STRATEGIES FOR OPTIMIZING CULTIVATED LAND USE IN KUQA COUNTY, XINJIANG UYGUR AUTONOMOUS REGION
新疆库车县耕地资源利用结构优化对策

The natural condition in Kuqa County is relative suitable to develop agriculture, thus how to balance land, population growth and water resources, which influences directly the agricultural development and even the sustainable development of the whole socio economy, plays an important role. To optimize the land use structure in Kuqa County, it is important to identify the dynamic relationship between changes of cultivated land use and those of population and water resources. Based on the comprehensive analysis, the main problems of land use structure existing in Kuqa County are presented and the potentialities for structure optimizing are discussed. Finally, it is argued that adjusting the planting structure, assigning water and soil resources rationally, improving soil, control population growth, and so on, are effective countermeasures for sustainable land use in Kuqa County.