This paper establishes the analytical framework of the driving mechanism of land use
transitions on urban-rural integrated development. The evolution rules and spatio-temporal …

The urban-rural integrated development is the key measure to realize rural vitalization and
promote new-type urbanization, while the land market is an important channel to realize the …

China's rapid urbanization over the past decades triggered a growing structural conflict in
regional land use, and this conflict is particularly evident in urban-rural land systems. By …

Urban–rural integrated (URI) development strategy is designed to solve the accumulated
urban–rural gap of China in the rapid urbanization stage. As the significant link in the …

Working within the context of enlarged urban–rural inequalities in China, this paper aims to
identify different urban–rural interaction patterns and to propose specific ways of achieving …

The changes in cultivated land and rural residential land and their interrelation are the most
direct manifestation of land use transition in rural areas, which is an important basis to carry …

Since the late twentieth century, rural areas in China have experienced a rapid and far-
reaching transformation of social and economic structures. Residential land in rural areas …

The rate of land urbanization has grown rapidly in recent decades in China, and a growing
body of literature has investigated the driving forces behind it. The dual nature of China's …

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 …

This themed issue of Land Use Policy builds mainly on papers presented at an international
conference on 'Land Use Issues and Policy in China under Rapid Rural and Urban …