Urban-rural Linkages and Spatial-temporal Land Use Change in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Metropolitan Region: A New Perspective

The paper aims to investigate land use change at the county level in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Metropolitan Region. Three land use patterns are identified by assessing the urban-rural linkages: urban, peri-urban and periphery areas. Empirical analysis shows that land use change in the urban areas is faster than that in the peri-urban and periphery areas. Economic conditions are significant to the land use change in the urban areas while the accessibility is the major driving force to the land use change in the peri-urban areas. However, weak factor influence is found in the periphery areas. Basically, the differences of land use change and the driving factors imply how the resource flows and agglomerates in this region. The paper finally emphasizes the role of peri-urban areas as the interface between urban and periphery areas for coordinating land use this region in the future.