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How can comprehensive land management promote the urban sustainable development from the perspective of environmental sociology? – Based on an empirical study of 269 cities in China

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In the context of China's rapid urbanisation process, the inefficient use of land resources and ecological space extrusion pose significant challenges to urban sustainable development. In the strategic context of new urbanisation and ecological civilisation, comprehensive land management (CLM) has become pivotal in resolving conflicts between urban development and the environment. This is achieved through optimising land resource allocation and restoring ecological functions. However, extant studies predominantly concentrate on single-disciplinary perspectives and lack systematic analyses of social equity and regional disparities. The present paper is founded upon the theoretical framework of environmental sociology. It integrates the four dimensions of economy, society, environment and governance. It adopts the entropy power method to construct an evaluation system for urban sustainable development (USD). Furthermore, it empirically analyses the impact mechanism and heterogeneity of integrated land management on urban sustainable development. To this end, it employs panel data from 269 prefectural-level cities in China from 2007 to 2022. It uses the double-effects fixed-effects model with the mediated-effects test method. The paper ascertains the mechanism and heterogeneity characteristics of the impact of integrated land management on sustainable development. The present study reveals that: a) comprehensive land management (CLM) significantly promotes urban sustainable development（USD） and plays a partly mediating role through industrial structure upgrading (ISO) and green technological innovation (PG); b) CLM promotes more significantly in eastern and large cities due to their high economic density, abundant governance resources, and more efficient policy implementation. This study enhances the theoretical framework of land management and urban sustainable development, thereby providing a scientific basis for the formulation of regional differentiation policies. Furthermore, it promotes the in-depth development of multidisciplinary cross-disciplinary research from the perspective of environmental sociology.

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  • Zhou, Yifei, 2025. "How can comprehensive land management promote the urban sustainable development from the perspective of environmental sociology? – Based on an empirical study of 269 cities in China," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 158(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:lauspo:v:158:y:2025:i:c:s0264837725002534
    DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107719
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