Abstract:

As the industrialization and urbanization continue to move forward,contradiction between people and land in the Yangtze River region is getting acute and per capita arable land has fallen below the warning line provided by FAO.Due to schistosomiasis,management difficulties,as well as disconnection between property and utilization and other reasons, most of 900 thousand hectares of beach land resources had been in desert and semidesert state,in urgent need of governance and development.In this paper,the characteristics and use status of middle and lower reaches of the beach areas in the Yangtze River region and its ecoenvironmental problems and causes were analyzed.The principle of comprehensive management and sustainable use was put forward.Development and utilization of beach land resources should be combined with river regulation,economic development,schistosomiasis control and wetland protection.In light of local conditions,one integrated system covering production,protection and recreation should be set up by scientific planning step by step.Thereby the golden waterway could play important part in the economic construction of the region and the nation.〖HJ1〗