Past, Status Quo and Future of China’s Territorial Planning

Since 1949, China has witnessed four development stages of territorial planning. (1) In the 1950s the territorial planning got its start. (2) From the 1960s to 1970s territorial planning declined. (3) From, the 1980s to 1990s the first major tide of territorial planning began. (4) From the end of the 1990s to recent times the new round of territorial planning is under deliberation. Since 1998, the Ministry of Land and Resources has carried out some related work, especially in organizing pilot projects, and early research on the new round of national territorial planning. According to the need for economic and social development and the current conditions in China, it is the appropriate for China to carry out the new round of territorial planning. However, the government should correctly consider the correlations between territorial planning and other plannings, and take appropriate development action, e.g. stressing main points for the basis of overall planning, building a territorial planning system that coordinate with national conditions, strengthening research on various supportive measures of territorial planning, summarizing and upgrading experiences obtained in pilot projects, strengthening international exchange and training talented personnel.

Territorial Planning for Coastal Zones in Chile:The Need for Geographical-Environmental and Natural Risk Indicators for Spatial Decision Support Systems

Coastal zones are very dynamic and fragile environments, constituting a landscape ever more heterogeneous, fragmented and with increasing levels of complexity due to the changing relationship between man and nature. Integrated coastal zone management therefore requires detailed knowledge of the system and its components, based—to a large extent—on technical and scientific information. However, the information generated must be in line with the political requirements necessary for decision-making and planning. Thus the use of indicators to give a simplified view of the many components of the territory, and at the same time to provide important information about patterns or trends, becomes a tool of the utmost importance. These indicators can be understood as measurable characteristics of the environment, which facilitate comprehension of the processes occurring at different scales and serve as a reference to inform the population and support decision-making. The aim of the present note is to demonstrate briefly the need to develop geographical-environmental and natural risk indicators to facilitate comprehension of the dynamic of spatial and temporal landscape patterns, particularly in coastal environments. This approach offers an historical summary of the natural, socio-economic and political processes which currently make up the territory, and which without doubt will continue to influence it in the future. At the same time, it is proposed that information should be integrated on the basis of this framework with a view to generating spatial decision support systems in a context of planning and integrated management of the coastal zones of Chile.

Exploration of Detailed Planning Practice of Chemical Industrial Parks under the Background of Territorial Space Planning

With the gradual completion of the overall planning of city and county land space,the detailed planning will be prepared according to the requirements of transmitting and refining the upper planning.Industrial parks are one of the“main forces”of local economic development,and the preparation of their detailed planning will escort their development.The key points of the Control Indicators of Construction Land in Industrial Projectsissued in 2008 and 2023 were compared,and the new requirements for detailed planning under the background of territorial space and the contradictions between the detailed planning of industrial parks and the overall planning of the upper territorial space were sorted out based on the summary of the existing problems in the development of chemical parks.It provides some ideas for the practice of detailed planning of chemical industrial parks under the background of territorial space.

Rural Revitalization Planning under the Territorial Spatial Planning System

With the rapid development of China’s social economy,village planning is increasingly important.Departments should fully draw up practical village plan“integrating various plans”.In the context of“rural revitalization”,how to better promote“rural revitalization”and realize the concept that“lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets”is a difficult problem in front of everyone.After many years of pilot of“integrating various plans”,“five levels,three categories and four systems”have been formed,but the territorial spatial planning in the new era under the construction of ecological civilization still faces many problems and challenges.In this paper,the practical village planning of“integrating various plans”under the background of territorial spatial planning was analyzed,aiming to establish and improve a complete rural spatial system and provide an effective scheme for rural governance mechanism by analyzing and refining the key points of rural planning.

Protection and Development of Traditional Villages from the Perspective of Territorial Spatial Planning:Taking Baisi Village,Henan Province as an Example

In the process of historical development,the history and culture of villages are constantly changing,and they have become a powerful carrier of cultural heritage.Taking Baisi Village,Xun County,Henan Province as an example,the basic principles and development mode of traditional village protection were studied from aspects of traditional space renovation,architectural features and folk culture protection in this article,with a view to providing reference for the protection and development of other traditional villages.

