PART A INTRODUCTION 1
1 General Knowledge 3
1.1 Land and Land Use 3
1.2 Land Use Cover/Change 6
1.3 Land Engineering 11
2 Land Classification and Evaluation 16
2.1 Land Cover/Use Classification System 16
2.2 Land Suitability Classifications 27
3 Global Land Project 35
3.1 Globalization and Land Change 35
3.2 Population Dynamics and Land Use Change 38
3.3 Impacts of Land Use Change 40
3.4 Coping Capacities of Land Systems 44
PART B CATEGORIES OF LAND USE ENGINEERING 47
4 Land Development 49
4.1 What is Land Development 49
4.2 The Dynamics of Land Development 52
4.3 Engineering Standards for Land Development 56
5 Land Consolidation 61
5.1 What is Land Consolidation 61
5.2 Agricultural Land Consolidation 64
5.3 Urban Land Consolidation 72
6 Land Reclamation and Ecological Rehabilitation 78
6.1 Key Terms and Comparison 78
6.2 Mining Techniques 80
6.3 Dump and Tailings 83
6.4 Mine Water 86
7 Landscape and Land Conservation 89
7.1 Landscape Ecology 89
7.2 Land and Environment Conservation 95
7.3 Ecological Engineering 105
PART C PLANNING，DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION 113
8 Land Use Planning 115
8.1 The Planning Issue 115
8.2 What is Land-Use Planning 118
8.3 Overview of the Planning Process 121
8.4 Levels of Planning 124
8.5 Land Use Plan Decisions 126
9 Land Levelling 130
9.1 The Importance of Land Levelling 130
9.2 Small-Scale Land Levelling 132
9.3 Traditional Engineering Approach 133
9.4 Laser Land Levelling 135
10 Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 139
10.1 Crop Water Requirements 139
10.2 Irrigation Methods 141
10.3 Land Drainage 145
11 Transport Engineering 149
11.1 Introduction 149
11.2 Rural Road Networks and LTRs 151
11.3 Classification of（Rural）Roads 154
11.4 Construction of Rural Roads 157
12 Revegetation and Greening Engineering 159
12.1 What is Revegetation 159
12.2 Revegetation Process and Restoration Techniques 160
12.3 Revegetation as a Stabilizing Agent on Dump Slopes 168
12.4 Selection of plant species 170
PART D PROPERTY RIGHTS AND VALUATIONS 173
13 Property Rights in Land Use 175
13.1 Defining Property and Property Rights 175
13.2 Dispute Resolution Mechanisms 177
13.3 Many Sources of Property Rights 180
13.4 Property Rights,Agricultural Production and Livelihoods 183
14 Valuing the Land Property 187
14.1 How Land Acquires Value 187
14.2 How to Measure Land Values 191
PART E PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS 199
15 Understandings of Project Management 201
15.1 Project Management Defined 201
15.2 Project Context 203
16 Quality Management 207
16.1 Quality Management 207
16.2 Relevance of Quality Programs to Project Quality 209
17 Cost Management 211
17.1 Project Costs 211
17.2 Estimating Costs 213
17.3 Managing the Budget 217
18 Managing Project Risk 220
18.1 Defining Project Risk 220
18.2 Risk Management Process 221
18.3 Project Risk by Phases 226
PART F TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS 229
19 “3S”Techniques in Land Use 231
19.1 Land Remote Sensing 231
19.2 Geographic Information System 240
19.3 Global Positioning System 252
20 Land Surveying and Mapping 266
20.1 Land Surveying 266
20.2 UAV Map Drawing 278
20.3 Ground Penetrating Radar 283
21 Physical,Chemical and Biological Techniques 292
21.1 Physical Techniques 292
21.2 Chemical Techniques 296
21.3 Biological Techniques 298
GLOSSARY 301