Characteristics and Driving Mechanism of Urban Construction Land Expansion along with Rapid Urbanization and Carbon Neutrality in Beijing, China

Huicai Yang, Jingtao Ma, Xinying Jiao (), Guofei Shang and Haiming Yan
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Huicai Yang: Academy of Eco-Civilization Development for Jing-Jin-Ji Megalopolis, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
Jingtao Ma: School of Land Science and Space Planning, Hebei GEO University, Shijiazhuang 050031, China
Xinying Jiao: School of Land Science and Space Planning, Hebei GEO University, Shijiazhuang 050031, China
Guofei Shang: School of Land Science and Space Planning, Hebei GEO University, Shijiazhuang 050031, China
Haiming Yan: School of Land Science and Space Planning, Hebei GEO University, Shijiazhuang 050031, China

Land, 2023, vol. 12, issue 7, 1-17

Abstract: Escalating urban issues in Beijing call for comprehensive exploration of urban construction land expansion towards the goal of carbon neutrality. Firstly, urban construction land in Beijing during the period 2005–2020 was accurately detected using Landsat images and impervious surface data, and then its expansion characteristics were revealed. Finally, the driving mechanism of urban construction land expansion was explored using geographically and temporally weighted regression from the input–output perspective. The results showed that the expansion speed and intensity of urban construction land in Beijing showed an overall tendency to slow down, and the center of urban expansion shifted to the new urban development zone and ecological function conservation zone. Urban construction land expansion in the central urban area was first scattered and then compact, while that in the new urban development zone and ecological function conservation zone primarily followed an outward pattern. The permanent population, per capita GDP, and per capita retail sales of social consumer goods were the primary driving factors of urban construction land expansion in Beijing, the impacts of which varied significantly among different districts of Beijing. All these results can provide a solid foundation for improving land use policies towards the goal of carbon neutrality in highly urbanized areas.

Keywords: construction land expansion; landscape pattern; influencing factors; input–output theory; geographically and temporally weighted regression model; Beijing (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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