An Evaluation of Land Use Sustainability of "City Village" Reconstruction Project: A Case Study of North ShaPo Village, Xi´an

Xi\´an is in a critical period of urbanization. The quantitative assessment of renovation sustainability of "city village" provides a theoretical basis for the sustainable development monitoring by the city government and the urban development planning. According to the connotation of sustainable land use and combining the characteristics of urbanization in Xi\´an, 18 land use factors were chosen. Then the study established an evaluation index system, and used the comprehensive index method to evaluate the level of sustainable land use of Xi\´an north ShaPo Village during 2005-2012. The results show that from 2005 to 2012, the sustainable land use status of Xi\´an North ShaPo Village rises from a lower level to a higher level. Then through the Secondary Comprehensive Evaluation, the final result shows that the village\´s overall sustainable land use level is in the initial stage, even worse it is still in the preliminary stages of a low-level.