Methodology of agricultural landscape classification with rural scale and its application in planning of new rural construction

Agricultural landscape classification is not only the basis of the work on planning of the new rural construction, but also the prerequisite for its evaluation, planning and design. According to the requirements of the new rural construction and the characteristics of agricultural land consolidation in China, this paper proposed methodology of structural and functional classification of agricultural landscape at rural scale based on agricultural landscape function, the correction method of location and rural household economic behavior and terrain niche index. This methodology includes two- layers’ classification system of landscape type and landscape subtype. A case study on agricultural landscape was carried out in a typical region named Yukou town of Pinggu District, Beijing. As a result four landscape types, such as namely agricultural production landscape, agricultural service landscape, agricultural leisure tourism landscape and agricultural ecological landscape and 13 landscape subtypes were classified. With the help of the spatial analysis module in GIS, the map of agricultural landscape classification of Yukou town was drawn, and then the classification achievements applied into land consolidation were explored. Results showed that the classification of structure and function of agricultural landscape was not only a methodology that could meet the requirements of both the planning of the new rural construction and agricultural land consolidation at large scale, but also took the characteristics of structure and function of agricultural landscape into account.