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Allocation of Land Resources in the Evolution Process of Human–Land Relationship and Urban–Rural Relationships

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

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (6 February 2024) | Viewed by 5902

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Kaifeng Duan

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School of Economics and Management, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China
Interests: urban development and management; urban-rural integration; sustainable development; rural revitalization
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Dr. Zhengfeng An

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Departmemnt of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada
Interests: remote sensing; climate change; soil organic carbon
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Dr. Jianing Zhou

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College of Business, Southwest University, Chongqing 402460, China
Interests: urban–rural integration; sustainable development; land economy and policy
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Dr. Lilian Li

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School of Economics, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang, China
Interests: urban and rural development; public policy and health; environmental economics

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Land is the spatial carrier of urban–rural regional systems. Urban and rural development always takes land as the “intersection point” to interact and shape the deductive relationship between each other. The theory of regional systems of human–land relationships is the theoretical cornerstone for understanding the development of social, economic and ecological environment in urban and rural areas. Based on this theory, the human–land relationship system is composed of the social, economic and natural environment subsystems. It is a massive, complex and open system formed by the mutual influence, feedback and interconnection between human social production and living activities and geographical spatial environment. Human activities change the land’s spatial pattern and social economic structure. In turn, the newly shaped pattern of land space affects the production practice, construction and development of human beings. It is manifested as outstanding interdependence and mutual restriction, promotion and support through material circulation, energy flow and information transmission between “human” and “land”.

Land plays a crucial rule in the evolution of human–land and urban–rural relationships. Therefore, it is necessary to promote the optimal allocation of land resources. Research on human–land, urban–rural, and regional development relationships as well as the land–population–industry–environment coordinated development relationship will be conducive to promoting harmonious human–land relationships and the sustainable development of urban and rural areas.

It is worth pointing out that in the past, there was a lack of effective means to quantify and model the intensity and type of human activities as well as the state of human–land relationships. The development of geospatial intelligence and remote sensing technology—especially the unique advantages of remote sensing and geographic information system technology in data acquisition, information transmission, information processing, information storage and spatial analysis—is convenient for the refined monitoring, simulation and prediction of land use and human–land relationships in land space.

In this Special Issue, we invite conceptual, empirical, review or exploratory papers which contribute to our understanding of the allocation of land resources in the evolution of human–land and urban–rural relationships.

Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

  • Allocation of land resources and human–land relationships;
  • Allocation of land resources and urban–rural relationships;
  • Geospatial intelligence and remote sensing technology in land use;
  • Coordinated development relationship of “land–population–industry–environment”.

Dr. Kaifeng Duan
Dr. Zhengfeng An
Dr. Jianing Zhou
Dr. Lilian Li
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Land is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • land allocation
  • human–land relationship
  • urban–rural relationship
  • sustainable development
  • land use
  • remote sensing
  • geographic information system

