scholarly journals Research on Sustainable Land Use Based on Production–Living–Ecological Function: A Case Study of Hubei Province, China

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 996
Author(s):  
Chao Wei ◽  
Qiaowen Lin ◽  
Li Yu ◽  
Hongwei Zhang ◽  
Sheng Ye ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Hubei Province ◽  
Sustainable Land Use ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Entropy Weight ◽  
Absolute Level ◽  
The World ◽  
Coordination Degree

After decades of rapid development, there exists insufficient and contradictory land use in the world, and social, economic and ecological sustainable development is facing severe challenges. Balanced land use functions (LUFs) can promote sustainable land use and reduces land pressures from limited land resources. In this study, we propose a new conceptual index system using the entropy weight method, regional center of gravity theory, coupling coordination degree model and obstacle factor identification model for LUFs assessment and spatial-temporal analysis. This framework was applied to 17 cities in central China’s Hubei Province using 39 indicators in terms of production–living–ecology analysis during 1996–2016. The result shows that (1) LUFs showed an overall upward trend during the study period, while the way of promotion varied with different dimensions. Production function (PF) experienced a continuous enhancement during the study period. Living function (LF) was similar in this aspect, but showed a faster rising tendency. EF continued to increase during 1996–2011, but declined during 2011–2016. LUFs were higher in the east than in the west, and slightly higher in the south than in the north. The spatial coordination was enhanced during the study period. (2) The overall level of coupling coordination degree continued to increase during 1996–2016, while regional difference declined obviously, indicating a good developing trend. However, the absolute level was still not satisfactory. (3) The obstacle degree of PF was always dominant, and LF showed a downward trend, while EF showed an increasing trend. Benefit index (A2), Comfort index (B2) and Green index (C1) constituted the primary obstacle factor for each dimension. Added-value of high and new technology industry (A2-3) and land use intensity (A3-2) were key factors restricting PF. Number of medical practitioner (B1-4) and internet penetration rate (B2-3) were key factors restricting LF. Air quality rate (C3-1) and wetland coverage rate (C1-4) were key factors restricting EF. This study can help to give a more detailed understanding of sustainable land use for the particularity of China from a land function perspective and provide lessons and suggestions for other developing countries in the world.

scholarly journals Coupling Analysis of Urban Land Use Benefits: A Case Study of Xiamen City

Land ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 155
Author(s):  
Xuanming Ji ◽  
Kun Wang ◽  
Tao Ji ◽  
Yihua Zhang ◽  
Kun Wang
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Urban Land ◽  
Urban Land Use ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Positive Trend ◽  
Entropy Weight ◽  
Xiamen City ◽  
The Government ◽  
Coordination Degree

The high coupling coordination of urban land use benefits is a significant factor for urbanization and sustainable urban development. This study, based on the statistical data from 2002 to 2017 of Xiamen City, constructs an index system that includes social, economic, ecological, and environmental benefits by evaluating the overall coupling coordination degree of land use benefits, using the entropy weight method (EWM), the coupling coordination degree (CCD) model, and the dynamic coupling coordination degree (DCCD) model. The results show that the coupling degree of Xiamen City’s land use is relatively low, while showing a positive trend of development. In terms of the management of land use, the market should play a major role to achieve more efficient land use and promote industrial upgrading. The government should take responsibility for supplying infrastructure, perfecting related laws and regulations, intervening the land use according to the law of markets, and expanding the investment in education, as well as science and technology.

scholarly journals Spatio-Temporal Coordination and Conflict of Production-Living-Ecology Land Functions in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region, China

Land ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhuxiao Yu ◽  
Erqi Xu ◽  
Hongqi Zhang ◽  
Erping Shang
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Temporal Trends ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Utilization Efficiency ◽  
Entropy Weight ◽  
Temporal Coordination ◽  
The North ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Coordination Degree ◽  
Land Use Functions

