Drain or Gain? The Impact of Rural Laborers’ Off-Farm Employment on Agricultural Land Use Efficiency in China

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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The impact of urban expansion on agricultural land use intensity in China

Land Use Policy ◽

10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.04.011 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 35 ◽

pp. 33-39 ◽

Cited By ~ 147

Author(s):

Li Jiang ◽

Xiangzheng Deng ◽

Karen C. Seto

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

Urban Expansion ◽

Agricultural Land Use ◽

Land Use Intensity ◽

The Impact

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DAMPAK PERUBAHAN PENGGUNAAN LAHAN PERTANIAN TERHADAP SOSIAL EKONOMI PETANI SEKITAR LOKASI PERTAMBANGAN BANYU URIP KECAMATAN GAYAM KABUPATEN BOJONEGORO

Jurnal Tataloka ◽

10.14710/tataloka.20.1.50-64 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

pp. 50

Author(s):

Aziz Bahtiar Rifa’i ◽

Fadjar Hari Mardiansjah

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Land Use Change ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Arable Land ◽

Mining Area ◽

Agricultural Land Use ◽

Socioeconomic Conditions ◽

Qualitative Approaches ◽

The Impact

This study examines the impact of agricultural land use change into a petroleum mining area to farmers’ socioeconomic conditions around petroleum mining project area in Gayam District of Kabupaten Bojonegoro. The analyses used a mix method, using both quantitative and qualitative approaches. The quantitative approach is used to determine the impact of agricultural land use change on the social and economic aspects with the respondent farmers were supported with a scoring method to determine the condition of socioeconomic vulnerability of farmers, while the qualitative approach carried out through in-depth interviews to some informants who have been affected by the project. The results shows that the presence of the petroleum mining industry has not had a positive impact yet on the farmers’ socioeconomic conditions. By the 700 hectares of agricultural land conversion, the agricultural production capacity of the area tends to decrease, including by the decreasing of the productivity of some agricultural land in a radius of 500 m from the fenceof the mining area as they are affected by the fence’s spotlight. The farmers' income also tends to decrease because of the decreasing of their working hours as the big loss of agricultural land in the area. As a result, many farmers should work outside of the area to search replacement of the arable land. These situations lead to a moderate condition of social and economic vulnerability for the farmers, especially for those who still have sufficient assets to meet the needs of their economic.

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Features of the formation of the system of agricultural land use in conditions of radioactive contamination

10.33920/vne-03-2109-04 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 28-33

Author(s):

Irina Gennadievna Makarova

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Radioactive Contamination ◽

Systematic Approach ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

Import Substitution ◽

Agricultural Land Use ◽

Land Utilization ◽

The Impact

In light of the growing interest in the problem of food import substitution in the EEU member countries the topic of the formation of the system of agricultural land in conditions of radioactive contamination is particularly topical. The paper presents a systematic approach to look at agricultural land utilization. The impact of radioactive contamination on changing the territorial land utilization system is analysed.

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