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The Effects and Mechanisms of the Rural Homestead System on the Imbalance of Rural Human–Land Relationships: Evidence from the Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration in China
by Yuan Yi, Kaifeng Duan, Fang He and Yuxuan Si
Land 2024, 13(2), 137; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13020137 - 25 Jan 2024
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The imbalance of rural human–land relationships has become a notable problem in China’s urbanization process. The dual urban–rural system is widely regarded as the crucial factor contributing to this problem in China. Although the significance of institutional forces has been substantially recognized, the [...] Read more.
The imbalance of rural human–land relationships has become a notable problem in China’s urbanization process. The dual urban–rural system is widely regarded as the crucial factor contributing to this problem in China. Although the significance of institutional forces has been substantially recognized, the rural homestead system seems to be generally under-evaluated in this issue. Most of the previous literature focuses on the dual household registration system, while the effects and the detailed mechanisms of the rural homestead system on human–land relationships lack depth in research. The objective of this research is to help fill this gap in the literature on the complex effects and the detailed mechanisms of the rural homestead system on rural human–land relationships. In view of this, this paper establishes a conceptual framework on the basis of land function theory and public domain of property rights theory and proposes two mechanism hypotheses: one is the land attachment mechanism of farmers’ rights and interests (LAM), the other is the land finance preference mechanism of local governments (LFPM). Then, this article examines them empirically using the panel model with the data of 41 cities from 2010 to 2021 in the Yangtze River Delta of China. The main conclusions are as follows: (1) LAM promotes the imbalance of rural human–land relationships due to the attachment of farmer’s social security rights and property expectant interests to the rural homesteads; (2) LFPM drives the imbalance of rural human–land relationships, owing to both the preference of land transfer revenue and the exclusion of rural migrants’ citizenship financial cost on local governments; (3) the moderating effects suggest that LFPM can strengthen the effect of LAM, and the spatial Durbin model results show that both LAM and LFPM have spatial spillover effects. It is hoped that the findings will provide a reference for deepening the rural homestead system reform. Full article
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The Impact of Internet Use on Farmers’ Land Transfer under the Framework of Transaction Costs
by Yangchenhao Wu, Kaifeng Duan and Wang Zhang
Land 2023, 12(10), 1855; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12101855 - 28 Sep 2023
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The problems that exist in China’s agricultural operations are not only on a small scale; more seriously, there are also problems of land fragmentation and the mismatch of human and land resources. Land transfer is expected to be a tool for solving these [...] Read more.
The problems that exist in China’s agricultural operations are not only on a small scale; more seriously, there are also problems of land fragmentation and the mismatch of human and land resources. Land transfer is expected to be a tool for solving these problems. The land transfer market development is slow, leaving farmers facing serious information asymmetry. On the back of the information explosion brought about by information technology represented by the Internet, exploring the impact of Internet use on land transfer can provide ideas to improve the solution of land problems. Based on the cost theory analysis framework of new institutional economics, this paper empirically examines the impact of Internet use on farmers’ land transfer behavior. The results of the study show that Internet use can significantly increase the probability and scale of household land transfer by reducing the fixed and variable costs of transactions. This conclusion still holds after using instrumental variables to address endogeneity. The impact of Internet use on land transfer is heterogeneous, with the younger, more educated, and higher-income household heads tending to participate in the land transfer market on a larger land transfer scale. Therefore, rural Internet infrastructure should be further improved to alleviate information asymmetry in the land transfer market, further strengthen the training of Internet use skills of farmers, stimulate the enthusiasm of farmers to participate in the land transfer market, further increase farmers’ income, enhance the elasticity of farmers’ response to the use of the Internet to reduce transaction costs, and promote land transfer. Full article
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Food Export Stability, Political Ties, and Land Resources
by Hua Zhou, Jiachen Fan, Xue Yang and Kaifeng Duan
Land 2023, 12(10), 1824; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12101824 - 25 Sep 2023
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As a vital guarantee of food security for many countries, international food trade has been threatened by volatile international political ties in recent years. However, the existing literature lacks empirical evidence on the relationship between political ties and food export stability. Therefore, this [...] Read more.
As a vital guarantee of food security for many countries, international food trade has been threatened by volatile international political ties in recent years. However, the existing literature lacks empirical evidence on the relationship between political ties and food export stability. Therefore, this article examines the impact of political ties on food export stability using United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) voting data and export data on food products from 2010 to 2018. The chosen timeframe ensures the exclusion of potential influences from both the financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, enhancing the robustness of the findings. The test results show that the deterioration of political ties can reduce food export stability: the higher the voting dissimilarity of the trading partners in the UNGA, the less stable food exports. Mechanism analysis suggests that political ties can impede food export stability by increasing tariff and non-tariff barriers. The analysis of heterogeneity indicates that the advancement of urbanization in importing countries intensifies the adverse effects of political ties on food export stability. However, this negative impact is less pronounced when importing countries have more allocation and higher productivity regarding land resources such as cultivated land and forests. This article adds to the literature on the relationship between political ties, trade, land resource optimization, and food security. The findings of this study highlight the importance of land resources with respect to reducing the risk of food trade instability in the context of volatile international politics. Full article
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Performance Environment, Contract Binding, and the Contract Structure of the Farmland Transfer Market
by Yang Guo, Meiling Cui and Zhigang Xu
Land 2023, 12(8), 1582; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12081582 - 11 Aug 2023
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This study discusses the mechanism of social trust and legal institutions and their impact on farmers’ contract selection in the farmland transfer market from the perspective of contract governance. Using data from a survey of 128 villages in Heilongjiang, Henan, Zhejiang, and Sichuan [...] Read more.
This study discusses the mechanism of social trust and legal institutions and their impact on farmers’ contract selection in the farmland transfer market from the perspective of contract governance. Using data from a survey of 128 villages in Heilongjiang, Henan, Zhejiang, and Sichuan provinces, this study empirically tests the impact of social trust and legal institutions on the binding force of contracts, and the proportions of paper and long-term contracts in the farmland transfer market. The results showcase, first, that improvement in social trust and legal institutions can strengthen the binding force of farmland contracts. The strength of legal institutions, as embodied in regulation files and execution, and of social trust, as embodied in village neighborhood relations and loan relations, have significant positive impacts on the binding force of contracts in the farmland transfer market. Second, the binding force of contracts positively impacts both paper and long-term contracts in the farmland transfer market. Whether contract execution or dispute resolution rates are selected as the proxy variables for the binding force of contracts, the stronger the contract binding force, the higher the proportion of both paper and long-term contracts in the farmland transfer market. Therefore, improving formal and informal social systems to enhance contractual binding force is of great importance in standardizing contracts and improving the efficiency of market resource allocation. Full article
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The Impact of the Platform Economy on Urban–Rural Integration Development: Evidence from China
by Wang Zhang
Land 2023, 12(7), 1417; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12071417 - 14 Jul 2023
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As a new economic system composed of data-driven, platform-supported, and network-coordinated economic activity units, the platform economy provides a new impetus for the integrated development of urban and rural areas. This paper uses China’s provincial panel data from 2011–2021 to measure the development [...] Read more.
As a new economic system composed of data-driven, platform-supported, and network-coordinated economic activity units, the platform economy provides a new impetus for the integrated development of urban and rural areas. This paper uses China’s provincial panel data from 2011–2021 to measure the development level of the platform economy and the urban–rural integration development index using the entropy weight method and empirically tests the direct and indirect effects of the platform economy on urban–rural integration development. The research finds that (1) the platform economy has a significant role in promoting the development of urban–rural integration. After introducing a series of robustness tests such as instrumental variables estimation, the results are still significant. (2) Regional innovation capability is an important transmission mechanism for the platform economy to enable urban–rural integrated development. The platform economy can indirectly promote urban–rural integrated development by improving regional innovation capability. (3) There is a significant mesomeric effect between the traditional factors of production and the platform economy and the mesomeric effect of capital, technology, land, and labor factors increased in turn. (4) The digital twin platform is a kind of digital land generated in the platform economy and has become an important place and value source for products in the digital era. Full article
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