scholarly journals Evaluation of Cultivated Land Use Efficiency with Environmental Constraints in the Dongting Lake Eco-Economic Zone of Hunan Province, China

Land ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 440
Author(s):  
Ying Chen ◽  
Suran Li ◽  
Long Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Dongting Lake ◽  
Hunan Province ◽  
Environmental Constraints ◽  
Cultivated Land ◽  
Irreversible Damage ◽  
Land Use Efficiency ◽  
Use Efficiency ◽  
Economic Zone

The rapid urban and industrial development in China has put pressure on the limited cultivated land resources. In ecologically fragile areas, such as the Dongting Lake Eco-economic Zone, land pollution and waste emissions from agricultural production cause irreversible damage to cultivated land. Thus, a method to assess the sustainability of cultivated land use efficiency (CLUE) is explored. Using the panel data of 25 districts in the province from 2007 to 2017, this study incorporates agricultural non-point source pollution and carbon emissions into undesirable outputs of cultivated land. The SBM(Slack-based Measure)-undesirable model was applied to measure the spatiotemporal characteristics of CLUE under environmental constraints. This study finds that CLUE with environmental constraints is significantly lower than CLUE without environmental constraints, and the degree of the impacts of the constraints differs among regions. Second, from 2007 to 2017, the average CLUE of the province showed a downward trend in each year; this is due to the side effects of redundant inputs and undesired outputs. Third, in 2017, the CLUE of the Dongting Lake Eco-economic Zone was high in the west and low in the east, and the redundant inputs of CLUE were livestock, fertilizer, and pesticide. The study concludes by recommending some policies.

scholarly journals A Novel Efficiency Measure Model for Industrial Land Use Based on Subvector Data Envelope Analysis and Spatial Analysis Method

Complexity ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Chen ◽  
Rui He ◽  
Qun Wu
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Spatial Analysis ◽  
Spatial Autocorrelation ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Efficiency Measure ◽  
Industrial Land ◽  
Envelope Analysis ◽  
Land Use Efficiency ◽  
Industrial Land Use ◽  
Use Efficiency

With the rapid and unbalanced development of industry, a large amount of cultivated land is converted into industrial land with lower efficiency. The existing research is extensively concerned with industrial land use and industrial development in isolation, but little attention has been paid to the relationship between them. To help address this gap, the paper creates a new efficiency measure method for industrial land use combining Subvector Data Envelope Analysis (DEA) with spatial analysis approach. The proposed model has been verified by using the industrial land use data of 30 Chinese provinces from 2001 to 2013. The spatial autocorrelation relationship between industrial development and industrial land use efficiency is explored. Furthermore, this paper examines the effects of industrial development on industrial land use efficiency by spatial panel data model. The results indicate that the industrial land use efficiency and the industrial development level in the provinces of eastern region are higher than those of the western region. The spatial distribution of industrial land use efficiency shows remarkable positive spatial autocorrelation. However, the level of industrial development has obvious negative spatial autocorrelation since 2009. The improvement of industrial development has a significant positive impact on the industrial land use efficiency.

scholarly journals The Study on Effects of Concurrent Business on Cultivated Land Use Efficiency -Based on Empirical Analysis of Gansu and Qinghai Province

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Qiang Li ◽  
Lu Jia Yang ◽  
Tao Zhu ◽  
Jie Fu
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Cultivated Land ◽  
Qinghai Province ◽  
Land Use Efficiency ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Utilization Patterns ◽  
Use Efficiency ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Use Behavior

<p>This paper uses the farmer household’s model to structure the analytical framework of concurrent business cultivated land use behavior and its efficiency and then uses group comparison analysis and data envelopment analysis (DEA) to analyze the diversity of cultivated land use behavior and efficiency, among different types of concurrent business farmer which is based on the promise of separation not established and investigation data of farmer household. The results demonstrate that the concurrent business types have a significant influence on utilization patterns and farmer household’s behavioral options, different types of farmers’ investment, management and land scale have a big difference. Generally speaking, capital and labor input of concurrent business farmer household are high than that of specialized farmer, concurrent business farmer household Class ? are higher than that of Class ?; and different utilization patterns lead to the difference of cultivated land use efficiency. Moreover, technical efficiency of specialized farmer household is higher than that of concurrent business farmer household Class ? based on the separation was not established, and both of them are higher than that of concurrent business farmer household Class ?. That illustrates land use efficiency of farmer household will reduce as the level of concurrent business increase.</p>

scholarly journals Spatial–Temporal Analysis of Urban Land-Use Efficiency: An Analytical Framework in Terms of Economic Transition and Spatiality

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1839 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuchang Liu ◽  
Yanmei Ye ◽  
Linlin Li
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Yangtze River ◽  
Economic Transition ◽  
Urban Land ◽  
Urban Land Use ◽  
Spatial Inequality ◽  
The Yangtze River ◽  
Land Use Efficiency ◽  
Use Efficiency ◽  
Economic Zone

Rapid urban expansion may cause a decline in land-use efficiency and result in a series of social and ecological problems. Economic transition has significantly influenced urban land development, and provides a good perspective for analyzing changes in land-use efficiency. This paper primarily discusses the theoretical influence of economic transition on urban land-use efficiency. Using 126 cities in the Yangtze River Economic Zone as examples, we explore the spatial–temporal characteristics of changes in land-use efficiency, and estimate the relationship between land-use efficiency and economic transition with econometric models. The results show that the land-use efficiency of the Yangtze River Economic Zone has generally been improved over time, and presented significant clustering effects around urban agglomerations. Panel data analysis suggests that foreign direct investment in the globalization process and tax burdens, which were further aggravated by the reform of the responsibility and revenue assignment between local and central government, have had a significant negative effect on land-use efficiency. On the contrary, marketization, urbanization, and fiscal expenditure decentralization have exerted significant positive effects. We also found that agglomeration effects and location advantages did play a positive role in improving land-use efficiency, which accounted for the spatial inequality. This paper concludes with policy proposals to improve the intensification and economization level of urban land use.

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