Almost half of China’s lands are not in use or protected areas, those areas are mainly Tibet, Inner-Mongolia and gobi desserts. The main forms of land use are intensive Agro-pastoralism, shrub and forestry, concentrated in the East and North-east areas where water is abundant.
Land Use Inside China:
Eastern China: Croplands: Growing plants for food and fiber.
North-Eastern China: Forestlands: Harvesting wood, wildlife, fish, nuts and other resources.
Western China: Desserts, mountains: Preservation of native animal and plant communities, ecosystems.
Mid-northern China: Rangeland: Grazing livestock
Eastern and southern China: Urban land: Residences, other buildings and roads.
Land Use in Neighbour Countries:
Mixed farming on the northwest outside of China.
Many non-agricultural lands on the southwest outside of China.
Subsistence farming on the south of China(Vietnam, Laos).
Other areas are oceans.
Implication of Land Use:
Forestry, meat and milk production, transportation and railways could be built on western China.
Desserts and preservations could be used for tourism, also for oil extraction.
Dams can be built in central China on the rivers for generating electricity.
Agriculture in the eastern China(Shandong Province).
Land Use Inside China:
Eastern China: Croplands: Growing plants for food and fiber.
North-Eastern China: Forestlands: Harvesting wood, wildlife, fish, nuts and other resources.
Western China: Desserts, mountains: Preservation of native animal and plant communities, ecosystems.
Mid-northern China: Rangeland: Grazing livestock
Eastern and southern China: Urban land: Residences, other buildings and roads.
Land Use in Neighbour Countries:
Mixed farming on the northwest outside of China.
Many non-agricultural lands on the southwest outside of China.
Subsistence farming on the south of China(Vietnam, Laos).
Other areas are oceans.
Implication of Land Use:
Forestry, meat and milk production, transportation and railways could be built on western China.
Desserts and preservations could be used for tourism, also for oil extraction.
Dams can be built in central China on the rivers for generating electricity.
Agriculture in the eastern China(Shandong Province).
Urban Sprawl
This is the satellite image of Jinan city, capital of Shandong Province. We can see that there are many urban sprawls outside the city.
Urban Sprawls could cause many problems:
Pollution: People who live in the urban sprawls need transportation. Because the transportation system in China is not fully developed yet, the people who live in the urban sprawls need to buy cars, which leads to more carbon dioxide emission.
Transportation: There are not many roads between each of the urban sprawls and the city, therefore there will need to build more roads to transport the products and people. The public transportation will be very inconvenient.
However there are ways to limit the negative impacts of urban sprawls: Build mass transportation both in the city and outside the city to eliminate the CO2 emission from private vehicles . Expand the city centre.Build roads and high ways between the sprawls to make the transportation more efficient.
Urban Sprawls could cause many problems:
Pollution: People who live in the urban sprawls need transportation. Because the transportation system in China is not fully developed yet, the people who live in the urban sprawls need to buy cars, which leads to more carbon dioxide emission.
Transportation: There are not many roads between each of the urban sprawls and the city, therefore there will need to build more roads to transport the products and people. The public transportation will be very inconvenient.
However there are ways to limit the negative impacts of urban sprawls: Build mass transportation both in the city and outside the city to eliminate the CO2 emission from private vehicles . Expand the city centre.Build roads and high ways between the sprawls to make the transportation more efficient.
Reference Links
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_use_in_China
https://www.lincolninst.edu/pubs/2147_Land-Use-Changes-and-Economic-Growth-in-China
http://www.jstor.org/stable/3022566
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_use_in_China
https://www.lincolninst.edu/pubs/2147_Land-Use-Changes-and-Economic-Growth-in-China
http://www.jstor.org/stable/3022566