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Ecological Restoration and Reusing Brownfield Sites
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Ecological Restoration and Reusing Brownfield Sites

A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Land Environmental and Policy Impact Assessment".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2024 | Viewed by 1645

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Fuyuan Wang

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Guest Editor
Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Interests: urban ecology; tourism geography; recreation ecology; regional sustainable development
Prof. Dr. Kaiyong Wang

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Guest Editor
Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Interests: urban land use; urban geography; administrative divisions

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Urbanization, industrialization, and natural disasters have led to the proliferation of brownfield sites and abandoned land worldwide. These include derelict industrial and mining areas and landfills, which not only waste land resources but also hinder regional vitality. Ecological restoration and reusing these brownfield sites offer a viable solution for achieving sustainable development within the Earth's surface system. Endeavors such as ecological vacations, agricultural development, eco-tourism, and outdoor sports are harmoniously compatible with both ecological restoration and the reuse of brownfield sites. Consequently, integrating these recreational/tourism spaces or industries into the concept of ecological restoration can bolster the revitalization of brownfield sites. Nonetheless, striking a balance between ecological restoration and reusing brownfield sites while ensuring local and regional sustainable development remains a pressing issue that requires resolution.

This Special Issue calls for original research articles and review papers that delve into the spatial characteristics and impacts of ecological restoration and the reuse of brownfield sites, as well as their synergistic evolutionary laws. The Special Issue promotes a unified perspective on brownfield sites and their surrounding areas as a whole territorial system of human–land relations. Drawing upon the regional system theory of man–land relationships and the social–ecological system theory, this Special Issue aims to enhance our holistic, comprehensive, and systematic understanding of the relationship between ecological restoration and the reuse of brownfield sites. It also seeks to explore the treatment of this land and its surrounding area.

This Special Issue welcomes manuscripts that link the following themes:

  • The spatial pattern of ecological restoration and the reuse of brownfield sites;
  • The co-evolution of ecological restoration and the reuse of brownfield sites;
  • Benefits/effects of ecological restoration and the reuse of brownfield sites;
  • Case studies of ecological restoration and the reuse of brownfield sites;
  • Plans for ecological restoration and the reuse of abandoned regions;
  • Policies affecting ecological restoration and the reuse of abandoned regions.

We look forward to receiving your original research articles and reviews.

Dr. Fuyuan Wang
Prof. Dr. Kaiyong Wang
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

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

  • brownfield sites
  • ecological restoration
  • reuse
  • land improvement
  • recreation
  • tourism
  • the revival of local vitality
  • regional transformation development
  • green development

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Tourism Development and Rural Land Transfer-Out: Evidence from China Family Panel Studies
by Pengfei Sun and Hong Cao
Land 2024, 13(4), 426; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13040426 - 27 Mar 2024
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For a long time, the decline in agricultural comparative returns and the urban–rural development gap in China have prompted the outflow of rural labor. Land transfer policies, which allow farmers to retain their land contracting rights while transferring their management rights, were instituted [...] Read more.
For a long time, the decline in agricultural comparative returns and the urban–rural development gap in China have prompted the outflow of rural labor. Land transfer policies, which allow farmers to retain their land contracting rights while transferring their management rights, were instituted to mitigate the impact of labor outflow on land use and agricultural production. In recent years, tourism has contributed to the diversification of the rural economy and has had an essential impact on the urban–rural allocation of elements such as labor. In this paper, we adopt a probit model to investigate the impact of tourism development on rural land transfer-out by using data from the China Family Panel Studies. The results show that the marginal effect of tourism development is significantly negative, indicating that the probability of rural land transfer-out was significantly reduced with tourism development. The results are still valid after a series of robustness tests. A mechanism analysis indicates that tourism development inhibits land transfer by enhancing local vitality, such as increasing the local employment of rural labor and promoting participation in agricultural production. Moreover, from the perspective of rural welfare and asset prices, further research finds that tourism development contributes to poverty alleviation and increases land value. These results suggest that tourism development inhibits land transfer while promoting rural sustainable development, helping to understand the impact of tourism on rural land use and household asset allocation from a more comprehensive perspective. Full article
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Evolution and Optimization Simulation of Coastal Chemical Industry Layout: A Case Study of Jiangsu Province, China
by Haixia Zhao, Binjie Gu, Xin Li and Mingjie Niu
Land 2024, 13(4), 420; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13040420 - 26 Mar 2024
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In the face of geopolitical challenges and climate change, economic progress, safe production, and environmental protection have emerged as important directions for chemical industry development. However, the rational optimization of the chemical industry layout under the backdrop of ecological environmental protection necessitates further [...] Read more.
In the face of geopolitical challenges and climate change, economic progress, safe production, and environmental protection have emerged as important directions for chemical industry development. However, the rational optimization of the chemical industry layout under the backdrop of ecological environmental protection necessitates further exploration. This study explores the evolution and future development direction of the chemical industry layout within the coastal region of Jiangsu Province, China, using the CA–Markov model. The findings reveal a trend of spatial agglomeration growth among coastal chemical enterprises, with Moran’s Index increasing from 0.109 in 2007 to 0.206 in 2017. The petrochemical industry, in particular, demonstrated the most significant agglomeration effect, with approximately 52.10% being concentrated in 14 coastal industrial parks in 2017. Under the constraints of the ecological environment and policy guidance, the land area allocated for the chemical industry experienced a reduction of over 10%, further strengthening the emphasis on spatial agglomeration. Chemical industries along Jiangsu’s coast have become agglomerated and concentrated near industrial parks and ports. Their spatial distribution and connectivity were mainly influenced by factors such as convenient transportation, the ecological environment, local policies, the distance from residential areas, and industrial agglomeration. Under different scenarios—including natural growth, ecological environment constraints, and policy guidance—chemical industries show diverse spatial patterns. Ecological environmental constraints and policy guidance can provide various intervention methods for the government to promote the optimization direction and focus of the chemical industry layout while minimizing its impact on the ecological environment. Full article
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