An Empirical Study on the Region-Based Housing Industrialization Grading System in Chinese Rural Areas

Housing industrialization has become a new way to solve current residential building problems in Chinese rural areas; however it’s a premise to take different housing industrialization measures according to different local rural conditions within China. This paper aims on analyzing critical rural economic, social and transportation factors related to housing industrialization and establishing an industrial grading indicator system. Based on these indicators, a clustering analysis using MATLAB hierarchical classification algorithm is applied to conduct the empirical study on housing industrialization in rural areas. Then, four clusters and three grading areas are generated according to this clustering analysis, which are prioritized areas, potential areas and support-required areas. Finally, the paper focuses on proposing specific implementation and design patterns for housing industrialization in graded areas, which constitutes a comprehensive decision scheme of housing industrialization in Chinese rural areas as to ensure a better and sustainable China New Countryside Planning implementation.