Land use conflicts (LUCs) have become a significant global issue. Accurately identifying potential LUCs is crucial for mediating these conflicts, optimizing land use structure, and enhancing land use function. The necessary conditions of LUCs are land use multi-suitability (LUMS), land resource scarcity (LRS), and diversity of demands (DD). However, few studies have approached LUC identification from these three dimensions simultaneously. In addition, when assessing the diversity of demand, only human needs are considered and wildlife needs are ignored. In order to address this gap in the research, this paper constructs a novel framework for LUC identification and proposes an induction-oriented governance path. LUMS was evaluated from three aspects: construction suitability, cultivation suitability, and ecological suitability. LRS is measured from three dimensions: construction land, cultivated land, and ecological land scarcity. The DD is expanded into human and wildlife demand diversity. By analyzing the combination of LUMS, LRS, and DD, LUCs are classified using the potential LUC identification Rubik’s cube model, and corresponding governance paths are suggested. In Shandong Province, potential LUCs are relatively high, with strong, medium, and weak conflicts accounting for 27.39%, 57.10%, and 13.06%, respectively. Potential strong conflicts are mainly distributed in the metropolitan suburbs and in the western plain of Shandong Province. Cultivated land is the main potential land use conflict space. The new framework of LUC identification proposed in this paper can effectively identify potential LUCs. Our research provides scientific reference for sustainable land use.

This paper aims to explore the current state, challenges, and optimization pathways of policy coordination mechanisms in the process of integrating the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) region. By analyzing the degree of coordination among various levels of government in policy formulation and implementation, this study evaluates its impact on achieving regional integration goals and proposes recommendations to promote policy coordination. The study finds that policy coordination mechanisms play a crucial role in achieving regional integration but face several challenges at present, including institutional barriers, conflicts of interest, and uneven resource distribution. Establishing a unified coordination agency, promoting the unification of laws and regulations, designing a reasonable benefit-sharing mechanism, and achieving integrated resource allocation can effectively promote policy coordination, thereby advancing regional integration development.