Urban land use efficiency and improvement potential in China: A stochastic frontier analysis

Liu, Shuchang; Xiao, Wu; Li, Linlin; Ye, Yanmei; Song, Xiaoli

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.105046

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“…Their technological development levels were also higher than that of other regions. Technological progress can improve the efficiency of resource utilization and the output capacity in the process of land use [54]. Meanwhile, the effect of population aggregation in the process of labor flow was gradually enhanced, which highlights the comparative advantage of urban agglomeration in regional development.…”

Section: Spatial Difference Of Land Use Benefitmentioning

confidence: 99%

Comprehensive Evaluation of Land Use Benefit in the Yellow River Basin from 1995 to 2018

Chen

Zhang

et al. 2021

Land

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Land resources are the basis of human survival and development. Land use benefit is the embodiment of land input-output ability. As an important economic zone and ecological barrier in China, it is important to calculate the land productivity in the Yellow River Basin. Using the center of gravity model and other methods, this study evaluated the land use benefit of the Yellow River Basin from 1995 to 2018 based on the selected indicators of geographic grid-scale and analyzed the regional disparity. The results revealed that the comprehensive benefits, economic benefits, and social benefits of land use were on the rise, but the ecological benefits changed in volatility. Land circulation had a great impact on the change of land use benefits. So reasonable land transfer policy should be particularly significant for land use in the Yellow River Basin. In addition, there were obvious spatial differences and agglomeration effects in land use benefit. The high values of benefits were concentrated in urban groups, which showed that areas with better economic and social development had better land use benefits. To narrow land use benefits’ spatial differences between regions, the less developed areas deserve more preferential policies to improve their economic and social levels. Besides, ecological benefits are generally not high. Thus, the land policy in the Yellow River Basin should take ecological priority as the basic principle while considering economic factors.

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Section: Spatial Difference Of Land Use Benefitmentioning

confidence: 99%

Comprehensive Evaluation of Land Use Benefit in the Yellow River Basin from 1995 to 2018

Chen

Zhang

et al. 2021

Land

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“…Others pointed out that ULUE is the input and output efficiency of various production factors, including land factors. They used the Stochastic Production Frontier Approach [7,8] and Data envelopment analysis [9][10][11] to quantity the ULUE. Data envelopment analysis is one of the mainstream methods for quantitatively measuring ULUE.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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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“…Following deepening understanding of the connotations of ULUE, the indicators for evaluation research have been gradually changing from a single indicator measurement system (such as "the urban economic output of each land unit") to a multi-indicator measurement system [23,24]. ULUE evaluation methods have been evolving from descriptive-to quantitative-based models, mainly including cluster analysis [25], regression analysis [26], the SFA model [27] and the DEA method [28][29][30].…”

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Spatio-Econometric Analysis of Urban Land Use Efficiency in China from the Perspective of Natural Resources Input and Undesirable Outputs: A Case Study of 287 Cities in China

Han

An-lu

Yin-ying

2020

IJERPH

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The rapid urbanization in China has had a huge impact on land use and the scarcity of land resources has become a constraint for sustainable urban development. As urban land is an indispensable material basis in economic development, measuring its use efficiency and adopting effective policies to improve urban land use efficiency (ULUE) are important links in maintaining sustainable economic growth. By establishing a comprehensive ULUE evaluation index system that emphasizes on incorporating the natural resources input and the undesirable output, ULUE from 2010 to 2016 was calculated based on super efficiency SBM model, and its potential influencing factors were explored using a spatial econometric model. The results show that: (1) temporally, the overall ULUE in China is upward growing, and the gap among regions is becoming gradually convergent. (2) Spatially, the ULUE of Chinese cities are positively correlated. (3) Economic agglomeration and industrial structure significantly improve ULUE in China, but the intensity of energy consumption has a negative impact on ULUE. We suggest that: (1) differentiated industrial development strategies should be formulated; (2) the economic growth pattern should be changed from energy-consuming to energy-saving; (3) priority should be given to innovation on science and education, so as to increase in clean energy input and cleaner production.

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Urban land use efficiency and improvement potential in China: A stochastic frontier analysis

Cited by 101 publications

References 38 publications

Comprehensive Evaluation of Land Use Benefit in the Yellow River Basin from 1995 to 2018

Comprehensive Evaluation of Land Use Benefit in the Yellow River Basin from 1995 to 2018

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

Spatio-Econometric Analysis of Urban Land Use Efficiency in China from the Perspective of Natural Resources Input and Undesirable Outputs: A Case Study of 287 Cities in China

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