Abstract:

The willingness of rural households in the conversion of farmland to urban area has greatly 〖JP2〗influenced the reasonable land transmission and then the coordinated development of urban and rural society〖JP〗.The authors conducted a typical analysis on factors influencing the willingness of farm households based on random sample questionnaires in 33 villages,143 households in Wuhan suburb and exurban.By using Logistic models, this paper revealed that the infrastructure and improvement of services and the social security system are the major factors for farmers in these two categories of areas, and the compensation level is an additional factor influencing the farmers' decision. The rational and feasible measures based on the most important factors were proposed: if the need and interest of farmers can be met and considered,〖JP2〗a balance should then be found between urban land demand and farmers' willingness to maintain their farmland.

Key words: ruralurban conversion, farmland, influential factors, suburb and exurban