The Impact of Land Use Structure Change on Utilization Performance in Henan Province, China

Yanqi Zhao, Yue Zhang, Ying Yang (), Fan Li, Rongkun Dai, Jianlin Li, Mingshi Wang and Zhenhua Li
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Yanqi Zhao: Institute of Resources & Environment, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454003, China
Yue Zhang: Institute of Resources & Environment, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454003, China
Ying Yang: Institute of Resources & Environment, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454003, China
Fan Li: Institute of Resources & Environment, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454003, China
Rongkun Dai: Institute of Resources & Environment, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454003, China
Jianlin Li: Institute of Resources & Environment, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454003, China
Mingshi Wang: Institute of Resources & Environment, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454003, China
Zhenhua Li: Institute of Resources & Environment, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454003, China

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 5, 1-18

Abstract: Because of the trends in population growth and rapid industrialization and urbanization, the intensity and structure of land use are undergoing great changes. Henan Province is an important economic province and a major grain producing and energy consumption area, and its land use plays a key role in the sustainable development of the whole of China. This study takes Henan Province as the research object, selects panel statistical data from 2010 to 2020, and discusses the land use structure (LUS) in Henan Province in terms of three aspects: information entropy, analysis of land use dynamic change, and land type conversion matrix. Based on the indicator system “social economy (SE)—ecological environment (EE)—agricultural production (AP)—energy consumption (EC)”, a land use performance (LUP) evaluation model was constructed to judge the performance of various land use types in Henan Province. Finally, the relational degree between LUS and LUP was calculated through the grey correlation. The results show that among the eight land use types in the study area since 2010, land used for water and water conservancy facilities increased by 4%. In addition, transport and garden land changed significantly, and was mainly converted from cultivated land (decreased by 6674 km 2 ) and other land. From the perspective of LUP, the increase in ecological environment performance is the most obvious, while agriculture performance is lagging behind; it is worth paying attention to the energy consumption performance, which is decreasing year by year. There is an obvious correlation between LUS and LUP. LUS in Henan Province presents a gradually stable state, and the transformation of land types promotes LUP. Proposing an effective and convenient evaluation method to explore the relationship between LUS and LUP is very beneficial in helping stakeholders to actively focus more on optimizing land resource management and decision making for the coordinated and sustainable development among agricultural, socio-economic, eco-environmental, and energy systems.

Keywords: land use structure; land use performance; land type conversion; information entropy; grey correlation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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