Urban–rural transformation in relation to cultivated land conversion in China: Implications for optimizing land use and balanced regional development

Li, Yuheng; Li, Yurui; Westlund, Hans; Liu, Yansui

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.04.011

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“…Dominant morphology refers to the quantity, structure and spatial pattern of land, and recessive morphology includes land use features, e.g., quality, property rights, price, and management mode [33]. In the present study, because of data limitations, we focused on only one aspect of the changes in dominant morphology, i.e., cultivated land occupied by construction [31,32,34,35]. Urbanization, industrialization and modernization are important ways to achieve rural-urban integration [4].…”

Section: Measurement Of Rudtmentioning

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Effects of rural–urban development transformation on energy consumption and CO 2 emissions: A regional analysis in China

Zhou

Liu

et al. 2015

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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a b s t r a c tSince the 1980s, China has been undergoing a period of rural-urban transformation. The rapid ruralurban development transformation (RUDT) in China has caused an excessive consumption of resources and environmental deterioration. Based on balanced provincial panel data in China gathered from 1990 to 2012, this study used an improved STIRPAT model to investigate the effects of RUDT on energy consumption and CO 2 emissions on the regional and national levels. The empirical results showed that the impact of RUDT on energy consumption and CO 2 emissions in China varied greatly across regions. The demographic transformation (measured by urbanization level) increased energy consumption and CO 2 emissions in China and its eastern and central regions. The impact of employment structural transformation on energy consumption and carbon emissions across China generally was positive and significant but differed considerably across regions. The industrial structural transformation was positively correlated with and had a significant impact on energy consumption and emissions in the eastern and central regions, and that effect declined continuously from the eastern region to the central and western regions. Furthermore, the positive effect of land use transition on energy consumption and CO 2 emissions in the western region was greater than that in the eastern and central regions. These findings can provide policymakers with a sound scientific basis for energy saving and emission reduction decisions.

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Effects of rural–urban development transformation on energy consumption and CO 2 emissions: A regional analysis in China

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“…Additionally, nitrate and arsenic were also mainly affected by the growth rates of the value-added by housing construction areas. With the development of the real estate and housing construction, many farmland, forest, and mountains change to residential or commercial buildings [41]. This impacts the farmland tillage and use of fertilizer and farm manure, which, in turn, affects TC, TBC, arsenic, and nitrate in rural drinking water [42].…”

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Effects of Urbanization on Rural Drinking Water Quality in Beijing, China

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Wei

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Abstract:Urbanization is an inevitable trend in historical development, but eco-environmental problems, including drinking water safety, have gradually become more and more outstanding during the process of rural urbanization. Ten districts in rural areas of Beijing, China were selected to study the effects of urbanization on drinking water quality. The relation between the urbanization index and drinking water quality indicators were explored. The influence of the urbanization process on drinking water quality showed that housing construction, population urbanization, energy consumption, and industrialization during urban development were closely related to drinking water quality. The paired t-test showed the total electricity consumption, living electricity consumption, tertiary industry, and the GDP growth rate had boundary (p = 0.06) or significantly positive (p < 0.05) relations with the qualified rate of rural drinking water. The grey correlation analysis showed that the growth rates of the value-added of housing construction areas were the most important factor affecting comprehensive water quality of Beijing rural areas, followed by the growth rates of the value-added by secondary industry and total electricity consumption, and then the growth rates of the value-added by the tertiary industry and GDP. Urbanization had a significant impact on individual water quality indicators. The results of this study provided some supports for drinking water security in the face of urbanization.

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“…In addition, the construction that has occurred on land transformed from basic farmland is dispersed throughout the basic farmland protection area, which seriously pollutes the surrounding area and threatens the ecological security of the city ( Figure 3A). From the perspective of land conversion, the common approach worldwide is to vigorously develop ecological agriculture [63]. For example, in 1988, the European Community Committee stipulated that, to control production and ensure environmental protection, a certain proportion of low-yield farmland would be converted to ecological land to protect biological diversity, and compensation would be offered to the farmers who restore natural vegetation [64].…”

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Sustainability of Land Use Promoted by Construction-to-Ecological Land Conversion: A Case Study of Shenzhen City, China

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Rapid urbanization and rapid urban growth present great challenges to the sustainable utilization of land resources. This paper discusses the on-going process of construction-to-ecological land conversion (CELC) in terms of three aspects: land use, environmental effects, and system responses. CELC is compared to other current land conversion strategies in China. Taking Shenzhen City as an example, this paper introduces five areas in which CELC has been implemented since 2009, including basic farmland protection zones, mining areas, ecological corridors, inefficient industrial zones, and urban villages. This paper argues that Shenzhen's CELC model can improve the ecological environment, control urban sprawl, and promote sustainable land use and, thus, serve as an example for other cities in China.

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Urban–rural transformation in relation to cultivated land conversion in China: Implications for optimizing land use and balanced regional development

Cited by 164 publications

References 22 publications

Effects of rural–urban development transformation on energy consumption and CO 2 emissions: A regional analysis in China

Effects of rural–urban development transformation on energy consumption and CO 2 emissions: A regional analysis in China

Effects of Urbanization on Rural Drinking Water Quality in Beijing, China

Sustainability of Land Use Promoted by Construction-to-Ecological Land Conversion: A Case Study of Shenzhen City, China

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