Evaluation of Dynamic Efficiency and Influencing Factors of China’s Mining-Land Restoration System

Jin Yao, Chunhua Li (), Shuangfei Zhao and Yong Hu
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Jin Yao: College of National Parks and Tourism, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China
Chunhua Li: College of National Parks and Tourism, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China
Shuangfei Zhao: College of National Parks and Tourism, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China
Yong Hu: Hunan Provincial Institute of Land and Resources Planning, Changsha 410004, China

Sustainability, 2025, vol. 17, issue 13, 1-35

Abstract: Land degradation neutrality is crucial for sustainable mining, necessitating a comprehensive assessment of mining and land restoration performance. Current assessments of mining development and land degradation neutrality are isolated. Therefore, this study formulated a comprehensive framework for economic development and land governance, integrating a Dynamic Network Directional Distance Function (DDF) model with structural equation modeling (SEM), using China’s mining development and land restoration governance as a case study, to evaluate the efficiency and its determinants of mining and land restoration systems. The findings are as follows: there are significant regional differences in mining efficiency; the overall land restoration efficiency is higher than mining efficiency; the development of the two stages is unbalanced, and there is no obvious linear correlation between efficiencies; policy and economic factors negatively impact both mining and land restoration efficiency; technological innovation strongly boosts mining efficiency but has a weaker effect on land restoration efficiency; and climate factors slightly hinder land restoration and mildly enhance mining. Therefore, comprehensively analyzing the mining-land restoration system and considering exogenous factors to internalize externalities are crucial for promoting ecological protection, achieving the LDN target in mining areas, and realizing harmonious human-nature development in China.

Keywords: land degradation neutrality; mining-land restoration system; dynamic network efficiency; DDF-SEM; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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