How Does Change in Rural Residential Land Affect Cultivated Land Use Efficiency? An Empirical Study Based on 42 Cities in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River

Houtian Tang, Yuanlai Wu (), Jinxiu Chen, Liuxin Deng and Minjie Zeng
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Houtian Tang: School of Public Administration, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
Yuanlai Wu: School of Public Administration, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
Jinxiu Chen: School of Public Administration, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China
Liuxin Deng: School of Public Administration, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
Minjie Zeng: School of Public Administration, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China

Land, 2022, vol. 11, issue 12, 1-20

Abstract: The growth of rural residential land (RRL) areas has led to the encroachment of cultivated land, which has seriously reduced cultivated land use efficiency (CLUE). This paper takes 42 cities in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River (MRYR) as an example, using the kernel density estimation method, the Super-SBM model, and mediating effect test methods to explore the impact of RRL change on CLUE during 2000–2020. Specifically, based on the analysis of the spatiotemporal distribution characteristics of RRL and CLUE, this paper attempts to further explore the influence path of RRL change on CLUE and test whether there is a mediating effect. The results show that (1) the overall RRL area increased by 30,386.34 hm 2 , except for the decrease in RRL area in a few regions of Hunan Province, and the RRL area in other regions increased. (2) The hot-spot and sub-hot-spot regions of CLUE in the MRYR were mainly concentrated in northwestern Hubei Province and eastern Hunan Province, and the hot-spot and sub-hot-spot regions in Hunan Province are the highest among the three provinces. (3) Under the control of socioeconomic variables, the change in RRL has a significant negative impact on CLUE. (4) The area of cultivated land occupied by rural residential land (CLRRL) has a mediating role during 2000–2020, while the per capita cultivated land area (PCLA) and the rural permanent population (RPP) only have a mediating role during 2000–2010. In the future, the government should strictly prohibit the occupation of cultivated land by RRL and to improve the CLUE.

Keywords: rural residential land; cultivated land use efficiency; mediating effect; spatiotemporal distribution characteristic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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