Density, Division and Distance: Understanding China’s Urban Land-Use Change from an Economic Geography Perspective

• Published in: Applied spatial analysis and policy Vol. 17; no. 2; pp. 439 - 469
• Main Authors: Gao, Xing, Zhu, Jin, Liu, Jiayao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.06.2024; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Changes; Economic factors; Economic geography; Economics; Generalized method of moments; Geography; Human Geography; Land use; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Regional/Spatial Science; Regions; Social Sciences; Value; 3Ds; Economic development; Land use; Chinese cities; Mediating effect

Although land-use change driven by general economic factors has been discussed substantially, rarely has any work been done within the perspective of economic geography – considering the impact of economic spatial differences. This study applies the 3Ds (Density, Division and Distance) framework pub...