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Reconstructing Rural Settlements Based on Investigation of Consolidation Potential: Mechanisms and Paths

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  • Ruitian Zhang

    (School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, 129 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430079, China)

  • Ping Jiang

    (School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, 129 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430079, China)

  • Xuesong Kong

    (School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, 129 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430079, China
    Key Laboratory of Geographic Information System, Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, 129 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430079, China)

Abstract

Rural settlement consolidation (RSC) is an important tool for improving rural habitat environments, and the potential evaluation of RSC is the premise for rural settlement planning. This paper identified the potential sources of RSC in different reconstruction modes and built an influencing factor system for RSC. We analyzed the spatial differentiation patterns of the theoretical potential and the realistic potential, and we identified the factors influencing the potential realization based on an empirical investigation in China. Influenced by multiple constraints, the potential transition from theoretical to realistic was spatially differentiated and showed a spatial agglomeration at the village level. Rural depopulation had a direct impact on the theoretical potential of RSC, while the distance to the downtown, rural population, per capita GDP, and production and living conditions played an important role in the realistic potential. Particularly, rural settlement basic conditions, rural population, and arable land resources profoundly affected farmer exit willingness and the potential transition from theoretical to realistic. Four optimization paths for rural settlement reconstruction linking to land use policies were proposed, which could provide valuable information for rural settlement planning in socioeconomic transformation regions.

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  • Ruitian Zhang & Ping Jiang & Xuesong Kong, 2024. "Reconstructing Rural Settlements Based on Investigation of Consolidation Potential: Mechanisms and Paths," Land, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-18, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jlands:v:13:y:2024:i:3:p:354-:d:1354211
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