Land Use Transitions under Rapid Urbanization in Chengdu-Chongqing Region: A Perspective of Coupling Water and Land Resources

Yuchen Pan, Li Ma, Hong Tang, Yiwen Wu and Zhongjian Yang
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Yuchen Pan: School of Public Affairs, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
Li Ma: School of Public Affairs, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
Hong Tang: Sichuan Center for Rural Development Research, College of Management, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Yiwen Wu: School of Public Affairs, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
Zhongjian Yang: Sichuan Center for Rural Development Research, College of Management, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China

Land, 2021, vol. 10, issue 8, 1-21

Abstract: Land resources and water resources are the important material basis of economic and social development, and their pattern determines the pattern of development. Based on the panel data of the Chengdu–Chongqing Economic Circle from 2011 to 2018, this paper evaluates the matching degree of water and land resources, and their respective matching degrees with the economic development in the Chengdu–Chongqing Economic Circle with the Gini coefficient method. Based on the two-way fixed effect model, an extended Cobb–Douglas production function model is established to analyze the sensitivity of economic growth to land and water factors. In addition, the restriction degree of water and land resources to the economic development of the Chengdu–Chongqing Economic Circle is measured quantitatively by using the growth damping coefficient. The results show that the water and land resources and economic development of the Chengdu–Chongqing Economic Circle have a high matching degree, but the inner cities have a great difference. The contribution of water resources to economic growth is greater than that of land resources. Both of them have a little growth drag, which shows that industrial development has disposed of the dependence of water and land resources. The development of the Chengdu–Chongqing Economic Circle needs to play the role of technological progress in promoting economic growth, and at the same time optimize the use of water and land resources to reduce its constraints on the economic growth. Finally, the policy suggestions of matching water and land resources and economic growth in different regions are put forward.

Keywords: water and land resources management; sustainable development; economic impacts; land use transitions; Chengdu–Chongqing economic circle (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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