The impact of comprehensive land consolidation on rural amenity in a micro perspective:Empirical study on 10 tourist villages in 6 districts and counties of Wuhan metropolitan area
Improving the level of rural amenity is an inevitable requirement to meet the grow-ing needs of the people and achieve rural revitalization.Comprehensive land consolidation pro-vides a new path for amenity-driven rural development.The paper constructs the conceptual framework and index system of rural amenity based on the theory of local consumerism,the theory of rural multifunctionality and the theory of demand hierarchy,analyzes the influence mechanism of comprehensive land consolidation on rural amenity from the perspective of mul-tifunctionality of land use,and utilizes questionnaire survey data from villagers and tourists in 10 tourist villages in 6 districts and counties in Wuhan metropolitan area,and uses analytic hier-archy process method,entropy value method and difference-in-difference method to explore and study the level of regional amenity and the amenity enhancement effect of comprehensive land consolidation.The study finds that:(1)Rural amenity is a kind of rural characteristic that embodies the quality of local consumer goods,has the function of consumption,can meet the needs of foreign tourists for rural style living and local villagers for quality of life,and prompts people to feel comfortable and at ease,including natural amenity,production amenity,social amenity,and cultural amenity.(2)Due to different needs of villagers and tourists,there are dif-ferences in their evaluations of rural amenity.(3)From the perspective of villagers,comprehen-sive land consolidation can significantly improve the overall level and various dimensions of ru-ral amenity,and has robustness.In conclusion,in the future,we should increase investment in consolidation funds and expand the scope of consolidation and continue to promote the pilot work of comprehensive land consolidation based on the full consideration of the interests of vil-lagers and tourists,especially the villagers',and the integration of the elements of mountains,water,forests,fields,lakes,grasses and sands.
comprehensive land consolidationrural amenitydifference-in-difference methodWuhan metropolitan area