Fixability–Flexibility Relations in Sustainable Territorial Spatial Planning in China: A Review from the Food–Energy–Water Nexus Perspective

Liping Shan, Chuyi Zhang, Tianxiao Zhou, Yuzhe Wu (), Liang Zhang and Jiaming Shan
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Liping Shan: Business School, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing 312000, China
Chuyi Zhang: Business School, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing 312000, China
Tianxiao Zhou: Business School, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing 312000, China
Yuzhe Wu: Department of Land Management, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Liang Zhang: College of Urban Construction, Zhejiang Shuren University, Hangzhou 310015, China
Jiaming Shan: Business School, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing 312000, China

Land, 2024, vol. 13, issue 2, 1-20

Abstract: Territorial spatial planning involves fixability and flexibility in different driving factors related to control and development orientation, and they play an important role in regional sustainable development, especially in developing countries such as China. With rapid urbanisation and industrialisation, China has been impacted by conflicts between development and protection in territorial space. To integrate the contradictions among different territorial spatial planning measures, planners and scholars have started to focus on studies regarding fixability–flexibility relationships and integration. However, the relationship between and integration of fixability and flexibility in territorial spatial planning have yet to be clearly summarised. This paper explores an innovative research direction for the fixability–flexibility relations in territorial spatial planning from a new perspective, the Food–Energy–Water Nexus, which is a dynamic and comprehensive framework for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) studies. This paper covers the existing research on fixability and flexibility in territorial spatial planning. Moreover, after summarising the conflicts of fixability and flexibility, the dialectical relationship between and the integration of fixability and flexibility are researched.

Keywords: territorial spatial planning; fixability–flexibility relations; food–energy–water nexus; control and development; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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