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Suburban areas are the key zones for the integration of urban and rural areas, and identifying the types of villages in these areas aids in coordinating urban and rural areas′ development patterns. Linchuan District′ s village development evaluation system was built using the“production-life-ecological”function perspective. A village typology identification system was used to classify the 339 administrative villages into different village types, and spatial autocorrelation analysis was used to reveal its spatial clustering characteristics. Subsequently, village development strategies were proposed. The results indicated that：the overall level of village development in Linchuan District is relatively high, with average indices of 0.592, 0.585, and 0.466 for production function, living function, and ecological function, respectively, indicating a distribution pattern of stronger development in the north and weaker development in the south. The suitability for village development in the Linchuan District exhibits significant spatial clustering characteristics, most notably in the“north hot, south cold”pattern for production and living function indices, as well as the“centre cold, edge cold”patterns for ecological function indices. Linchuan District′s villages are divided into four categories and two types, with a focus on the development of clusterdriven villages in the urban-rural integration and cluster-enhancement categories for rural revitalization. Based on the results of village type identification, proposing differentiated development strategies for villages based on land use control can provide a clear framework for optimizing the territorial spatial layout and promoting deep urban-rural integration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract Understanding farmers’ future residential preferences and the factors affecting these choices is crucial for tackling the issues related to hollow village management and rural planning. Despite limited research on the role of the family life cycle, this study explores how the family life cycle, characteristics of the household head, livelihood strategies, and resource availability shape farmers’ future residential preferences. Data were collected from 777 households in China’s main grain-producing area. The findings reveal that 52.90% of households prefer to stay in their current rural residences. Other favored options are elderly care facilities (13.90%), living with children in the village (12.36%), and ancestral homes (11.68%). The family life cycle significantly affects these preferences (p

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Understanding farmers' future residential preferences and the factors affecting these choices is crucial for tackling the issues related to hollow village management and rural planning. Despite limited research on the role of the family life cycle, this study explores how the family life cycle, characteristics of the household head, livelihood strategies, and resource availability shape farmers' future residential preferences. Data were collected from 777 households in China's main grain-producing area. The findings reveal that 52.90% of households prefer to stay in their current rural residences. Other favored options are elderly care facilities (13.90%), living with children in the village (12.36%), and ancestral homes (11.68%). The family life cycle significantly affects these preferences (p < 0.01), with changes in family structure and age leading to different living choices. Specifically, households in the initial (71.29%), burden (70.32%), and stable stages (40.14%) prefer their current rural residences, while those in the maintenance and empty-nest stages opt for living with their children's residences (22.22% and 16.96%, respectively) or in elderly care facilities (30.00% and 33.93%). Meanwhile, age, health, income, livelihood strategies, and land ownership also markedly influence the choice of residence. Recommendations include educational programs for elderly rural residents, improving older individuals' adaptability to rural changes, creating more rural employment opportunities, and enhancing medical and infrastructural services for the sustainable rural development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The traditional village planning does not pay enough attention to the content of human settlements. With the proposal of Rural Revitalization Strategy, the construction of rural human settlements has been given new connotation, and the village planning also has new requirements. Taking Caodian Village in Liufu Town of Fengyang County as an example, problem oriented, this paper explores the optimization strategy of village planning from five aspects of ecological protection, facilities, characteristics, industrial layout and implementation guarantee, under the background of Rural Revitalization from the perspective of improving rural human settlements, in order to provide support and reference for the future beautiful rural planning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examined the roadmap for deliberative democracy development through village-level regional development planning forums in Indonesia and connected it with the strength of traditions and local values of a region. Roadmap innovations can solve problems and increase governance capacity. This study aimed to identify innovation challenges & factors affecting the innovation environment; using a qualitative method with a case study design. As a result, innovation is able to increase interaction and agreement on solving public policy problems and improve local government governance capacity. The challenge was determined by the open leadership, responsive village leadership behavior. Forums transform as a formal dialogue space and media for the contestation of knowledge with informal meetings in the community. The community traditions are present, recognized, valued through institutionalizing local institutions, local actors, and features that drive democracy in community consultation and cooperation. Several factors affecting the innovation environment included legal culture and policy, political& administrative environment, government & civil servant traditions. The government needs to carry out institutional conversions along with changes from the government, deliberation spaces, & communities to achieve these two goals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Based on history and a problem orientation, this study aimed to examine and innovate the village planning content that meets the requirements of the new era to provide guidance for preparation of practical village planning in the future. This paper summarizes and explains the development process of village planning since the founding of New China, in combination with the multiple requirements of the new era, through a scientific cognition of village planning, elaborates the contents and methods of practical village