Urban Land Expansion Simulation Considering the Increasing versus Decreasing Balance Policy: A Case Study in Fenghua, China

Yaya Jin, Jiahe Ding, Yue Chen, Chaozheng Zhang, Xianhui Hou, Qianqian Zhang () and Qiankun Liu ()
Additional contact information
Yaya Jin: College of Economics & Management, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang 712100, China
Jiahe Ding: College of Economics & Management, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang 712100, China
Yue Chen: College of Economics & Management, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang 712100, China
Chaozheng Zhang: College of Economics & Management, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang 712100, China
Xianhui Hou: College of Economics & Management, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang 712100, China
Qianqian Zhang: Department of Earth System Science, Institute for Global Change Studies, Ministry of Education Ecological Field Station for East Asian Migratory Birds, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Qiankun Liu: Zhejiang Provincial Development and Reform Institute, Hangzhou 310025, China

Land, 2023, vol. 12, issue 12, 1-21

Abstract: Under the political dominance of urbanization, the policy of increasing versus decreasing balance (IVDB) between urban and rural construction land has had a profound influence on urban land expansion in China. The purpose of this study is to reveal the impact of the IVDB policy on the process of urban land expansion. Considering the transition process among different land use types under the IVDB policy, this study proposes two situations of urban land expansion. A future land use simulation (FLUS) model is applied to simulate the expansion process over three steps. A case study of Fenghua District in Ningbo City, China, shows the following: (1) In the first situation of village land directly transformed into urban land, the transformation is concentrated in the northern and western parts of Fenghua District. The expansion trends are particularly pronounced along existing urban land and main traffic lines. (2) In the second situation of village land reclamation for agricultural land and urban land occupation for agricultural land, the spatial differences in village land conversion to arable land or other agricultural land are relatively small, and the degree of concentration of arable land is significantly increased after reclamation. Urban land expansion mainly occurs close to Ningbo City. With the help of transfer quotas “produced” by other areas, expansion land can be balanced within Fenghua District. This research helps to shed light on the urban land use growth process and provides beneficial insights for stock spatial planning in China.

Keywords: urban land expansion; the IVDB policy; transfer quotas; land use simulation; FLUS model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/12/2099/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/12/2099/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jlands:v:12:y:2023:i:12:p:2099-:d:1285879

Access Statistics for this article

Land is currently edited by Ms. Carol Ma

More articles in Land from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().