A Study on Change of Living Space in Sichuan Basin, China

调查人员与中国科学院成都山地灾害与环境研究所密切合作，在成都市大都会及其郊区、工业城市绵阳及其周边农村、旅游城市西昌及其周边丘陵地区开展了实地调查工作。研究内容包括：1）城市化与城市环境，2）商业活动的变化与自由市场的发展，3）小城镇的发展，4）农村工业的发展，5）国有企业的重组，6）农村土地利用与景观的变化，7）农场的经济状况，8）绿色旅游与旅游政策。本研究采用观察法、访谈法、问卷分析法、数理统计法等研究方法，研究结果表明：（1）大都会、工业城市和旅游城镇都经历了快速的城市化和改造，但环境问题严重。2)私人商店和自由市场的商业活动活跃起来，而国有商业和合作商业则减少了。3)与沿海地区相比，小城镇发展政策并不成功。4)其原因之一是农村工业发展不好。5)国有工业企业将产品从军用转为民用，并将公寓出售给员工。6)农业已经商业化，水果和蔬菜的产量增加了。7)但是，农民收入的增加取决于他们在其他领域的临时工作。8)近年来，一种被称为"农家乐"的绿色旅游正在兴起，各地政府都在积极发展旅游业。

The investigators conducted field research works under complete cooperation with Chengdu Research Institute of Mountain Hazard and Environment (Science Academy of China) in Chengdu Metropolis and its suburbs, industrial city Mianyang and its surrounding rural area, and a tourist town Xichang and its neighboring hilly area. The researched items are as follows ; 1) urbanization and city environment, 2) change of commercial activities and development of free markets, 3) development of small towns, 4) development of rural industries, 5) restructuring of state-owned enterprises, 6) change of landuse and landscape in rural area, 7) economic condition of farms, and 8) green tourism and tourism policy. The methods of the research were observation, interview, analysis of questionnaires, statistic analysis etc.The findings of the research are as follows; 1) Each of the metropolis, the industrial city and the tourist town has experienced rapid urbanization and reconstruction, but suffered from severe en-vironmental problems. 2) Commercial activities of private shops and free markets have been activated, while nation-owned and cooperative commerce have declined. 3) The policy of small town development has not been so successful comparing with that in the Coastal Region. 4) One of the reasons for it is poor development of rural industries. 5) State-owend industrial enterprises changed their products from military to civil ones and have sold their apartments to the employees. 6) Agriculture have been commercialized and production of fruits and vegetables have increased. 7) Increase of farmers' income, however, depends on their temporal work in other areas. 8) A kind of green tourism called 'nongjiale' have recently developed, and local governments are very eager in development of tourism.