Study on Optimization Structure and Layout of Urban and Rural Land in the Hilly Regions of Southeastern Hubei Province——A Case Study of Chongyang County

Optimizing the structure and layout of urban and rural land,is not only an important content to implement coordinative development of urban and rural areas and build a harmonious society,but also a strategic choice to resolve land use contradiction and increase land use compensative efficiency.Taking Chongyang County of hilly regions of southeastern Hubei province as an example,this paper analyzes the characteristics of urban and rural land change,and designs the adjustable scenarios of optimizing the structure and layout of urban and rural land.The study indicates that the total area of urban and rural land from 1996 to 2005 had a tendency of increasing,along with such problems as limiting per capita construction land of urban and town,lower efficiency in land use and unreasonable structure.And that the future total land scale will keep increasing with rural residential land decreasing.Moreover,the paper also explores the measures for optimizing the structure and layout of urban and rural land in terms of making general land use planning,strengthening land resource management and establishing connection of urban and rural construction land.