Comprehensive Urban Assessment and Major Function Verification Based on City Examination: The Case of Hubei Province

Dingyu Wang, Yan Zhang, Qiang Niu (), Yijie Wan and Lei Wu ()
Additional contact information
Dingyu Wang: School of Urban Design, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
Yan Zhang: School of Urban Design, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
Qiang Niu: School of Urban Design, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
Yijie Wan: School of Urban Design, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
Lei Wu: School of Tourism Management, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China

Land, 2025, vol. 14, issue 9, 1-26

Abstract: China’s major function-oriented zoning (MFOZ) serves as a crucial policy instrument for functional regulation of land use, playing a significant role in the latest territorial spatial planning. Studies on the implementation of MFOZ have been conducted since its release in 2012, but there is a lack of comprehensive methods to assess the effectiveness of its implementation. In China, the newly initiated City Examination provides novel technical support for verifying MFOZ planning, addressing the gap in comprehensive evaluation methodologies and channels. This study proposes a comprehensive urban assessment framework and a major function classification approach based on City Examination data, enabling the identification of implementation deviations in MFOZ planning based on the current urban conditions reflected by City Examination. The methodology incorporates dimensionality reduction, multi-indicator clustering, entropy-weighted overlays, and natural break classification techniques and examines the degree of strategic deviation in China’s MFOZ through a comprehensive and systematic assessment. Due to the timeliness and long-term nature City Examination data, the method allows for the long-time dynamic tracking and evaluation of the real-time progress in MFOZ. Empirical analysis of Hubei Province revealed that 77.9% of its urban development aligns with the 2011 MFOZ scheme while demonstrating discernible deviation types and hierarchical discrepancies, with geographically clustered patterns observed among cities exhibiting such deviations.

Keywords: land use regulation; urban diagnosis; development type; clustering; entropy weight; primary function zoning; territorial spatial planning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/9/1719/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/9/1719/ (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:14:y:2025:i:9:p:1719-:d:1732074

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 ().