Understanding Relationships between Cultivated Land Pressure and Economic Development Level across Spatiotemporal Characteristics: Implications for Supporting Land-Use Management Decisions

Dan Yang, Zhenyue Liu, Pengyan Zhang (), Zhuo Chen, Yinghui Chang, Qianxu Wang, Xinyue Zhang, Rong Lu, Mengfan Li, Guangrui Xing and Guanghui Li
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Dan Yang: College of Geography and Environmental Science, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
Zhenyue Liu: College of Geography and Environmental Science, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
Pengyan Zhang: College of Geography and Environmental Science, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
Zhuo Chen: Department of Geography, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA
Yinghui Chang: College of Geography and Environmental Science, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
Qianxu Wang: College of Geography and Environmental Science, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
Xinyue Zhang: College of Geography and Environmental Science, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
Rong Lu: College of Geography and Environmental Science, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
Mengfan Li: College of Geography and Environmental Science, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
Guangrui Xing: College of Geography and Environmental Science, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
Guanghui Li: College of Geography and Environmental Science, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 23, 1-17

Abstract: Food security is crucial to world peace. Economic development has posed a great threat to the protection of cultivated land. Considering 20 cities in the lower Yellow River (AALYR) as the study area, this study explored the spatial evolution of cultivated land pressure (CLP) and economic development from 1998 to 2018, revealing the spatiotemporal coupling characteristics of the CLP index and economic development. The main results are as follows: we discerned that CLP and economic development have an obvious spatiotemporal consistency during 1998–2018. The CLP showed a spatial pattern of overall stability, as well as local changes. Most prefecture-level cities experienced decreased significantly in CLP and improvements in food security. Overall, there were regional differences in the coupling relationships between CLP and economic development in the study area. The explanatory power of the proportion of secondary and tertiary industries were significantly higher than other driving factors. Therefore, while developing the economy rapidly, we should also protect cultivated land resources and improve the coordination level between them, which is essential to guarantee food security and a steady economic development.

Keywords: cultivated land pressure (CLP); economic development; coupling relationship; land-use management; affected areas of the lower Yellow River (AALYR) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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