Valuating Multifunctionality of Land Use for Sustainable Development: Framework, Method, and Application

Rongxi Peng, Tao Liu () and Guangzhong Cao ()
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Rongxi Peng: College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Tao Liu: College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Guangzhong Cao: College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

Land, 2023, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-19

Abstract: The concept of land use functions (LUFs) has been widely employed to study and manage sustainable development. However, its employment is barely based on actual land uses. Difficulties in the accessibility of data and comparability of results also hinder the wide application of contemporary LUF frameworks on sustainability analysis. To fill these gaps, this study improves the LUF framework in which the monetary value of economic, social, and environmental LUF is evaluated using land use data. This framework is then used to examine how different LUFs relate to each other in Shandong, China. Results show that, at the township level, monetary values of economic and social functions are positively correlated, but are both negatively correlated with environmental function. All three functions grew between 2009 and 2018 in Shandong. Results also suggest that a focus on quantitative trade-offs of these three LUFs is insufficient; rather, their spatial balance also requires attention.

Keywords: land use functions; monetary valuation; sustainable development; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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