The Allocation Change of Rural Land Consolidation Type Structure under the Influence Factors of Different Geographical and Economic Development of China

Qinglei Zhao; Guanghui Jiang; Mingzhu Wang

doi:10.3390/ijerph20065194

The Allocation Change of Rural Land Consolidation Type Structure under the Influence Factors of Different Geographical and Economic Development of China

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Mar 15;20(6):5194. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20065194.

Authors

Qinglei Zhao¹, Guanghui Jiang², Mingzhu Wang²

Affiliations

¹ College of Geography and Tourism, Qufu Normal University, Rizhao 276826, China.
² State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Process and Resource Ecology, School of Natural Resources, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.

Abstract

Land consolidation structure reflects land consolidation function, and studies about its spatio-temporal change and driving mechanism can serve for regional management and control land consolidation. At present, the analysis of regional differences, time changes, and driving factors of land consolidation type structure change is relatively lacking. Based on the data of provincial acceptance projects from 2000 to 2014, this paper analyzes the spatio-temporal change of rural land consolidation type structure in China, discusses the impact of relevant policies, and identifies the socio-economic driving factors in key regions by employing correlation analysis and the PLSR (partial least squares regression) method. The results showed that from 2000 to 2014, the proportional increase of land arrangement in China was significantly correlated with the proportional decrease of land reclamation (R² = 0.93), and the proportional decrease of land development (R² = 0.99) showed an obvious co-evolution pattern of increase and decrease; TI_LC (The area of land development/The area of land arrangement) decreased from 2.14 to 0.91 in 2002-2003. Since 2003, the dominant type of land consolidation in China has gradually changed from land development to land arrangement. However, the proportion of land development in QT (Qinghai-Tibet), JY (Jin-Yu), and FGH (Fujian-Guangdong-Hainan) areas is still more than 40%; the change of land consolidation type structure was influenced by policies, social and economic factors, such as urbanization rate, fixed assets investment, industrial proportion, and population density, and the regional difference was significant: the eastern section (JZS, Jiangsu-Zhejiang-Shanghai) is the industry proportion, the central area (HHAJ, Hunan-Hubei-Anhui-Jiangxi) is grain production and fixed assets investment, the western region (NW, Northwest China) has the urbanization rate, grain production, population density, and fixed assets investment. Land consolidation structure should be configured differentially in each region based on the identification of regional function orientation and comprehensive consideration of regional resource endowment and development needs and directions to improve the efficiency of land consolidation.

Keywords: driving mechanism; land consolidation type structure; regional differences; spatio-temporal change.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

China
Economic Development*
Geography
Population Density
Urbanization*

Grants and funding

This research was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 42071249), Shandong Higher Education Youth Innovation and Technology Support Program (2022RW040), and the National Social Science Fund of China (20&ZD090).