Research on Land Use Characteristics of Rural-urban Fringe Area in Gangzha District in Nantong City

The purpose of this paper is to explore the characteristics of temporal and spatial distribution of land use,which is the foundation to the research of rural-urban fringe area such as Gangzha District,and proposed basic data and scientific basis for land use policy in this area.Methods of empirical analysis,spatial analysis,and combination of qualitative and quantitative were employed.The results indicate that Gangzha District is a typical rural-urban fringe area,whose characteristics of land use contain visible tendency and transition,as well as quick agricultural land conversion.It is concluded that the persisting in agricultural land and economic development protection should be combined.Reduction of agricultural land and expansion of construction land needs both strict controlling,and construction of high standard prime farmland and policy of land-saving use are also required.