Chapter 1
Introduction
Abstract According to statistical bulletin of urban and rural construction, there were
20,883 towns and 10,872 villages in total in China and the total rural population was
9.58 × 10
8 by the end of 2016. The total investment in the construction of villages
and towns in China was 1.5908 × 10
12 yuan, while the investment in environmental health was 4.23 × 10
10 yuan, accounting for 10.5% of the total investment in
construction of municipal utilities. At the end of 2016, water supply in built-up area
of towns was 83.86% and daily water consumption per capita was 99.01 L. Fuel
gases were supplied for 49.52% of the population and road area per capita was 12.84
m
2 . Moreover, density of culverts in drainage pipelines was 6.28 km/km
2 and park
and green area per capita reached 2.46 m
2 . Centralized water supply was realized
in 68.7% of the administrative villages in China and sanitary sewage and household
wastes are separately disposed in 20 and 65% of administrative villages. The infrastructure construction and quality of living environment in villages and towns have
been significantly improved. However, the 13th Five-Year Plan for Comprehensive
Improvement of Rural Environment of the People’s Republic of China shows that
40% of villages still lack of wastes collection and disposal facilities and have prominent problem of dirty, disorderly and bad environment caused by waste pollution in
villages and towns. Therefore, it is urgent to take effective measures to make up the
shortcoming of controlling waste pollution in villages and towns.
1.1 Current Situations of Construction of Villages
and Towns and Environmental Protection in China
According to statistical bulletin of urban and rural construction, there were 20,883
towns and 10,872 villages in total in China and the total rural population was 9.58
× 10
8 by the end of 2016. The total investment in the construction of villages and
towns in China was 1.5908 × 10
12 yuan, while the investment in environmental
health was 4.23 × 10
10 yuan, accounting for 10.5% of the total investment in construction of municipal utilities. At the end of 2016, water supply in built-up area of
towns was 83.86% and daily water consumption per capita was 99.01 L. Fuel gases
were supplied for 49.52% of the population and road area per capita was 12.84 m
2 .
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
M. Li et al., Differentiated Resourceful Utilization of Rural Organic Wastes,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2712-8_1
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Introduction
Abstract According to statistical bulletin of urban and rural construction, there were
20,883 towns and 10,872 villages in total in China and the total rural population was
9.58 × 10
8 by the end of 2016. The total investment in the construction of villages
and towns in China was 1.5908 × 10
12 yuan, while the investment in environmental health was 4.23 × 10
10 yuan, accounting for 10.5% of the total investment in
construction of municipal utilities. At the end of 2016, water supply in built-up area
of towns was 83.86% and daily water consumption per capita was 99.01 L. Fuel
gases were supplied for 49.52% of the population and road area per capita was 12.84
m
2 . Moreover, density of culverts in drainage pipelines was 6.28 km/km
2 and park
and green area per capita reached 2.46 m
2 . Centralized water supply was realized
in 68.7% of the administrative villages in China and sanitary sewage and household
wastes are separately disposed in 20 and 65% of administrative villages. The infrastructure construction and quality of living environment in villages and towns have
been significantly improved. However, the 13th Five-Year Plan for Comprehensive
Improvement of Rural Environment of the People’s Republic of China shows that
40% of villages still lack of wastes collection and disposal facilities and have prominent problem of dirty, disorderly and bad environment caused by waste pollution in
villages and towns. Therefore, it is urgent to take effective measures to make up the
shortcoming of controlling waste pollution in villages and towns.
1.1 Current Situations of Construction of Villages
and Towns and Environmental Protection in China
According to statistical bulletin of urban and rural construction, there were 20,883
towns and 10,872 villages in total in China and the total rural population was 9.58
× 10
8 by the end of 2016. The total investment in the construction of villages and
towns in China was 1.5908 × 10
12 yuan, while the investment in environmental
health was 4.23 × 10
10 yuan, accounting for 10.5% of the total investment in construction of municipal utilities. At the end of 2016, water supply in built-up area of
towns was 83.86% and daily water consumption per capita was 99.01 L. Fuel gases
were supplied for 49.52% of the population and road area per capita was 12.84 m
2 .
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
M. Li et al., Differentiated Resourceful Utilization of Rural Organic Wastes,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2712-8_1
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