TY - JOUR
T1 - Urban land use eco-efficiency and improvement in the western region of China
AU - Zheng, Huazhu
AU - Wu, Yongjiao
AU - He, Hongming
AU - Delang, Claudio O.
AU - Qian, Jiao
AU - Lu, Jungang
AU - Yao, Zhengyu
AU - Li, Guozhi
N1 - This work was supported by the Second Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program (Grant number: SQ2019QZKK2003); the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant number: 42271007); the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant number: 2022YFF1302401); the Comprehensive scientific survey for establishing the Gaoligongshan National Park in Yunnan Province; and the National Social Science Fund of China (Grant number: 22BJY126).
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PY - 2023/8/1
Y1 - 2023/8/1
N2 - This paper quantifies urban land use eco-efficiency (ULUEE) and explores its improvement in the context of western China. We propose a hybrid model that includes the Super-slack-based measure model (Super-SBM) and a varying co-efficient panel model using data from 11 provincial cities in the western regions of China from 2000 to 2018. The results show that overall ULUEE, pure technical efficiency and scale efficiency were ecologically inefficient. Meanwhile, ULUEE differences between cities mainly reflect different levels of pure technical efficiency. Further, the linkage between urban population density and ULUEE can be expressed in inverted-U and U-shape curves, and most cities’ industrial development positively affects ULUEE, while most cities’ fixed asset investments negatively affect ULUEE. Moreover, land management institutions (LMIs) play a moderator role, shaping the main impacts of industrial development on ULUEE. Therefore, the findings suggest that improving ULUEE in the western region of China should focus on attracting inflows of highly skilled people, optimizing resource allocation, and guiding/regulating local government actions.
AB - This paper quantifies urban land use eco-efficiency (ULUEE) and explores its improvement in the context of western China. We propose a hybrid model that includes the Super-slack-based measure model (Super-SBM) and a varying co-efficient panel model using data from 11 provincial cities in the western regions of China from 2000 to 2018. The results show that overall ULUEE, pure technical efficiency and scale efficiency were ecologically inefficient. Meanwhile, ULUEE differences between cities mainly reflect different levels of pure technical efficiency. Further, the linkage between urban population density and ULUEE can be expressed in inverted-U and U-shape curves, and most cities’ industrial development positively affects ULUEE, while most cities’ fixed asset investments negatively affect ULUEE. Moreover, land management institutions (LMIs) play a moderator role, shaping the main impacts of industrial development on ULUEE. Therefore, the findings suggest that improving ULUEE in the western region of China should focus on attracting inflows of highly skilled people, optimizing resource allocation, and guiding/regulating local government actions.
KW - Urban land use eco-efficiency
KW - Improvement
KW - Moderator
KW - Western China
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.137385
DO - 10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.137385
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85156221362
SN - 0959-6526
VL - 412
JO - Journal of Cleaner Production
JF - Journal of Cleaner Production
M1 - 137385
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