Assessment of multiple land use functions promotes both utilization efficiency of land and regional coordination. Different personal and public products and services are offered by various land use types, meaning their functionality varies. Lack of judgment on temporal trends, turning points, or consideration of multi-source indicators like the ecological and air quality index leads to uncertainties in urban multifunctionality evaluation and functional orientation. In this study, the production-living-ecology land use function index system and evaluation process was improved using an entropy weight, triangle model, and coupling coordination degree. The production-living-ecology land use function (PLELUF) is defined from land use multi-functions. The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration was the representative area. The model was applied to quantify land use functions and measure spatio-temporal coordination and conflict from 1990 to 2015. Results found that the production and living functions displayed an overall upward trend and the growth rate of production function is larger, doubling from 1990 to 1995, while living function increases steadily. Ecology function remained steady from 1990 to 2000 but increased afterward. Land use function stage became balanced in ecology-living-production after 2005. No function-balanced cities existed in 1990; nine function-balanced cities were found in 2015. The coupling coordination degree increased from a slight conflict to a high coordination. Land use multi-functionality was high in the north and low in the south in 2015; Beijing had the most significant multifunctionality. This study can aid land use zoning and sustainable land management.

scholarly journals GIS-Based Multi-Criteria and Multi-Objective Evaluation for Sustainable Land-Use Planning (Case Study: Qaleh Ganj County, Iran) “Landuse Planning Using MCE and Mola”

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malihe Masoudi ◽  
Csaba Centeri ◽  
Gergely Jakab ◽  
Lyndré Nel ◽  
Mehdi Mojtahedi
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Objective Evaluation ◽  
Sustainable Land Use ◽  
Land Evaluation ◽  
Weighted Averaging ◽  
Land Uses ◽  
Multi Objective ◽  
Selection Factors

AbstractLand evaluation is a key factor in land-use spatial planning, affecting both success and sustainability. This study showcases the value of using the multi-criteria evaluation (MCE) and multi-objective land allocation (MOLA) GIS decision-making tools determine the most favorable spatial development of various land-use types, for Qaleh Ganj County in Iran. Weighted linear combination (WLC) and ordered weighted averaging (OWA) were used to assess the potential of seven land uses based on predefined criteria. MOLA was also used for land-use zoning based on suitability. The results derived from these techniques indicate that the rangeland zone with 30.80% and the ecotourism zone with 22.9% have the highest suitability potential, and aquaculture with 0.26% and tourism with 0.24% have the lowest potential in Qaleh Ganj. Considering the 7 land uses and a lot of defined criteria, MCE and MOLA provided an automatic and flexible way of dealing with qualitative multi-dimensional environmental effects, factors, constraints and objectives. The combination of WLC and OWA helped to manage selection factors differently, as their level of risk and trade-off is different. The result can be considered as optimal suitability maps with an environmental preservation goal which can help to protect the natural environment of this area, and will also allow for continued economic development. The approach described in this study can help developing countries and the sensitive area facing environmental challenges due to rapid development. This approach and its application procedures can be applied to similar territorial contexts, where several territorial factors should be considered and taken into account.

scholarly journals Exploring the Global Research Trends of Land Use Planning Based on A Bibliometric Analysis: Current Status and Future Prospects

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 304
Author(s):  
Tiangui Lv ◽  
Li Wang ◽  
Hualin Xie ◽  
Xinmin Zhang ◽  
Yanwei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Urban Sprawl ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
The United States ◽  
Sustainable Land Use ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Growth Trend

The land topic has generally become a major socioeconomic issue that currently attracts attention globally. To explore the issue, various countries devote much attention to land use planning. This paper searches the Core Collection of the Web of Science and collects 1771 land use planning articles published between 1990 and 2019. The R software, biblioshiny package, and CiteSpace are applied in this paper. The results show the following: (1) the number of papers related to land use planning has shown an overall growth trend, which can be divided into the following four stages: initial exploration, preliminary growth, stable development, and rapid development; (2) the United States is in an absolute leading position as the primary research force among developed countries. The top 3 countries related to international cooperation are the United States, China, and Italy; (3) land use planning, land use, GIS, urban planning, China, spatial planning and climate change are some high-frequency keywords used in land use planning; (4) the current research hot spots mainly focus on the relationship between land use spatial planning and regional planning, land informatization development, public participation, urban sprawl, and sustainable development; (5) the themes show 8 evolutionary paths related to the following four topics: ecosystem protection, climate and natural change, urban sprawl and agricultural development, and GIS development; (6) this paper proposes that strengthening integration within disciplines, introducing new theories and methods, and sustainable land use will become future research directions requiring more land use planning attention.

scholarly journals A New Framework to Evaluate Sustainable Higher Education: An Analysis of China

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuqing Geng ◽  
Hongwei Zhu ◽  
Nan Zhao ◽  
Qinghua Zhai
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Ideal Solution ◽  
Combined Method ◽  
Entropy Weight ◽  
Development Status ◽  
The World ◽  
Order Preference ◽  
Weight Analysis ◽  
New Framework ◽  
Coordination Degree

