TITLE:
A Comprehensive Framework to Evaluate Urban Land Use Efficiency Based on Dynamic Evolution, Driving Mechanism and Influencing Factors
AUTHORS:
Bohang Zhang, Lihua Chen
KEYWORDS:
Urban Land Use Efficiency, Comprehensive Framework, Dynamic Evolution, Driving Mechanism, Influencing Factors
JOURNAL NAME:
Current Urban Studies,
Vol.12 No.4,
December
5,
2024
ABSTRACT: Urban land use efficiency is the key index to measure the quality of urban land use. This paper attempts to build a comprehensive framework to analyze the spatial-temporal dynamic evolution, driving mechanism and influencing factors of urban land use efficiency by using data envelope analysis model, Malmquist index, spatial autocorrelation analysis method and Tobit model. The case study in Yunnan Province of China shows that the overall average values of technical efficiency, pure technical efficiency and scale efficiency during the research period are 0.8686, 0.8959 and 0.9698 respectively. The overall spatial distribution for urban land use efficiency shows a random spatial pattern, but there is a significant spatial autocorrelation in local space. The internal driving mechanism for the change of urban land use efficiency is dominated by technological progress change, while the technical efficiency change has a negative effect. In terms of the impact on urban land use efficiency, some factors have positive effects, while others have negative effects. This research can provide decision-making basis for Yunnan Province to formulate urban land use policies and provide method and practice references for the research on urban land use efficiency.