Land Utilization, Landscape Pattern, and Ecological Efficiency: An Empirical Analysis of Discrimination and Overlap from Suining, China

Xichen Ge, Liang Sun, Jiongzhen Chen and Shuangrong Cai
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Xichen Ge: School of Architecture & Design, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
Liang Sun: School of Architecture & Design, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
Jiongzhen Chen: School of Architecture & Design, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
Shuangrong Cai: School of Architecture & Design, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 14, 1-19

Abstract: The rapid urbanization in recent decades has highlighted the impact of rural land utilization, which further affects the spatial structure and efficiency of rural ecosystems. Optimizing the structure of urban green infrastructure is an effective way to alleviate the fragmentation of rural landscapes, coordinate the relationship between rural development and ecosystem services, and ensure sustainable rural development. The purpose of this paper is to provide a clear direction for the optimization of construction for the sustainable development of rural green infrastructure (RGI). This study provides a new method for RGI identification and analysis by taking Suining County, a typical rural area on the North China Plain, as an example. Morphological spatial pattern analysis (MSPA) was used to distinguish different space scenery elements in RGI and combine them with land utilization elements, so as to obtain two types of overlapping degree data in each village and town. We further combined the overlapping degree data with ecological efficiency indicators to evaluate the spatial structure construction priorities of different land use components in the RGI system. The results show that the MSPA and ecological efficiency analysis method proposed in this paper are conducive to qualitative and quantitative analysis of the relationship between land use type, spatial structure, and ecological efficiency in the RGI system and are suitable for the construction of a green infrastructure network. This method can be used to better understand the spatial distribution and priority of green infrastructure networks to achieve sustainable rural development on the North China Plain.

Keywords: RGI; MSPA; overlapping degree; land utilization composition; ecological efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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