planning, analyzes the existing problems and advantages of village planning, and proposes guarantee measures for village planning development. Initially, village planning changed from the traditional single-oriented planning to classified planning. Then, the focus of village planning changed from residential planning to global spatial control. Finally, the thinking changed from single planning to multi-planning, and the village planning began to reserve flexible space. From the perspective of planners, it is necessary to understand the practical connotation of village planning thoroughly, take the space of production, life, and ecology as the basis, take the villagers as the main body, coordinate various resources in urban and rural areas, perform all-factor planning, and provide guidance for the preparation of practical village planning to enhance village autonomy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Farmers' homesteads reform is an important measure to improve land use efficiency and achieve high-quality development of villages. And village planning under the background of territorial and spatial planning is one of the important ways to implement this measure. In Harbin, the large-scale agricultural development is an obvious characteristic of its rural areas. With the rapid agricultural modernization and industrialization of Harbin, the rural population is constantly migrating with a large amount of rural land is left idle, and the phenomenon of "hollow village" in rural areas gets increasingly serious. Therefore, it is urgent to carry out the reform of the homestead system to integrate resources and promote the land use efficiency. Responding to the characteristic of rural development in Harbin, this paper suggests to implement the homestead reform through village planning. Balancing the benefits of the country, the collectives, and farmers, it proposes to restrict the size of homestead through the control method with two planning lines, i.e., the homestead control line of the village and the single-family homestead control line. What's more, the paper also suggests to replan the saved land and explore multiple ways of land use in large-scale agricultural areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

On the basis of fully understanding the key characteristics and problems of China's township master plans, this article clarifies the requirements of the territorial spatial planning system reform for the governance system of townships and towns, urban–rural integration and high-quality development, and points out the necessity of overall planning for township-level territorial spaces in China. Then, based on the study of international experience and the division of administrative powers between county-level government and township-level government, it proposes the positioning features of overall planning for township-level territorial spaces, including the communication and implementation of municipal and county planning, innovating the control methods concerning the use of town seat space, and coordinating and guiding the formulation of detailed plans. It also indicates that the key content of overall planning for township-level territorial spaces must include natural resource management, development and utilization of territorial spaces, spatial pattern of town areas, spatial layout of town seats, management and control of village construction, etc. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the rapid development of China's social economy, village planning is increasingly important. Departments should fully draw up practical village plan "integrating various plans". In the context of "rural revitalization", how to better promote "rural revitalization" and realize the concept that "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets" is a difficult problem in front of everyone. After many years of pilot of "integrating various plans", "five levels, three categories and four systems" have been formed, but the territorial spatial planning in the new era under the construction of ecological civilization still faces many problems and challenges. In this paper, the practical village planning of "integrating various plans" under the background of territorial spatial planning was analyzed, aiming to establish and improve a complete rural spatial system and provide an effective scheme for rural governance mechanism by analyzing and refining the key points of rural planning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Sustainable rural planning is a continuous, multiparticipatory, large-scale process. Most rural areas in developing countries have sustainable characteristics. However, rural areas have been neglected due to the excessive focus on urban areas, resulting in an urban–rural gap that is difficult to overcome. Village planning is an important public policy instrument that is used to direct land-use planning and management. Therefore, it is an important tool for realizing sustainable development in rural areas. Based on the problems experienced by these villages and the goal of sustainable rural development, the study took An Nijād village, Yemen, as a case study. The study used a hybrid design approach, including qualitative and quantitative methods, such as questionnaire analysis along with GIS methods, and strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT). The research cycle was implemented in various phases, including data collection, coding, and analysis. The results of the change matrix (2010–2020) have indicated that land use/land covers (LULC) classified were arable land (47.9%), Built-up area (11.5%), barren/bare land (8.3%), water body (0.3%), slop land (6.4%), mountains (22.1%), and roads (3.5%). This paper will create a comprehensive framework for the implementation and planning of rural areas at the regional level, considering the constraints of each region in terms of its ability to achieve realistic results on the planning and development of sustainable rural development strategies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is concerned with spatial policy in Ireland. It adopts an historical lens to help explain why Ireland currently finds itself at the bottom of the European league table with regard to local governance. After categorising the Irish political and planning system as highly centralised, bureaucratic and linear, the paper uses a case study of the Moycullen village plan to show an alternate path towards place development in Ireland. This case study sets out to contrast the desire of a people to collaborate in the authorship of their place with the top down nature of spatial planning in Ireland. By making clear the methods and results of the project, this paper highlights the latent demand that exists in a community that is subject to national planning system that reduces their ability to affect change. Through the use of some innovative approaches, this project has sought to fire the geographic imaginary of a people with respect to their place.

