Research on intensive utilization of land and settlements protection under rural housing reconstruction in Chengdu Plain

Abstract

Land consolidation and settlement protection is a very important part of urban and rural integration development. The way of analyzing the causes of the Chengdu Plain traditional settlement genesis, forms, and positive aspects, as well as negative impacts on the settlements in the process of land consolidation; the important issues under rural housing reconstruction and what has to be considered in new rural design in the future, are summed up. These strategies do benefit on raising land utilization level in rural residents and avoiding the destruction of the traditional settlement. Furthermore, these experiences help people to plan and design the new rural construction on the premise of protecting traditional culture so as to achieve a win-win situation of land use and construction of a new rural area. © 2013 WIT Press.