Study of the Agglomeration Characteristics of Cultivated Land in Underdeveloped Mountainous Areas Based on Spatial Auto-Correlation: A Case of Pengshui County, Chongqing, China

Guanglian Luo, Bin Wang, Ruiwei Li, Dongqi Luo and Chaofu Wei
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Guanglian Luo: College of Public Administration, Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing 400067, China
Bin Wang: Chongqing Zhiheng Land Planning and Design Co., Ltd., Chongqing 400067, China
Ruiwei Li: College of Business Administration, Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing 400067, China
Dongqi Luo: Research Center of the Economy of the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River of the Key Research Base of Humanities, Ministry of Education, Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing 400067, China
Chaofu Wei: College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China

Land, 2022, vol. 11, issue 6, 1-14

Abstract: The economic and social orientation of cultivated land in underdeveloped mountainous areas is obvious. A study of the spatial agglomeration characteristics of cultivated land quality can provide guidance for regional economic and social development. Taking Pengshui County, Chongqing, China as the study area, the spatial agglomeration characteristics of cultivated land quality indexes at county, township and village levels were analyzed by using the auto-correlation analysis method. The results showed that: (1) At different spatial scales, the cultivated land quality index showed spatial agglomeration characteristics. (2) Moran’s I values of the cultivated land quality index at county, township and village level decreased successively, but three indexes still showed significant positive spatial correlation. (3) The spatial scale affects the spatial agglomeration of the cultivated land quality index, and its influence is physical, with a utilization and economic quality grade index from large to small. In underdeveloped mountainous areas, the spatial agglomeration characteristics of township scale and physical quality grade index are the most stable and significant, which can be used as the direct basis for zoning of cultivated land protection and site selection of rural residents’ agglomeration points.

Keywords: underdeveloped mountainous areas; spatial agglomeration; cultivated land quality index; spatial auto-correlation; space scale (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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