A Load-Carrier Perspective Method for Evaluating Land Resources Carrying Capacity

Wenzhu Luo, Liyin Shen, Lingyu Zhang, Xia Liao, Conghui Meng and Chi Jin
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Wenzhu Luo: School of Economics and Management, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing 400065, China
Liyin Shen: International Research Centre for Sustainable Built Environment, School of Management Science and Real Estate, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
Lingyu Zhang: International Research Centre for Sustainable Built Environment, School of Management Science and Real Estate, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
Xia Liao: Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100045, China
Conghui Meng: School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
Chi Jin: Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology, 2629 HS Delft, The Netherlands

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 9, 1-21

Abstract: If land resources are forced to withstand greater populations than they are able to withstand, irreversible damage to the land resources system will happen in a specific region. This challenge highlights the urgency of appropriately evaluating the land resources carrying capacity (LRCC). A proper level of the capacity can ensure that land resources demands imposed by human activities are at a reasonable level. There is a need for a proper evaluation method for assessing LRCC. This study presents a new evaluation method from a load-carrier perspective for assessing LRCC by examining the relationships between the pressure caused by human activities and the supply capacity of land resources. In developing this method, a land resources system is determined by two primary components, namely carrier and load. The compositions of carrier and load are determined by applying the theory of multifunctional land use. A case demonstration is conducted to show the application of the method. The main findings can be drawn from this study as follows. Firstly, a “load-carrier” perspective method is requested for evaluating the regional LRCC, and it is effective in obtaining the value of LRCC in the demonstration case. Secondly, the composition of land resources carriers and loads embodied in the load-carrier perspective method is determined by using the theory of multifunctional land use. Thirdly, the case results suggest that seven regions are overloaded in LRCC and the other two regions are approaching the limitation of LRCC among nine county-level administration regions in Chongqing. This study contributes to the development of literature in the field of LRCC. The application of the “load-carrier” perspective method can help local governments in the case study regions make policies to ensure that land resources demands imposed by human activities are under control at a reasonable level.

Keywords: evaluation; land resources carrying capacity (LRCC); carrier and load perspective; multifunctional land use (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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