Spatial-temporal change in urban agricultural land use efficiency from the perspective of agricultural multi-functionality: A case study of the Xi’an metropolitan zone

• Published in: Journal of geographical sciences Vol. 27; no. 12; pp. 1499 - 1520
• Main Authors: Zhou, Zhongxue, Li, Mengtao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg Science Press 01.12.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agricultural ecosystems; Agricultural land; Agricultural production; Agricultural subsidies; Agriculture; Cultivation; Earth and Environmental Science; Economics; Ecosystem services; Efficiency; Environmental security; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography; Geography; Grain cultivation; Land use; Landsat; Nature Conservation; Physical Geography; Remote sensing; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry; Rural areas; Urban agriculture; Urban areas; Urban farming; Urbanization; Water resources; agricultural multi-functionality; urban agriculture; land use efficiency; agro-ecosystem services; Xi’an metropolitan zone (XMZ)

The excessive expansion of urbanized areas has resulted in haphazard land utilization, immoderate consumption of superior agricultural land and water resources, significant fragmentation of agricultural landscape, and gradual deterioration of the agro-ecological environment. Combined, these factors...