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The Construction of Resilience in Aging-Friendly Cities Driven by Land Adaptive Management: An Empirical Analysis of 269 Chinese Cities Based on the Theory of Social Ecosystems

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  • Yifei Zhou

    (School of Public Administration, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China)

  • Yujing Pan

    (School of Public Administration, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China)

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In the context of accelerated urbanization and ageing in China, the inefficient use of land resources and ecological space extrusion pose significant challenges to the development of age-friendly cities. Existing studies predominantly adopt a single-disciplinary perspective, and there is a paucity of systematic exploration of regional heterogeneity and the multidimensional influencing mechanisms of the effects of adaptive land management policies. Drawing upon the theoretical framework of social-ecological system resilience in environmental sociology, this study integrates the concept of adaptive land management as a factor in the resilience of old-age-friendly cities. Empirical investigation is conducted to examine the impact of adaptive land management on the resilience of old-age-friendly cities and its spatial differentiation. The entropy weight method and the panel regression model are utilized to analyze the panel data of 269 prefectural-level cities in China from 2010 to 2022. The study posits that effective land management is instrumental in enhancing the resilience of age-friendly cities through optimal spatial allocation and ecological restoration. The promotion effect is more pronounced in the central and western regions and in small and medium-sized cities. The internal dimensions of resilience demonstrate heterogeneity, with economic and social resilience showing significant improvement, and ecological resilience being constrained by natural thresholds with a limited effect. The study also puts forward policy recommendations for further building the resilience of age-friendly cities.

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  • Yifei Zhou & Yujing Pan, 2025. "The Construction of Resilience in Aging-Friendly Cities Driven by Land Adaptive Management: An Empirical Analysis of 269 Chinese Cities Based on the Theory of Social Ecosystems," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 17(11), pages 1-16, June.
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