Urban Land Use Efficiency and Coordination in China

Xiaodong Yang,Hang Dang,Yongxiang Wu

doi:10.3390/su9030410

Abstract

Due to the focused pursuit of economic growth in the process of the large-scale urban development of China, the phenomena of low land use efficiency and discordance of land use induce unwanted economic, social, and environmental costs. This paper presents a comprehensive study of urban land use efficiency and of the degree of land use coordination of 33 cities in China, using theoretical analysis, data envelopment analysis, principal component analysis, the coordination coefficient method, and four-quadrant analysis. The findings of this study suggest a gradually increasing proportion of land use efficiency from eastern to central and western regions of China, coinciding with China’s pattern of socioeconomic development. No correlation was found between high levels of urban land use efficiency and the degree of land use coordination; however, a significant correlation was found between low land use efficiency and low degrees of land use coordination. Rational land use planning and policy design can effectively improve both urban land use efficiency and coordination.

Highlights

Ever since the onset of urban development, numerous problems have emerged that can be attributed to limited land resources
Improving urban land use efficiency is commonly recognized to be of paramount importance in balancing the protection of farmland and the accommodation of the socio-economic development
Assessing how these systems are being coordinated in light of the pursuit of land use efficiency can further provide insight into urban land use [12]

Summary

Introduction

Ever since the onset of urban development, numerous problems have emerged that can be attributed to limited land resources. Improving urban land use efficiency is commonly recognized to be of paramount importance in balancing the protection of farmland and the accommodation of the socio-economic development This is true for a country like China with its intense human–land relationship and rapid ongoing urbanization [4,5]. The coexistence and coordination of economic, social, and environmental systems within cities should be taken into account [9,10,11] Assessing how these systems are being coordinated in light of the pursuit of land use efficiency can further provide insight into urban land use [12]. Many studies have investigated the relationships and coordination among economic, social, and environmental systems in city development [36]. The remainder of the paper is organized into three sections: the “Methodology” section describes the study region and approaches of evaluation and sample selection; the “Results and discussion” section provides a presentation and an analysis of the acquired results; and the “Concluding remarks” section offers a demonstrative conclusion to the study and policy implications of the findings

Evaluation System

Evaluation of Urban Land Use Efficiency

Evaluation of Urban Land Use Coordination

Urban Land Use Efficiency in China

The Degree of Urban Land Use Coordination in China

Urban Land Use Efficiency and Coordination in China