Study on Environment Impact Assessment of Land Development and Consolidation Planning

The objectives of this paper were to estabLish a comprehensive appraise system of China´s environmental impact assessment of land development and consoLidation planning through a case study of Nantong city in Jiangsu province. Methods employed include empirical analysis, documentation, and weighting method. The results indicate that, (1) the index system including social, economic and ecological index can be estabLishes and the weighting method can be used in planning environmental impact assessment, (2) the implementation of land development and consoLidation planning improved the integrated environment in Nantong County, and (3) the preventive and mitigation measurements could be proposed for strict control of occupying, idLing and destructing the basic farmland, and improving the management. It is concluded that, the appraise system basing on the weighting method is simple and feasible for improving and developing the environmental impact assessment of land development and consoLidation planning.