Mixed land use is an important step to realize intensive land use and to stimulate regional vitality. This study examined the theory of mixed land use, constructed an analytical framework for the relationship between mixed use of rural residential land and rural vitality, and explored the characteristics of the impact of mixed use of rural residential land on rural vitality using Simpson ′ s diversity index, a multi-factor comprehensive evaluation method, and a correlation test of Shandong Province as an example. The results showed that the growth rates of rural vitality indexes in the high, medium, and low zones of mixed use of rural residential land in Shandong Province from 2010 to 2018 were 84.70%, 60.74%, and 50.33%, respectively. Thus, the faster the mixed use of rural residential land improved, the faster the development of rural vitality. The regional averages of the rural vitality index in the low, medium, and high zones of rural mixed use of residential land in Shandong Province were 0.13, 0.23, and 0.29 in 2010, respectively, and 0.19, 0.24, and 0.38 in 2018, respectively. The higher the degree of mixed use of rural settlement land, the higher the level of rural vitality. The Spearman correlation analysis and Kruskal–Wallis test results showed that the mixed use of rural residential land was related to rural vitality and stimulated rural vitality. This study concludes that mixed use of rural residential land promotes rural vitality and provides new ideas for innovative village planning and rural revitalization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the implementation of China's rural revitalization strategy, the social economy of villages is expected to fully develop; however, their carbon emissions must be controlled within a reasonable range. Realization of this goal is part of the guidance and control of village planning. Clarifying the coupling relationship between village land uses and rural carbon emissions is fundamental for low-carbon village planning. In this study, by exploring the relationships between carbon emissions factors, land-use types, and human activities, the reference range of carbon emissions coefficients for various land-use types in rural areas is obtained. Then, based on the interval values of carbon emissions coefficients, a two-stage optimization model for village carbon emissions analysis is established, which is used to generate the minimal value of village carbon emissions and planning schemes to achieve different carbon emissions target values. First, the smallest carbon emissions value for a certain village is obtained based on a linear programming model. Then, to analyze the planning scheme possibilities under different carbon emissions targets, an objective planning model (including various parameters) is constructed. Through this two-stage optimization model, the optimal planning scheme is set and corresponding planning indicators under different scenarios are obtained through a sensitivity analysis. Combined with a case study in Dongzhuang Village, Shanghai, the results indicate that, with continuous improvement of the basic national carbon emissions database, the range of carbon emissions coefficients for typical local land uses can be determined, and the carbon emissions and land-use types of villages can be co-planned using the two-stage optimization model. With the proposed model, the range of carbon emissions for villages and scenario analysis results considering carbon emissions values associated with various land-use planning schemes can be obtained, contributing greatly to low-carbon village planning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Owing to the influence of urbanization and globalization, many villages in China are transforming from traditional agricultural villages into postproductive villages. Changes in the industrial structures of these villages have caused corresponding environmental problems, which restrict rural sustainable development. Village planning is an important public policy instrument that is used to guide and regulate the construction and governance of villages and, therefore, it is an important tool to realize sustainable development in rural areas. Based on the problems that are experienced by these villages and the goal of rural sustainable development, this paper will use the village planning compilation as the framework, the Delphi method, and the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to construct an operable and evaluable planning indicator system and uses Xufu village, which is a typical postproductive village in the Yangtze River Delta, China as an example for the analysis. The case study has proven that the indicator system has guiding significance for the compilation of village sustainable development planning, and the relative evaluation method objectively reflected the sustainable development trend of villages before and after the compilation and implementation of planning. This paper will create a tool for the quantitative evaluation of the compilation and implementation of village planning. The results could provide a reference for planning and developing strategies for sustainable village development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

WORKSHOP AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PLANNING AND BUDGETING OF VILLAGE FUND. The purpose of this technical assistance was to enhance the skill of village government officers in Desa Tanimulya. The project was divided into 4 focus that consists of: workshop, review long term plan and short term plan, introduce enterprise owned by the village and manual procedure design for several main activities. This project was held in Tanimulya. There were 30 participants in this activity including head of the village and his staff. After the technical assistance has done, it can be seen that the village officer in Tanimulya understood the relation between long term planning and short term planning thus, it makes them easier to calculate the budget for each activitiy inside the plan.

