With S county of H province as an exampleThe land problems during small scale town development in China

This study focuses on the land problems during small scale town development in China. By investigating 3 towns in S county, 4 main problems were found: (1) the conflict between the protection of farmland and urbanization. (2) the problems regarding rural land circulation. (3) the problems with urban planning. (4) the compensations to the farmers, whose land are acquisited by the goverment, can not meet their requirments. By analyzing the different situations in the 3 towns, the authors argue that a town like C located remotely with poor industry conditions is not necessary or suitable to be urbanized now.