Resumen de Functional evolution of rural housing land: A comparative analysis across four typical areas representing different stages of industrialization in China
Guanghui Jiang, Xin He, Yanbo Qu, Ruijuan Zhang, Yuan Meng
To understand the functional evolution of rural housing land at different stages of industrialization, a contrast analysis of rural housing land functions was conducted across four typical areas that represented four different socio-economic developmental stages, from the initial stage to the post-industrialization stage. Seven hundred fifty-four valid questionnaires were collected for analysis. The results showed that the production function was diminished but the living function was enhanced with socio-economic development. Moreover, in areas that had a higher level of socio-economic development, especially those with desirable locations or that were suitable for tourism, a profit function emerged that can be seen as resulting from an alteration in the rural housing land’s function. Land-use standards could be established by analysing trends in the functional evolution of rural housing land structure; these standards could then provide guidance for the consolidation of rural housing land and village planning as well as for future rural housing design.