Some Thoughts on China's Territorial Spatial Planning in the New Period

The Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China clearly proposed to"establish a spatial planning system,delimit production,living,and ecological space development control boundaries,and implement use control;improve energy,water and land conservation and intensive use system",opening the prelude to territorial spatial planning in the new era.Reviewing the history of planning and development and summarizing experience and lessons is not only a necessary way to promote the development of territorial spatial planning in the new period,but also a useful reference for territorial spatial planning and construction in the new period.

Thinking and Research on County-level Territorial Spatial Plans in the Territorial Spatial Plan System:A Case Study of Jiangxi Province

The establishment of the territorial spatial plan system is an important space reform act to meet the new era in China.The reform of territorial spatial plans according to classification is in line with the characteristics of China’s current territorial spatial administration and urban development.At present,China’s provincial and municipal territorial spatial plans have been publicized,and county-level territorial spatial plans are being approved one after another,while the compilation of township-level territorial spatial plans is being carried out in an orderly manner.In this paper,based on the historical background of the establishment of territorial spatial plan system integrating“multiple plans”,the background of territorial spatial plans and the important role of county-level territorial spatial plans were first elaborated,and then the progress of the compilation of county-level territorial spatial plans in Jiangxi Province was sorted out.Finally,the problems existing in the compilation were discussed,and corresponding suggestions were put forward to provide a certain reference for the construction of a scientific and reasonable territorial spatial plan system.

Extreme rain event highlights the lack of governance to face climate change in the Southeastern coast of Brazil

New rainfall records were registered in the southeastern region of Brazil during February 2023.The amount of rain in the north coast region of the State of São Paulo was more than 650 mm in less than two days.Landslides and tragedies with a socioeconomically vulnerable population marked this climatic extreme.The country has a regulatory system that suggests the elaboration and implementation of municipal public policies aimed at territorial organization,environmental conservation,and the prevention of disasters induced by natural hazards.In addition,both federal and state funds earmarked for such hazard's prevention have been underutilized over the last decade.In addition to this current devastating climate episode,other events were registered in this decade,reinforcing that financial governance is a key challenge to face the climate crisis in Brazil.The predicted future extreme events in different regions of Brazil will require a different governance system to minimize social inequality,seek sustainable alternatives for urban environments and manage to adapt cities for the challenges posed by climate change.

Cartographic-Environmental Analysis of the Landscape in Natural Protected Parks for His Management Using GIS.Application to the Natural Parks of the“Las Batuecas-Sierra de Francia”and“Quilamas”(Central System,Spain)

In this work we report a methodological procedure with an integrated physical-perceptual approach that allows units of landscape in protected natural areas to be differentiated. First, indirect methods were applied by means of a mapping procedure, which identified the physical components of major relevance. We then generated maps of natural units, anlyzing the “printed” landscape of a territory. Secondly, we developed direct methods to identify and describe the reresentative elements of the landscape, analyzing the “perceived” landscape. The identification and delimitation of these landscape units with geographical information systems provide detailed maps facilitate the tasks of planning and management. The procedure was validated by means of its application in two protected natural spaces. The treatment used here considers landscape not only as an aesthetic element but also as something “live” elaborating maps that should be of use in land planning and management of natural areas.

Analysing Mismatches in the Demand and Supply of Classrooms in the Basic and Secondary Education Sectors in Cameroon

The present work analyzed the contribution of Cameroon’s public contracts and territorial planning policies toward the reduction of classroom disparities across the country. Many localities in Cameroon suffer due to misallocation of classrooms on one hand and inefficient public contracting-execution system on the other hand. This paper uses a hypothetico-deductive method to understand the nexus of public contracting-territorial planning within the educational sector in Cameroon. To do this we made use of existing infrastructural data collected from various Ministerial Departments and public contracts data from 2016 to 2022. Findings show that there is a great disparity of existing classrooms, injustice in the allocation of classrooms and bad governance practices in the award and execution of allocated classrooms that directly contribute to this uneven repartition. At the national scale, the Centre and Littoral regions seem to be saturated with about 20,574 and 10,436 classrooms respectively, the Far North which is part of the Priority Education Zone is in dying need of about 11,293 classrooms while on the local or regional scale these two saturated regions show some degree of insufficiency in term of available classrooms. Therefore, much needs to be done by the Cameroonian authorities in order to ensure inclusive, equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all as stipulated by the Sustainable Development Goal 4.