The 7E framework to evaluate sustainable higher education proposed in this article is a new and comprehensive one and enjoys the simplicity to remember and spread. This article selects regions of China and compares the development status and coupling coordination level of sustainable higher education both temporally and spatially from the aspects of expenditure, existence, efficiency, effectiveness, economy, equity, and equality based on the 7E framework with the combined method of information entropy weight analysis and technique for order preference by similarity to an ideal solution and coupling coordination degree model. Applicable, generalizable, and constructive countermeasures of sustainable higher education for different regions are also proposed according to the analysis results, which are also references to other places with similar conditions in the world. The framework and the methods are proved effective and useful in evaluating sustainable higher education.

scholarly journals Creation of the Web Service of Ukraine’s National Natural Parks as an Instrument for the Analysis of Territories and Determining Issues in the Administration and Land Use of Territories

2018 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-22
Author(s):  
I. S. Bugaenko
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Geographic Information Systems ◽  
Web Service ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Sustainable Land Use ◽  
Effective Mechanism ◽  
Gis Technologies ◽  
Natural Parks ◽  
The World ◽  
The Web

Abstract The paper focuses on the development and implementation of an electronic cadastre for territories of all National Natural Parks (NPPs); the creation of effective mechanism for registration, monitoring and research of NPP territories, etc., using GIS-technologies. Geographic information systems (GIS) are used by the countries across the world to create conditions for predicted development and sustainable land use to increase the efficiency of management of territories within the NPPs, and the improvement of the natural environment (NE) in leading countries of the world.

Current updates on COVID-19 - A review

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Ghotekar D S ◽  
Vishal N Kushare ◽  
Sagar V Ghotekar
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
Common Cold ◽  
Respiratory Diseases ◽  
Gastrointestinal Diseases ◽  
Hubei Province ◽  
World Health ◽  
The World ◽  
The Common ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Health Organization

Coronaviruses are a family of viruses that cause illness such as respiratory diseases or gastrointestinal diseases. Respiratory diseases can range from the common cold to more severe diseases. A novel coronavirus outbreak was first documented in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China in December 2019. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) a pandemic. A global coordinated effort is needed to stop the further spread of the virus. A novel coronavirus (nCoV) is a new strain that has not been identified in humans previously. Once scientists determine exactly what coronavirus it is, they give it a name (as in the case of COVID-19, the virus causing it is SARS-CoV-2).

PECULIARITIES AND CONDITIONS OF ACTIVITY OF BOOK PUBLISHING HOUSES OF UKRAINE IN THE MODERN MEDIA SPACE

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tetyana Jezhyzhanska
Keyword(s):  
Information Technologies ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Book Publishing ◽  
Cultural Development ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Modern Media ◽  
Media Space ◽  
The World ◽  
The Status ◽  
Book Publishers

In the information society the status of information is changing: this main value of global civilization becomes an important resource of socio- economic, technological and cultural development. The rapid development of virtual technologies and the growing number of Internet users in Ukraine and in the world causes the new challenges to communication of each organization. The book publishers are also obliged to respond to these processes. However, the works devoted directly to publishers’ communication in the modern media space are still lacking in Ukraine. The objective of the article is to clarify peculiarities and conditions of the activities of Ukrainian book publishers in today’s media space which is an important issue today. It is analyzed the literature and sources on this issue and it is ascertained the theoretical and practical possibilities to take into account the trends in the world of modern media in the PR-activity of book publishers. Also the prospects for further scientific study and practical use of PR-communications in the activity of publishers are determined. The analysis of current changes in the modern information space allows us to trace the general tendencies: the new subject and object areas are formed; the number of subjects is expanded; the new formats of interaction within the system of communications of the organization and in society as a whole are created. That means that publishing house’s PR-communications are complicated by the emergence of new elements, such as active audience, social networks as communication channels, promotions on the Internet and others. PR communication in the Internet space is the most effective and inexpensive tool for interaction of publishers with active audiences. Thus, the activation of PR communication in the modern media space is associated with the emergence of the latest information technologies, online media as well as development of Internet. The use of online channels of Internet for communication with the target audience of publishing organizations has certain advantages over traditional media. At the same time, it is necessary to take into account the information saturation of media space, which complicates the way of PR-messages of book publishers to the reader.

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