Farmland Ecological Compensation Zoning and Horizontal Fiscal Payment Mechanism in Wuhan Agglomeration, China, From the Perspective of Ecological Footprint

Xin Yang, Fan Zhang, Cheng Luo and Anlu Zhang
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Xin Yang: College of Land Management, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
Fan Zhang: School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Crawley 6009, Australia
Cheng Luo: Wuhan Planning & Design Institute, Wuhan 430014, China
Anlu Zhang: College of Land Management, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 8, 1-15

Abstract: This study proposes a farmland ecological compensation zoning index (FECZI) and a horizontal farmland ecological fiscal payment model to assess the amount of horizontal fiscal payment in the 48 districts of the Wuhan Agglomeration of China. The results indicate that: 14 districts of Wuhan Agglomeration are classified into farmland ecological payment areas and the remaining 34 districts are compensation ones. Moreover, the largest ecological payment area is Hongshan (109,901.05 × 10 4 Yuan), while the lowest is Tieshan (83.69 × 10 4 Yuan). The largest ecological compensation area is Tianmen (–84,076.11 × 10 4 Yuan), while the least is Hannan (−1340.58 × 10 4 Yuan). The findings can be used in the reform of farmland ecological compensation as well as innovation of fiscal payment mechanism in Wuhan Agglomeration, China.

Keywords: farmland ecological zoning; farmland ecological footprint/biological capacity; farmland ecological compensation zoning index (FECZI); horizontal fiscal payment mechanism; Wuhan agglomeration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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