A strategy of the rural governance for territorial spatial planning in China

Rural spatial governance has become an important part of the spatial governance system under the unified management of urban and rural spaces.In-depth theoretical and practical research on rural spatial governance in terms of promoting national spatial planning can help improve the planning and regulation system of rural space.Beginning with a description of rural spatial governance,this paper constructs a theoretical analysis framework of rural spatial governance based on the comprehensive perspective of spatial governance.The study also discusses the internal processes and feasible paths of rural spatial governance in territorial spatial planning and outlines the theoretical and practical research for enhancing rural spatial governance.The conclusions are as follows:(1)Rural spatial governance starts with the coordination theory of human-land relationships in the rural regional system.Through planning and negotiation,governance has effective regulation of rural space and allocates spatial rights in an orderly manner.Rural spatial governance highlights the comprehensive governance processes that combine"top-down"and"bottom-up"participation by multiple subjects.(2)Through the"action-efficiency-target"system,the comprehensive governance analysis framework of"matter-organization-ownership"in rural space provides an effective scheme for constructing rural spatial governance.Rural spatial governance is characterized by both rigidity and flexibility,the interaction between physical space and spatial relationships,and the superposition of spatial ownership and spatial organization.(3)The rural spatial governance features of interconnecting various scales(regional–village–plot)are conducive to improving the rural spatial governance system.(4)The governance means,participation modes,and value-sharing mechanisms of rural spatial governance help enrich the territorial spatial planning system,promote the integration of multiple regulations,refine the regulation of land use,and ensure good rural governance and ecological governance.

Exploring complex urban growth and land use efficiency in China's developed regions:implications for territorial spatial planning

Developed regions in China have experienced rapid urban expansion and have consequently induced a series of challenging environmental issues since its economic reform and opening-up.Taking Zhejiang as a case study area,the present paper explores the complex types of urban growth over the last four decades as well as land use efficiency.Moreover,it discusses the implications of the aforementioned on China national territorial spatial planning(TSP).The acquired results have shown that:1)urban expansion has slowed down,exhibiting a three-stage trend of"slight increase(1980-1990)—dramatic growth(1990-2010)—slow growth(after 2010)";2)the complex types of urban growth reveal that the urban diffusion has been gradually controlled and the urban form tends to be more condensed;and 3)the mean values for pure technical efficiency(PTE)and scale efficiency(SE)of urban land use are 0.83 and 0.95 respectively,indicating PTE as the main factor restricting the improvement of urban land use.Based on these results,some beneficial policy implications and suggestions for TSP are provided.First,it is suggested that"Inventory Planning"will be the main direction of TSP other than"Incremental Planning".Secondly,we should pay more attention to the protection of cultivated land and ecological resources.Lastly,TSP should guide the economic growth away from simply relying on resource inputs and steer it toward technology and capital investment.

Land-use planning in China:Past,present,and future

Under the framework of ecological civilisation,the formulation of territorial spatial planning(TSP) and improvement of spatial governance systems are of great practical significance.Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China,land-use planning(LUP) has experienced profound changes,and tremendous research efforts have been made in that field.However,systematic studies on LUP history are scarce.To bridge the existing gap,this study traced back to the emergence of LUP,described its practice stages,and analysed the evolution of its classification system and methods.Further,the three rounds of general LUP practice and the current TSP over the past 40 years of the reform and opening-up have been discussed.The evolution of LUP was found to be closely related to economic development and could be broadly divided into four stages.The development of land-use classification in China has been slow and can be divided into five stages according to the evolution of the land classification system and important historical events.The development of LUP methods can be divided into two stages,before and after 1978.Since the economic reform,China has successively conducted three rounds of general LUP under different institutional and policy backgrounds.Future development should aim to innovate the theories and methods of TSP with Chinese characteristics and promote the study of village planning and the construction of TSP systems to achieve rural revitalisation and ecological civilisation.

