Land evaluation

Author: Zhou Shenglu
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: This book comprehensively and systematically introduces the basic theories, methodological principles, supporting technologies, and applications of land evaluation. The book is divided into 4 parts and 22 chapters. The Introduction section (2 chapters) primarily covers the concept of land, land use and classification, the basic concepts and methods of land evaluation, and the theoretical foundations of land evaluation. The Methodological Principles section (12 chapters) details the methodological principles of natural land resource evaluation, including land suitability assessment and land production potential estimation; natural-economic comprehensive land resource evaluation, including farmland grading, farmland classification, and farmland valuation; land asset evaluation, including urban land grading, urban land classification, and urban land valuation; land ecological-environmental evaluation, including land ecological security assessment and land pollution (environmental quality) evaluation; and land use performance evaluation, including land sustainable use assessment and land intensive use evaluation. The Supporting Technologies section (5 chapters) focuses on the commonly used mathematical methods, geostatistical methods, remote sensing technology, geographic information system technology, and expert system technology in land evaluation, in line with the development trends of quantification, informatization, and intelligence in land evaluation. The Applications section (3 chapters) provides examples of the practical application of land evaluation principles and methods in solving relevant problems in various fields. This book can serve as a teaching material for undergraduate and graduate students in majors such as land resource management, resource and environmental urban planning and management, physical geography, economic geography, urban planning, and environmental science. It can also be referenced by management and technical personnel in departments and enterprises such as land and resources, economic management, agriculture and forestry, environmental protection, and urban and regional planning.