Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2022, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (1): 184-195.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2022.01.21

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Scale effects of trade-offs and synergies of multifunction of cultivated land: evidence from Wuhan Metropolitan Area

YANG Fengyanzi(), HU Weiyan*(), LIU Tian, ZHANG Siyu   

  1. College of Public Administration, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
  • Received:2020-12-25 Online:2022-01-25 Published:2022-02-05
  • Contact: HU Weiyan

Abstract:

It is of significance to explore the scale effect of trade-offs and synergies of multifunction of cultivated land for the effective protection and sustainable utilization of cultivated land. Thus, Wuhan Metropolitan Area, China, was selected as the study area to explore the trade-offs and synergies of multifunction of cultivated land at multiple scales based on the establishment of evaluation system of multifunction of cultivated land and Spearman’s rank correlation. It was shown that the single function index and multi-function index of cultivated land had obvious spatial difference. The trade-offs and synergies within cultivated land functions had scale effect, which would change with the changing scale.These findings might provide basis for policy-makers to implement appropriate measures for the protectection of multifunction of cultivated land at the right spatial scale, and to promote higher-level synergies of multifunction of cultivated land to realize sustainable utilization.

Key words: sustainable use of cultivated land, multifunction of cultivated land, trade-offs, synergies, scale effects, Wuhan Metropolitan Area

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