多层次城市国土空间碳排放分配与评估框架——以兴安盟为例

It is proven a powerful tool to reduce carbon emissions by regulating urban land use structure.To leverage this tool,land-use carbon emission intensity(LUCEI)is the critical indicator to bridge carbon emissions effects of natural and human activities to land use structure.Current studies try to established the carbon emission allocation framework of“carbon emission inventory–land use category”and use it to estimate the LUCEI.However,none of the frameworks work at multiple spatial scales:the total carbon emissions and the land use category at different territorial levels do not conform with each other,impeding the synergetic effects of the low-carbon planning at different territorial levels.This study establishes a new framework of carbon emission estimation and allocation for the three territorial levels of municipality,city proper,and district and conducts a case study on Hinggan Prefecture.With the new framework,the carbon emission intensity of the entire land use category is being systematically differentiated,enabling the clarification of the linkages between LUCEI and the characteristics of energy structure,industrial structure,and urban forms of cities.The comparison of LUCEI of residential and transportation land between cities identifies the characteristics of urban form that are apt to high carbon emissions.The biggest contribution of the framework established in this study provides a technical tool to introduce carbon emission quantifi-cation into the territorial and spatial planning system.It may help deepen the understanding about the spatial pattern of carbon emissions and support a more refined estimation and comparison of the carbon effects of land use planning schemes.

Reflections and Enlightenments on the Population Size Determination in Urban Master Planning in China:A Case Study of Xi'an City

There is a long-term problem that the population size determination in urban master planning usually deviates from the implementation result.How to determine the population size scientifically and reasonably during the transformation of spatial planning system in China has become the focus of attention in the new era.Taking Xi’an as an example,based on the analysis of differences between the population size determination and the actual development of population in the four rounds of urban master planning since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949,this paper reflects on the reasons for the inaccuracy of population estimates from three aspects:the connotation of"goal-oriented"planning,the planning objective of"growthism,"and the determination method of"mechanical simplicity."In the context of territorial and spatial planning,this paper puts forward enlightenments for the population size determination in urban master planning in three aspects,i.e.,putting the people first and combining rigid and elastic control,practicing ecological civilization and strengthening bottom line thinking,and establishing a sound methodological system and unified standards and regulations.

Path Selection for the Reform of Planning Management Agencies and Modernization of Spatial Governance in China

In recent years,with the profound changes of"promoting the modernization of the national governance system and capacity,"the reform of state institutions has become an important measure and step.In the field of planning management,the establishment of the Ministry of Natural Resources plays a crucial role in the institutional reform over the years.This paper discusses the reform of planning management from the perspective of the public management and urban planning discipline,and tries to explore the internal logic between"institutional reform"and"governance modernization."It demonstrates the interweaving and transforming process between the adjustment of planning agencies and national governance,discussing whether the establishment of the Ministry of Natural Resources has responded to the path selection of governance modernization.The paper makes a diachronic analysis on the 13 state institutional reforms since the founding of People’s Republic of China,especially on the adjustment process of planning management agencies.It builds an"institution-governance"analysis framework with the three elements including institution,function,and management as its core and with the institutional strength and governance effectiveness as the entry and exit,and analyzes the parallel transitions of planning management agencies and spatial governance logic as well as the necessary undertaking mechanisms,with the aim to provide reference for the establishment of a new pattern of spatial governance.

