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The results showed that arable land loss and degradation have continued, despite the development of a comprehensive legal framework for arable land protection. The implementation of arable land protection policies is judged to be effective, but not entirely successful, because it guarantees the overall amount of arable land but does not consider soil quality and spatial distribution. In addition, there are distinct variations in arable land change dynamics between two temporal intervals. From 2005\u20132009, the transformation of arable land was diversified, with intensified conversion among arable land, built-up land, water and orchards. Moreover, many new arable land parcels were adjacent to built-up land, and are in danger of being occupied again through urban sprawl. By 2009\u20132013, most of the arable land was occupied by urban expansion, whereas a majority of newly increased arable land was reclaimed from coastal tideland. Although the newly increased arable land was contiguous and far from the urban area, it is of poor quality and has limited use. The permanent loss of high-quality arable land due to intensified urban sprawl may threaten sustainable development and food security on a larger scale.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijgi5050069","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,5,17]],"date-time":"2016-05-17T10:20:11Z","timestamp":1463480411000},"page":"69","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":15,"title":["Assessment on the Impact of Arable Land Protection Policies in a Rapidly Developing Region"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"5","author":[{"given":"Jiadan","family":"Li","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Rural Development and Information, Ningbo Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ningbo 315040, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zhongchu","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Ningbo Institute of Land Planning and Surveying, Ningbo 315042, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ligang","family":"Ma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Resource and Environment Sciences, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Qing","family":"Gu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Digital Agriculture, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ke","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institution of Remote Sensing and Information System Application, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zhihao","family":"Xu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Rural Development and Information, Ningbo Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ningbo 315040, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2016,5,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"73","DOI":"10.1016\/S0264-8377(00)00008-9","article-title":"Cultivated land and food supply in China","volume":"17","author":"Yang","year":"2000","journal-title":"Land Use Policy"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"329","DOI":"10.1016\/S0264-8377(01)00026-6","article-title":"Agricultural land protection in China: A case study of local governance in zhejiang province","volume":"18","author":"Skinner","year":"2001","journal-title":"Land Use Policy"},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"158","DOI":"10.1016\/j.apgeog.2013.11.009","article-title":"The effects of China\u2019s cultivated land balance program on potential land productivity at a national scale","volume":"46","author":"Song","year":"2014","journal-title":"Appl. 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