 How does urban land use efficiency improve resource and environment carrying capacity?Han Zhang, Jinhui Zheng, Ahmed Hunjra (), Shikuan Zhao and Elie Bouri Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2024, vol. 91, issue C Abstract: Considering the constraints on urban land expansion, improving the efficiency of existing urban land becomes a key factor in promoting resource sustainability and environmental protection. This paper examines the impact mechanism and threshold effect of urban land use efficiency (ULUE) on resources and environment carrying capacity (RECC) using panel data covering 282 Chinese cities from 2007 to 2018. The empirical results show that: (1) ULUE enhances RECC in China, and the rationalization and advancement of industrial structure are important transmission mechanisms; (2) The impact of ULUE on RECC is heterogeneous, showing significant differences in different regions, periods, administrative levels, and resource endowments; (3) With industrial rationalization and industrial advancement as threshold variables, ULUE exhibits a “gradient-style” enhancement with significant threshold characteristics in improving RECC. These findings can provide practical guidance for various land policies. Keywords: Land use efficiency; Resource and environment carrying capacity; Industrial structure rationalization; Industrial structure advancement (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:soceps:v:91:y:2024:i:c:s0038012123002720 DOI: 10.1016/j.seps.2023.101760 Access Statistics for this article Socio-Economic Planning Sciences is currently edited by Barnett R. Parker More articles in Socio-Economic Planning Sciences from Elsevier |
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