Abstract China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is one of the most ambitious infrastructure
investment efforts in history, representing great potential for stimulating regional economic …

In recent years there has been an exponential growth in the number of publications related
to theory and applications of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Charnes, Cooper, and …

This paper utilizes the slacks-based measure (SBM) undesirable model to analyze the
environmental regulation efficiency (ERE) from 2003 to 2013, and uses the Data …

Estimating the spatiotemporal variations and driving factors of farmland soil organic carbon
density (SOCD) is of great significance for enhancing soil carbon sequestration capacity …

This study analyzes the productive efficiency of the toll motorway sector in Spain over the
2003–2018 period by applying a stochastic frontier analysis with the particularity of including …

It is well-known that the ultra-peripheral territories as Islands present several limitations such
as the lack of resources, restricted land, mass tourism, and barriers to movement, and …

Transportation disadvantage refers to the barriers to or limits on the participation in daily
socioeconomic and political life due to the reduced physical accessibility to services and …

Rural water conservancy is crucial to the development of agriculture which is the foundation
of national economy in China. During the period of the 12th Five-Year Plan from 2011 to …

Transport infrastructure development is generally perceived as catalyst for economic growth.
This has been highlighted in previous literature, generally focusing on the economic impact …

China's rapid road infrastructure construction (RIC) occupies farmland and promotes the
flow of rural development factors, which causes farmland use transition (FUT). Although prior …