Land Urbanization Quality in China: Evaluation and Spatial-temporal Variability

Based on the construction of an evaluation index system for land urbanization quality, this paper evaluates and analyzes the variability of spatial-temporal in land urbanization quality during 2005-2015 in China. Results shows that: (1) Among the three aspects of land urbanization quality, sustainable development capacity scores the highest, land urbanization development quality follows, land-population coordinated development is the lowest. (2) The quality of land urbanization in China is generally improving, and the spatial distribution has a “gradient difference”, showing a pattern of high east and low west. In conclusion, to improve the quality of land urbanization, all aspects should be considered comprehensively; each region should combine its own conditions to formulate strategies for improving the quality of land urbanization.