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Strategic planning framework for land consolidation in China: A top-level design based on SWOT analysis

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Abstract

China is in the midst of an unprecedented and critical period of strategic opportunities for land consolidation. In this process, the country has been confronted with new situations, opportunities, and serious challenges, all of which urgently require top-level design of strategic planning framework for land consolidation. Based on an SWOT analysis, we propose a strategic planning framework for land consolidation at the national level, with a focus on clarification of internal Strength–Weakness strategies and external Opportunity–Threat strategies involved in the land consolidation process. Whereas it can be concluded that land consolidation in China has not yet entered the stage of landscape-ecological pattern, it is on the brink of that stage. Thus, the proposed strategic plan should provide strong protection for continuous promotion of land consolidation through the application of a top-down and comprehensive design considering agriculture production, livelihood and ecology as comprehensive targets. Meanwhile, it should also unswervingly adhere to the “red line,” optimize the layout of urban and rural land use and propel a new landscape-ecological pattern of land consolidation. In this way, strategy-oriented support can be provided to improve land consolidation implementation and ensure that it is stable, coordinated and effective.

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Land consolidation, Strategic planning framework, Landscape-ecological pattern, Balanced development, Top-level design

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Habitat International

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0197-3975
1873-5428

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48

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Elsevier BV
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This work was supported by the Major Program of the National Social Science Foundation of China (grant no. 09&ZD047) and the National Key Technology Research and Development Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China during the 12th Five-Year Plan Period (grant no. 2012BAB11B02).