Structural transition route of aquacultural water surfaces on the Jianghan Plain and mechanisms
An in-depth understanding of the transition of freshwater aquacultural water surfaces is significant for implementing the new development concept and macro view on food and for promoting global sustainable development.However,studies on the structural transition of aquacultural water surfaces and its driving mechanisms are still very limited.As socioeconomic development progresses,there are significant impacts of the growing market demand of freshwater products and water control policies such as the lake chief system on aquacultural water surfaces.Using the Simpson index method,center of gravity model of geographic factors,and panel regression models,we took the Jianghan Plain as an example to reveal the structural transition characteristics of aquacultural water surfaces from the perspectives of type structure and spatial structure by focusing on the mechanisms under the combined effects of market-induced changes and policy control.The results show that:1)From 2001 to 2020,the freshwater aquacultural water surfaces on the Jianghan Plain experienced a transition from rapid expansion to slow expansion;the type structure experienced a transition of"large water to small water,small water refinement,and comprehensive breeding dominance";the spatial structure experienced a transition of"large water climbing,small water towards the river".2)Market-induced type substitution mechanism,that is,the bottom-up market-induced substitution of aquacultural water surface types driven by the pursuit of labor productivity maximization,combined with the policy compulsory structural adjustment mechanism,that is,the top-down water control policy implementation such as the lake chief system,has driven the structural transition of aquacultural water surfaces on the Jianghan Plain.In addition,this article proposed policy recommendations to strengthen the regulation of structural transition of aquacultural water surfaces.This study is important for promoting the expansion of land use transition research to aquacultural water surfaces and deepen the analysis of structural evolution.
aquacultural water surfacesstructureland use transitionmarket-inducedJianghan Plain