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

Dados Bibliográficos

ID15480985
AutoresXiao Han (0000-0001-5129-3788, Huazhong Agricultural University), Zhang An-lu (Huazhong Agricultural University, autor correspondente), Cai Yin-ying (0000-0002-9638-3848, Huazhong Agricultural University)
Ano2020
Volume17
Fascículo19
Páginas7297-7297
Data de publicação2020-10-06
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditoraMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph17197297
PMID33036228
OpenAlexW3092510987
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas31

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

China · Civil engineering · Constraint (computer-aided design · Econometric model · Econometrics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Economies of agglomeration · Energy consumption · Environmental economics · Geography · Index (typography · Land use · Natural resource · Natural resource economics · Scarcity · Sustainable development · Urban agglomeration · Urbanization · Computer Science · Energy, Environment, Economic Growth · Land Use and Ecosystem Services · Urban Transport and Accessibility · Ecology