Abstract: Accurately identifying the types and characteristics of land - use spatial conflicts holds great significance for enhancing territorial space governance and advancing high - quality development. Taking Nanchang City as a case study, based on the identification of land use spatial conflict areas by using functional competitiveness, from the perspective of constructive conflict, from the perspective of constructive conflicts, this study constructs a method for identifying constructive, balanced, and destructive land - use conflicts to identify the relative change state of functional competitiveness. This further distinguishes between constructive conflicts and destructive conflicts in land use, as well as balanced conflicts with less distinct characteristics. Subsequently, by integrating the combination features of the "present type-historical status" of conflicts, it conducts spatial conflict risk assessment and zoning for management and control, and proposes corresponding management and control strategies. The results demonstrate the following: 1) During the period from 2010 to 2023, the overall scope of areas with strong competitiveness in cultivation and medium competitiveness in ecological functions in Nanchang City exhibited a shrinking trend. However, this shrinking trend slowed down in 2020. Meanwhile, the areas with medium competitiveness in construction showed an obvious expansion trend, presenting a development pattern of initial radiation followed by subsequent expansion. 2) From 2010 to 2023, the conflict areas generally expanded. Nevertheless, the conflict areas on the outskirts of Nanchang City showed a fragmented contraction trend. The number of highly conflicted areas increased gradually over time. These highly conflicted areas were mainly characterized by conflicts between cultivation and construction and were distributed along the fringes of the central urban area. The number of moderately conflicted areas decreased gradually. The main conflict types in these areas were between cultivation and ecological functions, as well as between cultivation and construction. 3) From 2015 to 2023, among the constructive, balanced, and destructive conflict types, balanced conflicts were dominant. From 2015 to 2020, destructive conflicts showed an upward trend, with a higher proportion of units compared to constructive conflicts. By 2023, the number of constructive conflicts increased significantly, while the number of destructive conflicts decreased significantly. Balanced conflicts played a pivotal role in the mutual transformation among constructive, balanced, and destructive conflicts, as well as between conflict areas and areas with land - use advantages. 4) Based on the analysis of the current situation of different constructive, balanced, and destructive conflicts and the historical changes in functional competitiveness, five types of risk classification area at the grid scale and three types of management area at the administrative region scale were defined. Among the risk classification area, the prevention monitoring area is the zone currently in the dominant position, with the highest proportion of grid numbers among the five zones. The proportions of the active maintenance area and the guide conversion area are both relatively low. The proportion of the mitigation governance area is the second highest, and the proportion of the coordination governance area is the third. In the management area, Anyi county, Donghu district and Xinjian district are identified as dynamic management area, Honggutan district, Jinxian county and Nanchang county are identified as strict management area, and Qingshanhu district, Qingyunpu district and Xihu district are identified as emergency management area. Finally, corresponding conflict control strategies are proposed based on different risk classification areas. The research results are conducive to improving the classification of land use spatial conflicts, and thereby help determine whether the policy direction for conflict management is mainly "mitigation" or "guidance"? It can provide a scientific basis for optimizing the layout of territorial space, strengthening territorial space governance and promoting high-quality development.