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ORIGINAL RESEARCH
How Land Resource Misallocation Affects
Green and Low-Carbon Sustainable Urban
Development in China: A Discussion
of Mechanisms and Empirical Evidence
1
School of International Economics and Trade, Henan University of Economics and Law, Zhengzhou 450003, China
2
School of Economics, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan 430073, China
Submission date: 2024-03-07
Final revision date: 2024-04-29
Acceptance date: 2024-06-28
Online publication date: 2024-12-10
Publication date: 2025-06-06
Corresponding author
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2025;34(4):4617-4632
KEYWORDS
TOPICS
ABSTRACT
Exploring how land resource allocation approaches that once drove China’s rapid economic growth
affect carbon emissions (CE) is important for achieving green and low-carbon sustainable development
of Chinese cities. This paper systematically has sorted out the mechanism of the impact of land
resource misallocation (LRM) on CE. Then, the impact of LRM on CE is empirically tested in multiple
dimensions based on data from 216 cities in China from 2011-2019. The results show that: (1) In terms
of impact effects, LRM significantly exacerbates CE and passes the robustness test. The comparison of
time-series differences reveals that the impact of LRM on CE decreases significantly as the reform of
market-based allocation of land factors deepens. (2) In terms of impact mechanisms, LRM significantly
exacerbates regional CE through mechanisms such as influencing industrial structure, inhibiting
technological innovation, and weakening industrial agglomeration. (3) In terms of threshold effects,
economic development levels and fiscal decentralization significantly affect the impact of LRM on CE.
This study offers a scientific foundation for advancing regional green and low-carbon development
through the lens of land resource allocation.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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