Spatial-temporal changes and driving factors of the coordinated relationship among multiple land use efficiencies integrating stakeholders' vision in eastern China

With rapid urbanization in China, the dramatic land-use changes are one of the most prominent features that have substantially affected the land ecosystems, thus seriously threatening sustainable development. However, current studies have focused more on evaluating the economic efficiency of land-use, while the loss and degradation of ecosystem services are barely considered. To address these issues, this study first proposed a land use-based input–output index system, incorporating the impact on ecosystem services value (ESV), and then by taking 30 provinces in China as a case study. We further employed the super-efficiency slacks-based model (Super-SBM) and the Stochastic Impacts by Regression on Population, Affluence and Technology (STIRPAT) model to explore the spatial–temporal changes and driving factors of the evaluated land-use eco-efficiency. We found that the evaluated ESV was 28.09 trillion yuan (at the price of 2000) in 2015, and that the total ESV experienced an inverted U-shaped trend during 2000–2015.The average land-use eco-efficiency exhibited a downward trend from 0.87 in 2000 to 0.68 in 2015 with distinct regional differences by taking into account the ESV. Our results revealed that northeastern region had the highest efficiency, followed by the eastern, western, and central region of China. Finally, we identified a U-shaped relationship between the eco-efficiency and land urbanization, and found that technological innovation made great contributions to the improvement of the eco-efficiency. These findings highlight the importance of the ESV in the evaluation of land-use eco-efficiency. Future land development and management should pay additional attention to the land ecosystems, especially the continuous supply of human well-being related ecosystem services.

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Simulating Spatial-Temporal Changes of Land-Use Based on Ecological Redline Restrictions and Landscape Driving Factors: A Case Study in Beijing

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su10041299 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (4) ◽

pp. 1299 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Zimu Jia ◽

Bingran Ma ◽

Jing Zhang ◽

Weihua Zeng

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Temporal Changes ◽

Driving Factors

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Spatio-Temporal Change of Land Use in a Coastal Reclamation Area: A Complex Network Approach

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13168690 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (16) ◽

pp. 8690

Author(s):

Caiyao Xu ◽

Lijie Pu ◽

Fanbin Kong ◽

Bowei Li

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Complex Network ◽

Coastal Wetland ◽

Eastern China ◽

Wetland Ecosystems ◽

Ecological Protection ◽

Land Use Types ◽

Coastal Reclamation ◽

Reclamation Area ◽

Spatio Temporal

Coastal ecological protection and restoration projects aimed to restore and recover the ecological environment of coastal wetland with high-intensity human reclamation activity, while the integrity of the coastal wetland system with human reclamation activity and the ability of individual land use types to control the overall system were not fully considered. In this study, a six-stage land use conversion network was constructed by using a complex network model to analyze coastal land use dynamic changes in the coastal reclamation area located in eastern China from 1977 to 2016. The results showed that land use types had gradually transformed from being dominated by natural types to artificial types, and the speed of transformation was accelerating. The proportion of un-reclaimed area decreased from 93% in 1977 to 46% in 2007, and finally fell to 8% in 2014 and 2016. Tidal flat and halophytic vegetation were the main output land use types, while cropland, woodland and aquaculture pond were the main input land use types. Cropland had the highest value of betweenness centrality, which played a key role in land use change from 1992 to 2014. The land use system of the coastal reclamation area was the most stable in 2002–2007, followed by 1984–1992, and the most unstable in 2007–2014. The Chinese and local government should carry out some measures to improve the land use in coastal wetland ecosystems, including the allocation and integration of land use for production space, living space, and ecological space, and develop multi-functionality of land use to realize the coastal high-quality development and coastal ecological protection and restoration.

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Quantitatively determine the dominant driving factors of the spatial—temporal changes of vegetation NPP in the Hengduan Mountain area during 2000–2015

Journal of Mountain Science ◽

10.1007/s11629-020-6404-9 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 427-445

Author(s):

Shu-ting Chen ◽

Bing Guo ◽

Rui Zhang ◽

Wen-qian Zang ◽

Cui-xia Wei ◽

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Keyword(s):

Temporal Changes ◽

Driving Factors ◽

Mountain Area ◽

Hengduan Mountain

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Land Economic Efficiency and Improvement of Environmental Pollution in the Process of Sustainable Urbanization: Case of Eastern China

Land ◽

10.3390/land10080845 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (8) ◽

pp. 845

Author(s):

Binbin Chang ◽

Lei Chen

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Environmental Pollution ◽

Carbon Emissions ◽

Temporal Evolution ◽

Eastern China ◽

Land Resources ◽

Land Use Efficiency ◽

Use Efficiency ◽

Spatio Temporal ◽

Land Economic

Economic development, environmental protection and land resources are important components in sustainable cities. According to the environmental Kuznets curve, developing countries are prone to environmental pollution problems while developing their economies. At the same time, as urbanization progresses, the problem of inadequate land resources and land use efficiency in China is coming to the fore. Although China is a developing country, it began to actively implement environmental protection measures years ago in an effort to transform itself into an innovative country. Therefore, as an economic and policy pioneer region, can eastern China benefit from all three aspects of land–economy–environment at the same time? Or will the increase in land economic efficiency (Land_EcoE) and the improvement of environmental pollution occur simultaneously? With the characteristics of land use efficiency and other concepts, this study combines economic factors and land factors to establish a Land_EcoE evaluation system. On the basis of mapping the spatio-temporal evolution of carbon emissions and Land_EcoE, and discussing the spatio-temporal evolution characteristics and correlation between them initially and visually by means of geographic data visualization, this study uses the data of 84 prefecture-level cities and municipalities directly under the central government in eastern China from 2011 to 2017 to test the research hypotheses from a quantitative perspective. Specifically, this study analyzes the correlation between Land_EcoE and environmental pollution by constructing a panel regression model. The conclusions show that, in general, the increase in Land_EcoE in eastern China is associated with the increase in carbon emissions. For a group of prefecture-level cities with the most developed economies in eastern China, the increase in Land_EcoE is correlated with the decrease in carbon emissions. Based on this research, this study proposes a series of policy implications on how to promote simultaneous economic–land–environmental benefits.

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Anthropic transformation in the Gurupi river basin, eastern Amazon

Sustentabilidade em Debate ◽

10.18472/sustdeb.v10n3.2019.23799 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 212-235

Author(s):

Fabiana da Silva Pereira ◽

Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Land Cover ◽

Land Cover Change ◽

River Basin ◽

Forest Cover ◽

Temporal Changes ◽

Amazon Region ◽

Digital Data ◽

Forest Protection ◽

Spatial And Temporal Changes

The objective of this paper was to evaluate the degree of anthropic transformation of a river basin in the Amazon region. We used the digital data of the TerraClass Project to calculate the Anthropic Transformation Index - ATI. In order to verify spatial and temporal changes along a decade in the Gurupi river basin, we used the database of the years 2004 and 2014. The results showed an increase of anthropic changes in the basin over a decade, as a result of forest cover conversion into agricultural and pastures areas. Although the Gurupi river basin remains at a regular level of degradation after a decade, the intensification of land use and land cover change is a threat to the few rainforest remnants of the river basin, which can lead the region to the next level of degradation, if effective forest protection, conservation and restoration actions are not implemented in the region.

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