Assessment and Spatial-Temporal Evolution Analysis of Urban Land Use Efficiency under Green Development Orientation: Case of the Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomerations

Yingkai Tang, Kun Wang, Xuanming Ji, He Xu and Yangqing Xiao
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Yingkai Tang: Department of Accounting and Corporate Finance, Business School, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
Kun Wang: Department of Accounting and Corporate Finance, Business School, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
Xuanming Ji: Department of Investment, School of Finance and Economics, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China
He Xu: Department of Investment, School of Management Science and Engineering, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing 102206, China
Yangqing Xiao: Department of Finance, School of Finance and Economics, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China

Land, 2021, vol. 10, issue 7, 1-19

Abstract: Rapid urbanization has provided a strong impetus for the economic growth of China, but it has also caused many problems such as inefficient urban land use and environmental pollution. With the popularization of the concept of green and sustainable development, the Environmental-Social-Governance (ESG) assessment concept is widely accepted. The government and residents are paying more and more attention to environmental issues in urban development, and environmental protection has formed an important part of urban development. In this context, this study takes 26 cities in the Yangtze River Delta as examples to build an evaluation system for urban land-use efficiency under green development orientation. The evaluation system takes into account the inputs of land, capital, labor, and energy factors in the process of urban development. Based on emphasizing economic output, the social benefits and undesired outputs brought about by urban development are taken into account. This paper measures urban land use efficiency by the super-efficiency SBM model, and on this basis, analyses the spatial-temporal evolution characteristics of urban land-use efficiency. Further, this paper measures urban land use efficiency without considering undesired outputs and compares the two evaluation methods. Again, the comparison illustrates the rationality of urban land use efficiency evaluation system under green development orientation.

Keywords: urban land-use efficiency; global super-SBM model; global malmquist index; convergence model; The Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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