Abstract:

Since the reform and opening up,the urbanization of China,particularly in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River (Yangtze River Delta and the surrounding area),has been in a rapid development period.The increasingly concentration of population and industry,more intense investment in major infrastructure projects and increased density of the road network as well as increasingly expanded zone have made urban space speed expansion and have caused serious imbalance in the use of water and land resources and environmental deterioration.All these problems,working together,produced many new problems in the development in this region.This paper took the lower reaches of the Yangtze River as an example to make an indepth analysis to the problems of water and land resources incurred in the process of urbanization.The problems cover the environmental degradation,water pollution,loss of land resources and the rapid pace of urbanization.Moreover,it brought in new ways of thinking and new methods about how to rationally exploit and protect the soil and water in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River area.Specifically,it brought forward four practical ways and methods to resolve the existing problems in the Yangtze River Delta area,which contributes a lot to the region's economic development and ecological security.Lastly,the paper also made a comprehensive analysis to other related problems.

Key words: urbanization, using of water and land resources, the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, new ways of thinking