Relationship between Urban Land Use Efficiency and Economic Development Level in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Region

Sijia Li, Meichen Fu, Yi Tian, Yuqing Xiong and Cankun Wei
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Sijia Li: School of Land Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
Meichen Fu: School of Land Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
Yi Tian: School of Land Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
Yuqing Xiong: School of Land Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
Cankun Wei: School of Land Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China

Land, 2022, vol. 11, issue 7, 1-18

Abstract: Due to limited land resources, it is necessary to balance urban economic development and efficient land use. Clarifying the relationship between the two is crucial to improving both economic efficiency and land use efficiency. Considering the undesirable output of urban land use, this paper adopts a super efficiency SBM model to quantify the urban land use efficiency (ULUE) of the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei (BTH) region from 1999 to 2019, and analyzes the relationship between ULUE and economic development level (EDL) by combining the Tapio model and the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) model. The results show the following: (1) During the study period, the ULUE showed a fluctuating upward trend on the temporal scale, with the lowest and highest inflection points occurring in 2002 and 2018, respectively, and a distribution pattern of “high in the southeast and low in the northwest” on the spatial scale. (2) The decoupling relationship between ULUE and EDL showed repeated fluctuations between decoupling and coupling states on the temporal scale, but the overall showed a transition trend from decoupling state to coupling state. On the spatial scale, from north to south, there were a strong decoupling state (SDS), weak decoupling state (WDS), strong decoupling state (SDS), and weak decoupling state (WDS) in order, showing a regular interval repetition distribution pattern. (3) The relationship between ULUE and EDL showed an EKC “U-shaped” curve, that is, ULUE decreases first and then increases with the increases in EDL. The results of this study can provide a reference for the coordinated and sustainable development of the BTH region.

Keywords: urban land use efficiency; economic development; super efficiency SBM model; Tapio model; Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region; environmental Kuznets curve (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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