弹性体系、柔性边界、动态适应:城市生态空间规划管控研究——以厦门市海沧区为例

In line with the strategy of Ecological Civilization Construction,maintaining and increasing the value of natural resources is a core issue of China's territorial and spatial planning.Ecological space,eco-space in short,is not only the guarantee of a city's ecological security,but also the main body for realizing the value transformation of ecological resources.Currently,it is generally believed that the definition of eco-space is limited by natural attributes,leading to an either/or situation between eco-space and urban space in planning control.Although this approach may assure rigid bottom lines,it results in the freezing of ecological resources and the separation of eco-space from urban space,as well as the missing of many pos-sibilities for future urban development.In order to optimize the planning control on eco-space of the territorial and spatial planning system,this paper reconsiders the concept of eco-space and proposes the theoretical framework of"resilient system,flexible boundary,and dynamic adaptation,'as well as the categorization of eco-space into the three zones of mandatory protection,strategic reservation,and potential development.Taking Haicang District of Xiamen as an example,it puts forward an analysis model on the development potential of eco-space by superimposing the weight of five influence factors for a scientific result of zoning.It concludes that the mapping of overall ecological pattern,the spatial interaction crossing flexible boundaries,the management allowing dynamic conversion,and the refined control incorporating both rigid and elastic principles may provide guide-lines for increasing the value of eco-space,so as to maximize the ecological benefits of the city.

MSPA-based Collaborative Evaluation and Planning Governance of Territory and Natural Environment in Metropolitan Agglomerations-A Case Study of EGIDDZ in Yangtze River Delta

The intersection of environmental conservation and urban development has garnered global attention.This study aims to contribute to the theoretical foundation and policy recommendations for the collaborative governance of territory and the natural environment in metropolitan agglomerations.Employing a comprehensive Morphological Spatial Pattern Analysis(MSPA)approach,this research analyses and overlays various indicators,constructing an integrated evaluation system based on“natural resource management and conservation,land use,and ecological network assessment”.Our findings reveal that:(1)The overall collaborative degree between the spatial configuration and natural environment in the Ecological Green Integration Development Demonstration Zone(EGIDDZ)is relatively high and still needs improvement at the micro level.Notably,regions characterised by elevated synergy levels exhibit considerable spatial overlap with ecological green cores outlined in territorial planning.(2)The selection and distribution of land use patterns are pivotal factors influencing collaborative levels,with multiple land use types favouring enhanced collaboration.By exploring the interplay between metropolitan territory and the natural environment using MSPA,this study seeks to provide holistic evaluation methodologies and governance insights for advancing sustainable urban planning and development.

The Historic Urban Landscape and the Metropolis

The Historic Urban Landscape(HUL)recommendation adopted by UNESCO in 2011 provides a holistic approach based on landscape planning principles.It is in line with the International Guidelines for Urban and Terri­torial Planning adopted by UN-Habitat in 2015(UN-Habitat 2015).HUL concerns the integration of culture in territo­rial planning processes and the historical urban centre inside their urban or city context.Large cities are becoming the dominant pattern of the human settlements worldwide.They are the main engine of economic development,attracting people for jobs,creating the highest values and are the main support for the globalisation process.The 21^(st) century is the era of the metropolis,with a large increase of cities of more than 500,000 inhabitants.The heritage of the 21^(st) century will be building through the metropolis.We can consider the metropolis as an artefact of the humankind.It produces large urban-rural systems supported by large infrastructures,iconic buildings and specific facilities.The upgrading of the main characteristics of the metropolis adds value in cities for the quality of life,creating new heritage at a scale greater than the existing world heritage categories.HUL could be extended as a relevant approach to be applied on the metropolitan scale.

Characteristics and progress of land use/cover change research during 1990-2018

Land use/cover change(LUCC)is the foundation and frontier for integrating multiple land surface processes.This paper aims to systematically review LUCC research from 1990 to 2018.Based on qualitative and quantitative analyses,we delineated the history of LUCC research and summarized their characteristics and major progress at different stages.We also identified the main challenges and proposed future directions for LUCC research.We found that the number of publications on LUCC research and their total citations grew exponentially.The research foci shifted from the process of LUCC during 1990-2004 to the impact of LUCC during 2005-2013 and then to the sustainability of LUCC from 2014 onwards.Currently,LUCC research is facing theoretical,methodological and practical challenges ranging from integrating the framework of sustainability science,adopting emerging technologies to supporting territorial spatial planning.To move forward,LUCC research should be closely integrated with landscape sustainability science and geodesign and take the leading role in territorial spatial planning to achieve the related Sustainable Development Goals.