Study on urban land saving in the economic developed coastal region of China

• Published in: Chinese geographical science 2001, Vol.11 (1), p.11-16
• Main Authors: Shen, Jian-rong, Chen, Shuang, Yao, Shi-mou
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Cities; Coastal zone; Economics; Industrial development; Land resources; Land use; Studies; Urban areas; Urban development; Urban planning; Urban studies
• ISSN: 1002-0063; 1993-064X
• DOI: 10.1007/s11769-001-0002-8

In the initial period of industrialization a great deal of land is needed for Chinese industry development as well as land resource per person of China is much lower than the average value in the world, thus it is necessary to save land in Chinese urban construction. This paper mainly discussed the features of urban land use in economic developed coastal cities: one is that the index of urban land per person in middle-small cities was higher than in large cities; another is that urban land has not been used highly and strongly; the third is that the industrial land occupied an irrationally large percentage of whole urban land; the final is that rural enterprises took up a quantity of land. Thereafter, this paper put forward five land-saving measures: first, to adopt the idea of saving land; next, to adjust the land-use structure when redeveloping the old city and alternate some land use when adjusting the industry structure of the city; the third, to develop the system of payment for using land and the management of urban planning; finally to enhance the effective regional plan and the urban landuse plan.[PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]