Shuting Zhang, Yasi Tian, Jiamin An
Suzhou University Golden Mantis School of Architecture, Jiangsu, China
Abstract: Against the backdrop of rapid advancement of new industrialization and urbanization, coupled with surging demand for land resources, land use change has emerged as a key factor driving village transformation and facilitating urban-rural integration. However, the impact mechanisms between urban-rural integration and the evolution of rural land use, as well as how they influence rural transformation and development, remain unresolved scientific issues.
From the perspective of urban-rural integration, this study takes Suzhou City as a case to explore the mechanism by which land use change affects urban-rural integration through village transformation. It constructs an evaluation system for urban-rural integration development level encompassing spatial, economic, and social integration dimensions. Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), it assesses the spatio-temporal characteristics of urban-rural integration in Suzhou’s districts and counties from 2010 to 2020. Regression analysis reveals that land use change-driven village transformation exerts a positive promoting effect on urban-rural integration.
Results indicate that optimized land use drives the transformation of village functions, thereby enhancing the efficiency of urban-rural resource allocation. Nevertheless, regional imbalance and insufficient land use efficiency remain constraining factors. Based on this, a synergistic path of land use optimization and village transformation with Suzhou characteristics is proposed. This study clarifies the interaction mechanism among land use change, village transformation, and urban-rural integration, providing theoretical support and policy insights for regional coordinated development and rural revitalization.
Keywords: Land use change; Village transformation; Urban rural integration; Industrial living ecological land
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