Practical village planning is not only an important guide for implementing the rural revitalization strategy but also an important support for building a sustainable rural development model. The scientific measurement of rural development potential to effectively identify the future development direction and mode of rural areas is of great significance to realize the implementation of "hierarchical and key points" of village planning. Taking 38 villages in Shapingba District of Chongqing as the study area, this study comprehensively measures the rural development potential from four dimensions: location advantage, resource endowment, economic vitality, and development constraint. Results reveal the following: (1) the spatial distribution pattern of rural development potential in the study area is centered on the central and southern urban development area, gradually decreasing toward the peripheral area. The village development potential tends to be balanced overall, but differences are observed in advantage and development obstacles of villages in the district, and the four sub-dimensions show a large spatial heterogeneity;(2) the 38 administrative villages were divided into four types, namely, core planning area, important planning area, general planning area, and basic control area. Their percentages were 13.16%, 52.63%, 23.68%, and 10.53%, respectively; (3) differentiated planning contents and strategies for different types of areas are adopted to prepare well-detailed and clearly focused village plans to promote sustainable rural development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Rural spatial governance has become an important part of the spatial governance system under the unified management of urban and rural spaces. In-depth theoretical and practical research on rural spatial governance in terms of promoting national spatial planning can help improve the planning and regulation system of rural space. Beginning with a description of rural spatial governance, this paper constructs a theoretical analysis framework of rural spatial governance based on the comprehensive perspective of spatial governance. The study also discusses the internal processes and feasible paths of rural spatial governance in territorial spatial planning and outlines the theoretical and practical research for enhancing rural spatial governance. The conclusions are as follows: (1) Rural spatial governance starts with the coordination theory of human-land relationships in the rural regional system. Through planning and negotiation, governance has effective regulation of rural space and allocates spatial rights in an orderly manner. Rural spatial governance highlights the comprehensive governance processes that combine "top-down" and "bottom-up" participation by multiple subjects. (2) Through the "action-efficiency-target" system, the comprehensive governance analysis framework of "matter-organization-ownership" in rural space provides an effective scheme for constructing rural spatial governance. Rural spatial governance is characterized by both rigidity and flexibility, the interaction between physical space and spatial relationships, and the superposition of spatial ownership and spatial organization. (3) The rural spatial governance features of interconnecting various scales (regional-village-plot) are conducive to improving the rural spatial governance system. (4) The governance means, participation modes, and value-sharing mechanisms of rural spatial governance help enrich the territorial spatial planning system, promote the integration of multiple regulations, refine the regulation of land use, and ensure good rural governance and ecological governance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is concerned with spatial policy in Ireland. It adopts an historical lens to help explain why Ireland currently finds itself at the bottom of the European league table with regard to local governance. After categorising the Irish political and planning system as highly centralised, bureaucratic and linear, the paper uses a case study of the Moycullen village plan to show an alternate path towards place development in Ireland. This case study sets out to contrast the desire of a people to collaborate in the authorship of their place with the top down nature of spatial planning in Ireland. By making clear the methods and results of the project, this paper highlights the latent demand that exists in a community that is subject to national planning system that reduces their ability to affect change. Through the use of some innovative approaches, this project has sought to fire the geographic imaginary of a people with respect to their place. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Rural revitalization strategy is an important topic in China. As an important platform for the implementation of the strategy, the preparation of village planning for traditional villages is conducive to coordinating the contradiction between protection and development, and promoting the sustainable development of traditional villages. The traditional villages of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, Yunnan Province are taken as the research objects. The first-hand data are obtained through interviews and field research, and Actor-Network model is used to analyze the actors' goal and obstacle in preparation of village planning, which better reflects the interests of different actors in village planning process. At the same time, the action path of planning is interpreted through the process of problematisation, interessement, enrolmen, mobislisation and dissidence. In the preparation of village planning for traditional villages, key elements should be paid attention to, such as bridging the cognitive gap, building consensus, setting up participation platform and formulating relevant policy guarantee mechanism, etc. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the implementation of China’s rural revitalization strategy, the social economy of villages is expected to fully develop; however, their carbon emissions must be controlled within a reasonable range. Realization of this goal is part of the guidance and control of village planning. Clarifying the coupling relationship between village land uses and rural carbon emissions is fundamental for low-carbon village planning. In this study, by exploring the relationships between carbon emissions factors, land-use types, and human activities, the reference range of carbon emissions coefficients for various land-use types in rural areas is obtained. Then, based on the interval values of carbon emissions coefficients, a two-stage optimization model for village carbon emissions analysis is established, which is used to generate the minimal value of village carbon emissions and planning schemes to achieve different carbon emissions target values. First, the smallest carbon emissions value for a certain village is obtained based on a linear programming model. Then, to analyze the planning scheme possibilities under different carbon emissions targets, an objective planning model (including various parameters) is constructed. Through this two-stage optimization model, the optimal planning scheme is set and corresponding planning indicators under different scenarios are obtained through a sensitivity analysis. Combined with a case study in Dongzhuang Village, Shanghai, the results indicate that, with continuous improvement of the basic national carbon emissions database, the range of carbon emissions coefficients for typical local land uses can be determined, and the carbon emissions and land-use types of villages can be co-planned using the two-stage optimization model. With the proposed model, the range of carbon emissions for villages and scenario analysis results considering carbon emissions values associated with various land-use planning schemes can be obtained, contributing greatly to low-carbon village planning.

In this study, through village planning practice, we sorted out relevant theories and research foundations, constructed and optimized the participatory planning path of villages, and proposed institutional conditions for upgrading the main status of villagers. It is recommended to understand the working mode of villages, improve the participation ability of villagers, improve the expression of planning, strengthen the planning feedback link, and truly improve the villagers' participation awareness and ability on the basis of legislative authorization and government empowerment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Based on the present situation of traditional village protection and some issues in the process of promoting beautiful countryside construction in China, the historical and cultural value of Qiaotou Village in Shangxian Township, Jishui County and problems existing in the protection and development of Qiaotou Village are analyzed on the basis of investigation and planning practice, in order to put forward constructive suggestions for the protection of traditional villages in beautiful countryside construction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The consistency between the planning and budgeting processes is a form of implementing good governance in the village. This study aims to analyze the inconsistency of village planning and budgeting in Regency. Good governance is very urgent to be realized in the administration of government and public services at the provincial and district / city levels considering that a lot of authority has been transferred to the government at these two levels. The regional position is very strategic in maintaining the integrity of the nation as well as being the vanguard to create a one and more prosperous Indonesia in a more concrete manner. The district / city and provincial governments are key figures in the realization of good governance, namely as a catalyst and coordinator for semi-government and non-government institutions to jointly form an effective collaboration to solve problems and meet community needs. The closest step that the provincial and district / city governments need to take in order to realize good governance is to make improvements to their own institutions and to treat the diseases they suffer from. It remains to be debated whether the public administration scheme offered by Law No. 2/2004 allows the creation of good governance at the provincial level and particularly district / city districts better than the scheme under Law No.22 / 1999. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As characteristic planning in Shanghai, countryside unit planning has played a positive role in the construction and development of rural areas since its implementation. By reviewing the development process of three editions of countryside unit planning in Shanghai, this paper proposes that the third edition of the countryside unit (village) planning has developed village planning through special planning to become the basis for the implementation of land use control, especially rural construction planning permission. Compared with the previous two versions, the countryside unit (village) planning combined with the strategic background of Rural Revitalization carried out a series of innovative explorations, including industrial development planning, such as business types and projects in rural areas to activate economic vitality. Strictly enforced spatial control requirements through a "one map of spatial control zones" and rural unit plans innovate the "E+X+Y" town village system to guide farmers to live in a centralized way, increase the content of landscape planning guidance to inherit the features and characteristics of Jiangnan Water Town and Traditional Culture, and formulate and implement future plans to strengthen guidance and implementation. This study considers the pilot project of the countryside unit (village) planning of Maogang Town in Songjiang District and finds that countryside unit (village) planning must be further studied in terms of planning adjustment mechanism, land classification, access land type, and connection with permanent basic farmland. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It has great significance to study the trade-off mechanism of productive and dwelling space of rural settlement and the optimized of its productive and dwelling space nowadays in China, which is one of the basic means to improve the rural habitat environment and adjust the inner structure of rural residential land. With the development of socio-economic, productive and dwelling space of rural settlements gradually diversified in developed areas such as suburban areas and industrial areas in eastern China, which present reciprocal tradeoffs. These changes distinguish from the abandonment and hollowing of productive and dwelling space of rural settlements in traditional agricultural area. However, current researches mainly consider the rural settlement as a single entity and tend to neglect its inner productive and dwelling space. This paper introduces the concept of ecosystem service trade-off, analyzes the trade-off between productive space and dwelling space of rural settlements in economically developed areas from the aspects of “types of trade-off, driving forces, effects,” and then this paper puts forward the idea of optimizing the productive and dwelling space of rural settlement. The results show that, the trade-off of productive and dwelling space of rural settlements which in developed areas, is caused by the diversification of farmers' livelihood and the development of non-agricultural industries in rural areas, farmers have a demand for living apace, industrial and commercial space, and choose various functional spaces according to their needs. According to the spatial combination of productive space and dwelling space of rural settlement, the trade-off types can be divided into residential-industrial space trade-off, residential-commercial space trade-off, residential-rental space trade-off, multi-space trade-off and so on. Land use versatility and the diversification of productive and dwelling space of rural settlement that driven by industrialization and urbanization is the premise of the productive and dwelling space trade-off of rural settlement. The types and its variations of productive and dwelling space trade-off of rural settlement are directly determined by the livelihood and life needs of farmers. While the land plan control by the government and the lack of village planning has exacerbated the process of the productive and dwelling space trade-off of rural settlement. The trade-off of productive and dwelling space of rural settlement improves the livelihoods of farmers and promotes the economic development and the vitality of rural areas, but also causes a variety of negative effects, such as the spatial clutter of rural settlements, the deterioration of human living environment and other problems. The reconstruction model of rural settlement as homogeneous space is far from the needs of farmers. In the future, under the background of the shortage of construction land in rural areas, it is necessary to meet the diversified demands of farmers and the optimizing of the productive and dwelling space of rural settlement by the multifunctional composite and functional improvement of land use of rural settlement. This paper puts forward the concept of productive and dwelling space trade-off of rural settlement, which provides a new perspective for the study of rural residential transition and a new idea for improving the rural space quality and the residential living environment, and promotes the formation of scientific and reasonable village planning. Above all these will serve for rural revitalization strategy in China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The research provides an insight into village development planning, as well as considers village planning from the perspective of the national planning framework. Local settings of village development have also been taken into account. The research provides information about possible approaches for local community involvement in development decision-making.

Village planning is an important part of land spatial planning and an important measure to implement rural strategy. At present, the preparation of village planning is not complete, and the establishment of technical guidelines is not systematic. Therefore, the course of the development of domestic village planning and the common problems are analyzed. Taking Wentang Village, Yichun City, Jiangxi Province as an example, this paper considers the contents of land use, industrial development, residential layout, ecological environment renovation and historical and cultural inheritance from the perspective of multi-plan integration. This paper discusses the establishment method of the new round of village planning, and puts forward the safeguard measures for the implementation of the planning, so as to provide reference for the establishment of the new round of village planning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Current village planning in China, which mostly draws on the experience from urban planning, is a rational planning model based on elite decision-making, resulting in many problems. Essentially, planning is a kind of institutional arrangement according to the demands of multiple actors under certain social context. Since actors and their behaviors in villages are far different from those in cities, leading to the reorganization of planning assumptions and prerequisites, village planning paradigms are prominently distinct from urban planning paradigms. This paper figures out the significance of social networks and argues that village planning is a kind of communicative planning based on endogenous order, referring to the paradigm development course of Western urban planning theories and the features of Chinese villages. In conclusion, it stresses that village planning should focus on social network and promote communication, coordination, and consensus-building, and accordingly planners should adjust their role. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to explore the ideas, technical methods, and paths of original data integration in village planning based on the concept of “two regulations.” This study deeply integrates social economic statistic data, land use classification, the area use scale in original year, the management style in map data, and more. Our research shows that, based on the land use classification standards and present data, combined with supplementary field investigation, we can realize the unification of social economic statistic data, land use classification, land use data, and a database platform. Original data in “two regulations” of planning integration is presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Countryside planning has become popular due to the improvement in the economic level of China. A rural construction planning permission system is an important means to guide and standardize village construction. Therefore, this study investigates the current condition of rural planning in Guangdong and the general condition of Guangdong Province. Village planning problems, such as the village theory, lack of characteristics, and lack of coordination, are also presented. The bottleneck of the construction village planning permission system is presented. A "three-step" strategy and mode transformation (i.e., legal, personalized, and independent steps) is established based on the analysis of the Guangdong rural planning problems. Finally, the general requirements for village construction under the permission system are proposed along with the study of the village planning in Guangdong, which is the representative case. Therefore, this study provides a reference for the effective linkage between village planning and the rural construction planning permission system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Compilation work of land space planning at village level is important point in promoting the strategy of rural revitalization and the key for specific implementation of land space planning. Based on analyzing the existing problems in the planning at village level in China, overall gnidelines and specific measures of land space planning compilation at village level are proposed, and some thoughts and suggestions on how to perfect its legal status, considering regional characteristics and valuing landscape design are put forward. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In describing the rapid transformation of China's villages, scholars, planners, and policy makers have consistently turned to a single spatial metaphor of transformation: top-down versus bottom-up. While not unique to China, this metaphor has become so pervasive that it now serves as one of the fundamental assumptions in discussions of, and interventions in, China's peri-urban settlement transition. The top-down/bottom-up framework indexes planning, thereby limiting potential interventions to those originating from within the top-down planning hierarchy and delegitimizing potential alternatives. As a result, top-down/bottom-up has encouraged the rapid homogenization of China's urban edge, eliminating sources of diversity and dynamism that could prove invaluable for the nation's future sustainability. As an analytical alternative, I propose four socio-spatial dimensions: scale, territory, networks, and temporality. I then explore the intersection of these dimensions through an ethnographic investigation of three rapidly transforming villages in the municipalities of Guangzhou, Suzhou, and Chongqing. These case studies show that top-down and bottom-up, planned and unplanned, are mutually constituted in all instances of settlement transition. The unique intersections of these initiatives produce the idiosyncratic and indeterminate nature of village transformation. This analysis thus points to the need for planning institutions that are better able to integrate diverse sources of village transformation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In Zhejiang Province, in a context of villages undergoing rapid structural change in terms of population, employment, and residents' demands, the village planning is featured by being based on more detailed regulations and presented through more diversified planning schemes. It aims at optimizing the urban-rural spatial structure by reshaping the layout of rural settlements, improving the rural industries by enhancing the studies on industrial development, catering to the villagers' needs by exploring effective approaches to the equalization of public services, and promoting the efficiency of village planning implementation by developing effective measures. Taking the practice of Zhejiang Province as an example, this paper tries to summarize the features of the village planning scheme compilation in the context of rapid structural change and to explore the possible approaches to a coordinated urban and rural development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This is the final installment in a series of four articles ethnographically exploring instances of village transformation in peri-urban China. Each article presents an in-depth case study of a single village and its unique combination of change and continuity. Together, these case studies demonstrate the specificity and idiosyncrasy of village transformation and the need for planners to “take actions that suit local conditions” (yin di zhi yi). This installment investigates Wanmin Village, in Pujiang County, Chengdu. Wanmin has yet to experience dramatic urban transformation, and it is currently undergoing a planning process in order to prepare for such change. This article thus takes a forward-looking approach, seeking to demonstrate how the ethnographic insights from this series can be employed to develop actionable planning recommendations for other transforming villages in China. In investigating Wanmin, I identify three main dimensions along which change and continuity are in tension: development versus conservation, concentration versus dispersal, and socio-spatial mobility versus investments in fixed land resources. I then propose four potential strategies for resolving these tensions: economic diversification, transportation, adaptive re-use, and cooperative governance. I conclude by considering how an ethnographic approach might be implemented in other instances of village transformation in China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This is the third in a series of four articles ethnographically exploring instances of village transformation in peri-urban China. Each article presents an in-depth case study of a single village and its unique combination of change and continuity. Together, these case studies demonstrate the specificity and idiosyncrasy of village transformation and the need for planners to "take actions that suit local conditions" (yindi zhiyi). This installment investigates Hailong Village in the Jiulongpo District of Chongqing. Hailong's leaders have encouraged economic transformation through the conversion of agricultural land to industrial uses, while seeking to maintain the continuity of the village's political institutions. Meanwhile, villagers have responded to rapid change by seeking to preserve the continuity of family and community networks of mutual support embedded in the sociospatial fabric of their natural villages. The tension between change and continuity has led to contradictions in Hailong's development, and the village has experienced increasing fragmentation and unsustainable land use intensification. A subsequent planning initiative has sought to balance the desire for economic growth with the need to maintain Hailong's rurality by steering the village toward agro-tourism and real estate development. As Hailong moves down this path, it is unclear how much longer its socio-spatial identity as a village can be maintained. