Does Urban Industrial Agglomeration Lead to the Improvement of Land Use Efficiency in China? An Empirical Study from a Spatial Perspective

Han, Wei; Zhang, Ying; Cai, Jianming; Ma, Enbo

doi:10.3390/su11040986

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“…2 Analysis of driving mechanism and influencing factors of ULUE. Previous studies have explored the effect of economic development [16], government policy [17,18], industrial development [19,20], transportation infrastructure construction [21,22] et al on ULUE. These studies provide a reference for government to formulate policies to improve ULUE.…”

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Does the Construction and Operation of High-Speed Rail Improve Urban Land Use Efficiency? Evidence from China

Tang

2021

Land

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The construction and operation of high-speed rail (HSR) has become an important policy for China to achieve efficiency and fairness and promote high-quality economic growth. HSR promotes the flow of production factors such as labor and capital and affects economic growth, and may further affect urban land use efficiency (ULUE). To explore the impact of HSR on ULUE, this paper uses panel data of 284 cities in China from 2005 to 2018, and constructs Propensity Score Matching-Differences in Differences model to evaluate the effect of HSR on ULUE. The result of entire China demonstrates that the HSR could significantly improves the ULUE. Meanwhile, this paper also considers the heterogeneity of results caused by geographic location, urban levels and scales. It demonstrates that the HSR has a significantly positive effect on ULUE of Eastern, Central China, and large-sized cities. However, in Western China, in medium-sized, and small-sized cities, the impact of HSR on ULUE is not significant. This paper concludes that construction and operation of HSR should be linked to urban development planning and land use planning. Meanwhile, the cities with different geographical locations and scales should take advantage of HSR to improve ULUE and promote urban coordinated development.

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Does the Construction and Operation of High-Speed Rail Improve Urban Land Use Efficiency? Evidence from China

Tang

2021

Land

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“…The results show that an increase in a county's specialisation would be associated with an increase in the RCA of the tea industry in the corresponding This can be attributed to the "industrial agglomeration" effect, referring to a geographic concentration of industries which results in increasing returns to scale through competitive externalities, monetary externalities, and technological externalities. That is, a larger pool of producers and processors lowers production and transaction costs, improves variety through competition and specialisation, and subsequently enhances tea's RCA (Han et al 2019).…”

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A spatiotemporal analysis of comparative advantage in tea production in China

Chen¹,

Li²,

Hatab³

2020

AGR ECON-CZECH

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Tea is one of the most important cash crops and widely consumed beverages worldwide and plays a significant role in rural development, poverty reduction, and food security in many developing countries. Nevertheless, very few empirical studies have analysed the comparative advantage of the tea industry in developing countries. Taking Fujian Province, China, as the object of a case study, we carried out a spatiotemporal analysis of the determinants of the tea industry's revealed comparative advantage (RCA) during the period 2010–2018. The empirical analysis relied on a calculation of RCA and an estimation of a geographically and temporally weighted regression (GTWR) using data from 67 counties in Fujian. The results confirmed that the effect and significance of RCA determinants vary considerably across different spatial areas and over time. With the exception of ‘disposable income', all other determinants had a positive and statistically significant effect on a region's RCA in the tea industry. Specifically, the results indicated that regional specialisation had the strongest positive effect on tea competitiveness. Local governments' sectoral strategies and institutional policies were essential elements in building and maintaining regional tea competitiveness. Infrastructure development, which traditionally went hand-in-hand with urbanisation processes, had a significant impact on tea competitiveness. These findings imply that competitiveness of the tea sector can be improved by adopting local polices that support producers and processors through fiscal investment, technology provision, and capacity building as well as measures to improve rural road infrastructure and link small farmers to other actors along tea supply chains.

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“…To develop tourism services, infrastructure (e.g. roads, shops, bars, restaurants and hotels, among others) must be constructed quickly (Han, Zhang, Cai, & Ma, 2019;Naudé & Saayman, 2005;Wei, Huang, Li, & Xie, 2016;Zhu, Peng, Wang, & Fan, 2018). Compared with the economic benefits of tourism, the costs of tourism mainly concentrate on the damage to culture and the environment caused by large tourist flow (Caust & Vecco, 2017;Yang et al, 2010).…”

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Impacts of the World Heritage List Inscription: A Case Study of Kaiping Diaolou and Villages in China

Han

Cai

Wei

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International Journal of Strategic Property Management

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This study aims to investigate the overall impacts of the World Heritage List (WHL) inscription in China from different socioeconomic aspects. Kaiping Diaolou and Villages was chosen as the case study because the long period of preparation for WHL inscription led to residents’ deep understanding of its heritage values. Results are as follows. (1) Cultural cognition, sense of belonging, community cohesion and infrastructure were positively improved by the WHL inscription, whereas damage to the community cultural environment slightly increased. (2) In the economic domain, the WHL inscription had generated positive (increase in tourism development and villagers’ income and employment and solution to the Diaolou property rights problem) and negative impacts (worse tourism development, unequal income and unsolved property rights problems). (3) The WHL inscription improved the ecological environment and people’s attention to environmental protection. Although it also caused environmental damage due to an increase in tourists. (4) The positive impacts on the political domain were reflected by government leadership, community participation and plan and legislation, whereas the negative impacts included limited community participation and insufficient planning. Innovations of this study include constructing a theoretical framework to evaluate the impacts of WHL inscription, analysing the present factors of WHL inscription’s impacts and providing development suggestions.

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Does Urban Industrial Agglomeration Lead to the Improvement of Land Use Efficiency in China? An Empirical Study from a Spatial Perspective

Cited by 37 publications

References 68 publications

Does the Construction and Operation of High-Speed Rail Improve Urban Land Use Efficiency? Evidence from China

Does the Construction and Operation of High-Speed Rail Improve Urban Land Use Efficiency? Evidence from China

A spatiotemporal analysis of comparative advantage in tea production in China

Impacts of the World Heritage List Inscription: A Case Study of Kaiping Diaolou and Villages in China

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