Influence on University Comprehensive Competitiveness by Local Land Use Plan: A Case Analysis of Guangzhou

Abstract

Universities and cities are closely connected. There are many discuss about how universities promote city’s development in many aspects, while the city administrators should consider how to offer some effective policy helping universities enhancing their competitiveness. Land use plans as one of the administrative means, affecting cities as well as the universities in them. According to Guangzhou’s 15 undergraduate colleges’ competitiveness change data in the last 5 years, and its city land use plan established in 2011, this paper analyzed the correlation between them. To sum up, some different kinds of land use are correlated to university’s competitiveness in this case, which indicate adjusting the land area or allocating related land near or far from the university could be significantly helpful. Furthermore, government could use it as a reference when establishing land use plans.