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This is the second in a series of four articles that ethnographically explores instances of village transformation in peri-urban China. Each article presents an in-depth case study of a single village and its unique combination of change and continuity. Together, these case studies demonstrate the specificity and idiosyncrasy of village transformation and the need for planners to "take actions that suit local conditions" (yindi zhiyi). This installment investigates Panyang Village, located in the Xiangcheng District of Suzhou Municipality. The municipality has used a portion of Panyang's land for an industrial development zone, and the remainder of the village has been turned into relocation housing for displaced villagers. This has resulted in profound economic and socio-spatial transformation, but Panyang has not been allowed to fully urbanize. For instance, both the village and its residents are still administratively rural, and the municipality has imposed building codes that preserve the village's existing housing typology. The tension between economic transformation and socio-spatial conservation has led to unforeseen consequences, including a diffuse, de-centered morphology; increasing disinvestment on the part of registered villagers; and new development initiatives by migrant workers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mixed land use provides an important means of promoting the intensive and efficient use of land resources and stimulating endogenous development power in rural areas. This paper selected Pingba Village in Chongqing as the research area; the land use status data and the social and economic data on rural settlements in the study area for 2021 were obtained through field visits and interviews. Moreover, the land use types in the rural settlements were subdivided according to the principle of dominant function. Based on these subdivisions, a land mixed-use measurement system for rural settlements was constructed to analyze their levels of mixed land use. Furthermore, the influences of natural environmental, social, economic and other factors on mixed land use were comprehensively explored. The results showed that, (1) the mixed land use of rural settlements in the study area was at a medium level and showed significant spatial variability, and rural settlements in the high, medium and low mixed land use index zones accounted for 12.5%, 35% and 52.5% of the total, respectively. (2) The differences in the natural environment determined the level of mixed land use and the basic pattern of its spatial differentiation. Social and economic factors, such as resident population and average household income, were key impact factors. Rural tourism resources, homestead agglomeration policies and other factors had important impacts on the level of mixed land use. In conclusion, the research suggests that mixed land use is an important way to boost rural revitalization. In the future, village planning could introduce the concept of mixed land use to improve the efficiency of land use, optimize the land use structure according to local conditions and promote the integrated development of rural primary, secondary and tertiary industries. In addition, it is necessary to scientifically and rationally guide rural settlements to agglomerate appropriately to improve the utilization efficiency of land resources and public service resources.

In the process of rapid urbanization, rural areas have undergone substantial transformations. Although changes from the internal villages, rural actors as masters of the village respond to the implementation of top-down policy and planning passively. It results in the village short of vitality and cohesion and the mismatch between policy and actual situations. It is necessary to incorporate ecosystem services knowledge into the village planning and policy-making in order to provide more supports for the implementation of local government policies. This article proposes a process for interactive participation to optimize green space in the peri-urban village from the demand-side perspective. In this contribution, rural stakeholders' interactive participation can make green infrastructure optimization more impartial. In addition, cultural squares play an important role in strolling outwards, fitness, and being close to nature, as well as promoting recreation. Both higher access frequency and closer distance from home to the green infrastructure generate climatic benefits, community and social benefits, and place attachment. We propose that village planning should include infrastructure sector planning in the high-density villages with bottom-up interactive participation and a top-down rural homestead system. It is an important way to make land use policy and realize rural revitalization and transformation in similar human settlements in the world. [Display omitted] • A process for interactive participation including public stakeholders to prioritize land use in peri-urban areas was proposed. • Hydrophilic areas including coastal parks have the more social value for ecosystem services. • Impartial configuration of green infrastructure is an important way for rural vitality. • Case study of participatory mapping methods is an exploratory technology demonstration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]