Identification of Potential Land Use Conflicts in Shandong Province: A New Framework

Guanglong Dong, Zengyu Sun, Wei Li, Keqiang Wang and Chenzhao Yuan ()
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Guanglong Dong: School of Management Engineering, Shandong Jianzhu University, Jinan 250101, China
Zengyu Sun: School of Management Engineering, Shandong Jianzhu University, Jinan 250101, China
Wei Li: Shandong Provincial Territorial Spatial Ecological Restoration Center, Jinan 250014, China
Keqiang Wang: Shandong Provincial Territorial Spatial Ecological Restoration Center, Jinan 250014, China
Chenzhao Yuan: Faculty of Arts, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia

Land, 2024, vol. 13, issue 8, 1-21

Abstract: Land use conflicts (LUCs) have become a significant global issue. Accurately identifying potential LUCs is crucial for mediating these conflicts, optimizing land use structure, and enhancing land use function. The necessary conditions of LUCs are land use multi-suitability (LUMS), land resource scarcity (LRS), and diversity of demands (DD). However, few studies have approached LUC identification from these three dimensions simultaneously. In addition, when assessing the diversity of demand, only human needs are considered and wildlife needs are ignored. In order to address this gap in the research, this paper constructs a novel framework for LUC identification and proposes an induction-oriented governance path. LUMS was evaluated from three aspects: construction suitability, cultivation suitability, and ecological suitability. LRS is measured from three dimensions: construction land, cultivated land, and ecological land scarcity. The DD is expanded into human and wildlife demand diversity. By analyzing the combination of LUMS, LRS, and DD, LUCs are classified using the potential LUC identification Rubik’s cube model, and corresponding governance paths are suggested. In Shandong Province, potential LUCs are relatively high, with strong, medium, and weak conflicts accounting for 27.39%, 57.10%, and 13.06%, respectively. Potential strong conflicts are mainly distributed in the metropolitan suburbs and in the western plain of Shandong Province. Cultivated land is the main potential land use conflict space. The new framework of LUC identification proposed in this paper can effectively identify potential LUCs. Our research provides scientific reference for sustainable land use.

Keywords: land use conflicts; land suitability; urban expansion; cultivated land; Shandong (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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