Study on the status quo of housing in small towns based on different economic development levels in China

Abstract

On the basis of the survey on the housing conditions under different levels of small towns' economic development in China, the residential development law of small towns in various regions was analyzed and induced in the study, and the existing housing problems in small towns were picked up consequently. The research showed that the housing construction cycle were not consistent in different levels and different levels of small towns' economic development in China; small towns' housing construction still remained at the initial stage as a whole; the private housing as the mainstream had made the real estate market development lagged behind; the efficiency of land use in small towns was lower; the fusion tendency among different town residents came into being; the degree of homogenization of small towns' communities was higher; the habitation was poor and the will to settle was weak, however, the floating population is going to be main force in the future increment of small towns' housing. Currently, small towns' housing construction should be reasonably guided, small towns' planning should be strengthened, and the community and commercialization of development in small towns' housing construction should be impelled. It is urgent to improve the living environment of small towns' dwellers, to implement intensive land use, and to enhance the urbanization process in China's countryside.