection of land-use changes [11,12,16], projections for future land-use alterations [17,18], and studies of wetland [19][20][21].…”

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“…As such, it becomes imperative to continuously monitor and assess both the changes in land cover/land use (LCLU) and their ecological implications. Current research on land use in the Xiong'an New Area is limited to the year 2020 [16], and although there is research on the ecology from 2021 [14], the observational indices used (NDVI/NDWI) are quite simple and do not reflect the real ecological situation of the Xiong'an New Area in recent years. Moreover, most studies focus on the changes after the establishment of the Xiong'an New Area [10,16], whereas this study sets the timeframe before and after its establishment, better reflecting the impact of rapid urbanization on the region.…”

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Evaluating Land Use and Ecological Patterns in Xiong’an New Area of China with Machine Learning Methodology

Ouyang,

Pan

2024

Remote Sensing

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The Xiong’an New Area, following the precedent of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone and Shanghai Pudong New Area, marks a significant development. This study introduces a method to optimize the feature variable selection for Sentinel-2 images from 2016 to 2022, aiming for precise land-use classification in Xiong’an using machine learning. The classification reveals substantial growth in the infrastructure and aquatic areas in Rongcheng and Xiongxian counties, outpacing Anxin from 2016 to 2022. The Remote Sensing-Based Ecological Index (RSEI) indicates a generally stable yet improving ecological landscape, especially in denser areas like Xiongxian and Rongcheng, aligning regional development with ecological enhancement. EOF analysis shows a spatial ecological division, with positive RSEI values in the western regions and negative values in the east, along with temporal fluctuations indicating a decline in the west and an increase in the east since 2017. Additionally, the RSEI’s short-cycle fluctuations emphasize the dynamic ecological state of the area, influenced by both long-term trends and transient factors.

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China’s National New Areas in the ecological transition

Cited by 8 publications

References 33 publications

Sustainable Land Use Diagnosis Based on the Perspective of Coupling Socioeconomy and Ecology in the Xiongan New Area, China

Sustainable Land Use Diagnosis Based on the Perspective of Coupling Socioeconomy and Ecology in the Xiongan New Area, China

Does energy-environmental efficiency benefit from advanced policy zones? Evidence from national new zones of China

Evaluating Land Use and Ecological Patterns in Xiong’an New Area of China with Machine Learning Methodology

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