How feasible is regional integration for reconciling land use conflicts across the urban–rural interface? Evidence from Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei metropolitan region in China |
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| Institution: | 1. State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Process and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China;2. College of Resources Science and Technology, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China;3. School of Public Management, Shandong University of Finance and Economic, Jinan 250014, China;1. University of Bucharest, Centre for Environmental Research and Impact Studies, 1 Nicolae Bălcescu, 010041 Bucharest, Romania;2. University of Bucharest, Department of Regional Geography and Environment, Centre of Landscape-Territory-Information Systems 1 Nicolae Bălcescu, 010041 Bucharest, Romania;3. Swiss Federal Research Institute of Forest, Snow and Landscape (WSL), Land Landscape Dynamics, Zürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland;1. University of Khartoum, Faculty of Forestry, Dept. of Forest Management, Code 13314, Shambat, Sudan;2. Institute of International Forestry and Forest Products, Technical University of Dresden, Cotta Bau, Pienner Str. 7, 01737 Tharandt, Germany;3. University of Rhein-Waal, Faculty of Life Sciences, Marie-Curie-Str. 1, D-47533 Kleve, Germany;1. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China;2. Center for Assessment and Research on Targeted Poverty Alleviation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China;3. Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China;1. School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia;2. University of South Australia, Australia;3. Enviroconnect, Australia;1. School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia;2. Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, 9177948974, Iran |
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| Abstract: | Competition among different uses for land is becoming acute under the process of urbanization, and conflicts related to this competition are becoming more frequent and more complex. This article presents a methodology for confronting this issue. By applying an integrated framework, we explore the implicit role of the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Regional Integration (BRI) policy in land use conflicts by focusing on the urban-rural interface, and try to address the research question: “How feasible is BRI for reconciling land use conflicts across the urban-rural interface?” An original structure of the analysis is developed based on the identification of three types of conflicts, namely, conflicts over land use structure, conflicts over land conversion and conflicts over landscape pattern. According to the interactions and relationships among these conflicts, we define broad categories of land use conflict areas. Indeed, these conflicts are all related to the unplanned use of agricultural land reserves, which competes with other more immediate uses, and the over-exploitation of land resources caused by unsustainable urban practices. This policy is clearly a critical objective for optimizing the land use structure. It, however, fails to reconcile the conflicts over land conversion and landscape pattern, especially for considerable agricultural land conversion to non-agricultural uses, and low-density development pattern with mixed residential and industrial land uses. Hence, alternative strategies involving public participation, spatial equity, rural revitalization, land-use system reform, and new type of urbanization, can be identified as viable solutions for land use conflict management, which may be complementary to regional integration. The findings of our paper may also contribute to the policy debate on BRI concerning land use planning and regional sustainability. |
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| Keywords: | Land use conflicts Urban sprawl Agricultural land protection Regional integration project Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Policy implications |
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