Land Resource Use Efficiency and Sustainable Land Use

Dear Colleagues,

Land resource utilization efficiency refers to the extent land resources are fully utilized within a specific time and space range. With the development of industrialization and the promotion of urbanization, the demand for land resources is also increasing. Therefore, in the case of limited land resources, it is particularly important to improve the efficiency of utilizing land resources from the perspective of promoting social-ecological balance and sustainable development. At present, the overall efficiency of land resource utilization in some developing countries is not high, and the phenomenon of land waste is relatively serious and a key factor in restricting social and economic development in these countries. A number of social, economic, demographic, and biophysical factors can affect the efficiency of land resource use; it is, therefore, essential to improve the efficiency of land resource use by adopting sustainable land management practices and scientific land use models.

This Special Issue aims to encourage the scientific and research community to contribute innovative ideas and suggestions that can improve the efficiency of land resource use. Since the journal Land is a key platform for readers and contributors concerning this topic, this journal provides a suitable platform for our Special Issue, “Land Resource Use Efficiency and Sustainable Land Use”.

We invite conceptual works and original research, review, and synthesis papers that address research issues, including, but not limited to, the following areas:

• The evaluation of land resource utilization efficiency;
• Urban and rural-integrated development and land resource utilization efficiency;
• The utilization rate of land resources and modernization of agricultural production;
• Land resource management and land use transformation;
• The spatiotemporal evolution and driving factors of land use efficiency.

Dr. Ying Hou
Dr. Baoyin Liu
Guest Editors

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• land resources
• land use efficiency
• land management
• rural industrial integration
• land conversion
• agricultural labor productivity