Effects of Hierarchical City Centers on the Intensity and Direction of Urban Land Expansion: A Case Study of Beijing

Huang, Deng-Shing; Tan, Xiaojie; Liu, Tao; Chu, Erxuan; Kong, Fanhao

doi:10.3390/land9090312

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“…The distance to city center is the most important location factor influencing urban land expansion. A short distance to the city center leads to a stronger intensity of social–economic activity, thus increasing the possibility of developing land for the city [ 27 ]. Developed transportation can significantly promote the acceptance of market influence and decrease the transfer cost, which will increase the economic supply of land [ 28 ].…”

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The Driving Mechanism of Urban Land Expansion from 2005 to 2018: The Case of Yangzhou, China

Lin

2022

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The driving mechanism of expansion is the basis for policymaking in urban land management and control. In this study, Yangzhou city in China was used as an example. Based on the supply and demand theory of land, a framework was constructed to analyze the driving factors behind urban land expansion. Path analysis was used to determine the direct and indirect factors driving urban land expansion. The results showed the following: (1) Urban land in Yangzhou city expanded 32,831.10 hm2 from 2005 to 2018, mainly in terms of farmland. This rapid expansion arose from the contraction of rural residential areas, threatening ecological spaces such as water bodies. (2) Path analysis indicated that fixed-asset investment, the added value of secondary and tertiary industries, urban population, distance to the city center, and farmland area are the direct factors driving urban land expansion. Land finance, technology input, and transportation ability indirectly influence urban land by affecting other driving factors. (3) Increasing the level of urban land-use intensification, properly adjusting economic development goals, reasonably controlling the population, exploring the retention of construction land in city centers, and optimizing farmland and basic farmland plans need to be considered in the management and control of urban land expansion. Furthermore, to guide the orderly expansion of urban land, improving land management systems, promoting scientific and technological progress, and scientifically designing transportation land are necessary strategies.

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The Driving Mechanism of Urban Land Expansion from 2005 to 2018: The Case of Yangzhou, China

Lin

2022

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“…As the population density continues to rise, the spatial structure of the city gradually shows a polycentric development trend. The convenience of the commercial center and the government's real-estate-development-oriented infrastructure means that the commercial subcenter of the old city and the new suburbs become the main areas of the city's subcenter [25]. Meanwhile, the reform of the tax-sharing system, initiated in 1994, led to a decline in fiscal revenues without changing the obligations of the local government, which forced them to search for new methods of fiscal balance.…”

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The Formation of a Polycentric City in Transitional China in a Three-Level Analysis Framework: The Case Study of Hangzhou

Zhang

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Luo

2022

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Given cities’ different development backgrounds, the spatial evolution of each city has a path-dependent development track. Understanding the characteristics of urban spatial structure evolution in contemporary China is essential for sustainable urban development. By establishing a theoretical framework comprising a macro-background, planning tool, and resource allocation, this paper takes Hangzhou as an example to analyze the evolutionary process of the polycentric spatial structure and reveal the formation characteristics of its polycentric urban spatial form. The results show that (1) its institutional background and planning tools are the driving forces behind the formation of the polycentric structure in Hangzhou, i.e., the evolution of the polycentric structure mainly relies on planning guidance and government forces rather than being market-driven. (2) Under the government-led mode of polycentric formation, urban elements, such as education, medical care, transportation, and green space, are still concentrated in the main urban center, while subcenters lack the necessary public facilities and are underdeveloped. (3) The spatial distribution of the population and nightlights also shows the trend of diminishing concentric circles with the main center at the core. Therefore, it is impossible to implement polycentric cities by decentralizing the population and industries alone. The comprehensive consideration of capital investment, production services, and the supply of life service facilities is also required. This empirical study can complement empirical evidence in order to verify the validity of polycentrism as a potential solution that can alleviate the sprawl of central urban areas.

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“…This is one of the most important factors which has led to the differentiation of rural function. Meanwhile, in recent years, multi-center network organization has become the main feature of the internal spatial relationship of urban areas [49,51]. As the most basic administrative unit, villages are affected by multi-level administrative governance and receive radiation from multi-level governments.…”

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The Evolving Structure of Rural Construction Land in Urbanizing China: Case Study of Tai’an Prefecture

Huang

Lang

Liu

2021

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With a rapid surge in urbanization, rural functions and the structure of rural construction land are undergoing profound change. Using the village-level units of Tai’an Prefecture in the North China Plain as the research object, this study employs the land use survey data in 2019, selecting the diversity index, concentration index, land use type, and location index to analyze the spatial pattern of rural construction land structure. Thereafter, a multiple linear regression model is developed to identify the driving factors of spatial differentiation in rural construction land structure. The results show that (1) there are remarkable spatial differences in all indices representing the structure of construction land in Tai’an and the landscape varies across the indices, and (2) the most important factors affecting the spatial differentiation of construction land use structure are the location, socioeconomic development, and policy, while the effects of natural conditions are limited. The worse the location conditions and the more regressed the economic and social development level, the lower the diversity of construction land and the more unitary the structure. The results of this case study demonstrate the crucial role of the changing urban–rural relation under rapid urbanization in shaping the geography of rural land use, which is expected to have reference significance for researchers and policy makers dealing with rural transformation in developing countries.

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Effects of Hierarchical City Centers on the Intensity and Direction of Urban Land Expansion: A Case Study of Beijing

Cited by 11 publications

References 56 publications

The Driving Mechanism of Urban Land Expansion from 2005 to 2018: The Case of Yangzhou, China

The Driving Mechanism of Urban Land Expansion from 2005 to 2018: The Case of Yangzhou, China

The Formation of a Polycentric City in Transitional China in a Three-Level Analysis Framework: The Case Study of Hangzhou

The Evolving Structure of Rural Construction Land in Urbanizing China: Case Study of Tai’an Prefecture

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