Management and Control of Agricultural Production Space in the Yanhe River Basin Based on Peasant Household Behavior

Quanhua Hou, Shihan Chen, Yitong Miao, Yahui Zhang, Su Chen, Xiaoyang Fan, Yaqiong Duan and Lingda Zhang ()
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Quanhua Hou: School of Architecture, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710061, China
Shihan Chen: School of Architecture, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710061, China
Yitong Miao: School of Architecture, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710061, China
Yahui Zhang: School of Residential Environment and Architectural Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
Su Chen: School of Architecture, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710061, China
Xiaoyang Fan: Xi’an City Planning Design and Research Institute, Xi’an 710082, China
Yaqiong Duan: School of Architecture, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710061, China
Lingda Zhang: School of Architecture, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710061, China

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 10, 1-20

Abstract: With increases in urbanization, agricultural production space is facing a series of problems, such as limited spatial development, loss of development entities, and difficulties in transformation, posing a huge challenge to national food security and sustainable rural development. The peasant household, as the main body in agricultural production space, plays a key role in solving human–land conflicts and achieving revitalization. In this article, we analyze the evolution characteristics of agricultural production space under the influence of peasant household behavior in the Yanhe River Basin from 1995 to 2018, and construct a spatial control system for agricultural production based on peasant household behavior guidance. Our conclusions are: (1) the agricultural production space in the Yanhe River Basin presents three major evolutionary characteristics, namely a reduction in spatial scale, a shift in the center of gravity of spatial distribution to the downstream, and a transformation of the spatial form from fragmented to regular; (2) the production input and production management behaviors of peasant households dominate the evolution of agricultural production space, while resource utilization behavior is an indirect influencing factor; moreover, peasant household behaviors are also influenced by conditions such as soil and location in agricultural production space; and (3) a control method system of “management and control basis + management and control implementation + management and control guarantee” has been formed through research, and targeted guidance has been given to peasant household behavior based on three levels of agricultural production zones and four types of rural areas. The research on zoning classification results can provide scientific guidance for the precise management of agricultural production space in the Yanhe River Basin, and the management and control method system can also provide a theoretical reference for the sustainable development path of agricultural production space.

Keywords: agricultural production space; peasant household behavior; spatial evolution; zoning classification; basin scale (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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