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Urban Land Use Planning and Evaluation of Environmental Carrying Capacity

A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 June 2024) | Viewed by 4217

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Prof. Dr. Li Tian

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Department of Urban Planning, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Interests: urban and rural planning; land use; land development rights; public health
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Dr. Chenjing Fan

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Department of Urban Planning & Design, College of Landscape Architecture, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
Interests: urban ecological environment; urban health; urban disaster prevention; big data and GIS
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

A Special Issue on “Urban Land Use Planning and Evaluation of Environmental Carrying Capacity”, is being organized.

Environmental carrying capacity (ECC) is considered as a significant yardstick for guiding the progress towards sustainable regional and urban development, and it helps measure the interaction between human activities and environmental systems. Urban land-use planning plays a significant role in ECC through shaping human–land relationships, and exerts positive or negative impacts on ECC. Planners have long been searching for various methods and strategies to improve ECC by providing guidance for government intervention, human behavior, and market investment through land-use planning and management. Understanding the impacts of land-use planning on ECC is beneficial for contributing new theoretical and methodological insights into addressing environmental issues while we are facing a more and more complex regional and urban system. Meanwhile, policy tools of improving ECC can be designed for sustainable regional and urban development. 

This Special Issue is open to the subject area of land-use planning and environment performance. The keywords listed below provide an outline of some of the possible areas of interest.

You may choose our Joint Special Issue in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Prof. Dr. Li Tian
Dr. Chenjing Fan
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • environmental carrying capacity
  • land use planning
  • land use management
  • human-land relationships
  • environment performance
  • urban and regional system

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Spatial Characteristics of Brownfield Clusters and “City-Brown” Patterns: Case Studies of Resource-Exhausted Cities in China
by Quanchuan Fu, Yawen Han, Shuangbin Xiang, Jingyuan Zhu, Linlin Zhang and Xiaodi Zheng
Land 2024, 13(8), 1251; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13081251 - 9 Aug 2024
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In the post-industrial era, many cities have experienced the decline of heavy industry and traditional manufacturing, leading to the widespread emergence of brownfields. These often cluster geographically, forming “brownfield clusters” characterized by shared spatial and functional traits. Our research examined these phenomena within [...] Read more.
In the post-industrial era, many cities have experienced the decline of heavy industry and traditional manufacturing, leading to the widespread emergence of brownfields. These often cluster geographically, forming “brownfield clusters” characterized by shared spatial and functional traits. Our research examined these phenomena within 10 resource-exhausted cities in China, employing kernel density analysis to explore the spatial dynamics within and among these clusters and their urban contexts. We identified three distinct spatial relationships between brownfield clusters and their host cities (coupling, juxtaposition, and encircling), with a detailed case study in Huangshi City further classifying the clusters into five categories based on their dominant factors, spatial morphologies, types of brownfields, and internal dynamics. The study reveals that the spatial configurations of brownfield clusters are significantly influenced by geographic features, transportation infrastructure, and policy frameworks. Based on these findings, we propose targeted regeneration strategies for each cluster type. This research not only enhances our understanding of brownfield challenges and opportunities in China’s resource-exhausted cities but also serves as a valuable reference for other cities and regions worldwide facing similar challenges. Full article
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Land Property Rights, Spatial Form, and Land Performance: A Framework of Policy Performance Evaluation on Collective-Owned Construction Land and Evidence from Rural China
by Gaofeng Xu, Jian Liu and Min Zhang
Land 2024, 13(7), 956; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13070956 - 29 Jun 2024
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Alongside the proceeding of rural land system reform in China, it becomes more and more critical to conduct policy performance evaluations on collective-owned construction land for profitable use to reflect the achievements and deficiencies of the reform. Traditionally, land policy performance evaluation is [...] Read more.
Alongside the proceeding of rural land system reform in China, it becomes more and more critical to conduct policy performance evaluations on collective-owned construction land for profitable use to reflect the achievements and deficiencies of the reform. Traditionally, land policy performance evaluation is based on the theory of “policy-performance”, which fails to explain the mechanism of transaction costs. From the perspective of spatial planning, land use and the spatial form shaped by land development management and control are a representation of land property rights, as well as an expression of land policy performance. Thus, a correct understanding of the role of spatial form in the relationship between land policy and land performance is of great significance in accurately evaluating land policy performance and further improving land policies. Focusing on the interrelation among the three factors, this article highlights and elaborates on the intermediary role of spatial form between land property rights and land policy performance and puts forward the analytical framework of “land property right–spatial form–land policy performance”. It then takes the case of Wujiang District of Suzhou in southern Jiangsu Province to prove the effectiveness of this analytical framework. The outcome of this study can serve as a supplement to “policy-performance” theory, which refines and deepens the analysis of transaction costs from the perspective of spatial planning. It may also help deepen the recognition of land policy performance through visualized presentations, providing a new perspective for performance evaluation in quantitative and qualitative ways. Full article
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Effects of Transfer of Land Development Rights on Urban–Rural Integration: Theoretical Framework and Evidence from Chongqing, China
by Yu Wang, Li Tian, Ziyi Wang, Chenyue Wang and Yuan Gao
Land 2023, 12(11), 2045; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12112045 - 10 Nov 2023
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The transfer of land development rights (TDR) is a significant policy tool for advancing urban–rural integration. This study establishes an analytical framework to examine the influence mechanism of TDR on urban–rural integration, considering the flow of land, capital, and population factors. Furthermore, an [...] Read more.
The transfer of land development rights (TDR) is a significant policy tool for advancing urban–rural integration. This study establishes an analytical framework to examine the influence mechanism of TDR on urban–rural integration, considering the flow of land, capital, and population factors. Furthermore, an indicator system is developed to evaluate urban–rural integration across economic, social, and population dimensions. Using panel data from Chongqing, China (2013 to 2019), this article adopts the global principal component analysis (GPCA) method and time-varying difference-in-difference (TV-DID) model to analyze the effects of the land quota trading project, known as the ‘Dipiao’ policy. The results show that TDR can effectively promote urban–rural integration, though with a four-year time lag. Heterogeneous effects of TDR on urban–rural integration are observed across different districts and counties, with the more pronounced promotion in areas characterized by low agricultural land value or high industrial land value. This study further analyzes the influence mechanism of TDR on urban–rural integration. It concludes with policy implications on improving TDR to promote urban–rural integration. Full article
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