ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Environ. Sci.
Sec. Land Use Dynamics
This article is part of the Research TopicNew Insights and Advancement of Land Use Analytics in Modern City DevelopmentView all 14 articles
How Does Land Use Transformation Coordinate with Socioeconomic Development in Reservoir Resettlement Areas? Evidence from a Chinese Town
Provisionally accepted
- Hohai University, Nanjing, China
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Abstract: Large-scale infrastructure projects often cause population displacement, creating chal-lenges for land adaptation and socioeconomic integration in resettlement areas. This study examines Z Town, a reservoir-induced urbanized resettlement site in central China, using an improved Pressure–State–Response (PSR) framework to construct a multidimensional evaluation system. Results show that land use intensity (0.262) lags behind socioeconomic development (0.335), with institutional inertia and mismatches between land functions and residents' needs as key barriers to coor-dination.This study contributes in two ways: (1) extending the PSR framework to resettlement research and providing a replicable tool for assessing land–society coupling; and (2) identifying land carrying capacity, resident satisfaction, and land allocation efficiency as critical constraints, offering practical entry points for policy. While based on a single case, the approach and findings are broadly applicable to dam resettlement, mining relocation, and ecological migration, underscoring the need to align land restructuring with human-centered development for sustainable and inclusive growth.
Keywords: Reservoir resettlement, Land use transformation, socioeconomic development, Coupling coordination, PSR framework
Received: 07 Sep 2025; Accepted: 10 Nov 2025.
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* Correspondence:
Kexin Zhou, zkx9808zkx@163.com
Shaojun Chen, sjchen@hhu.edu.cn
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