In the paper, based on the statistical data, an empirical study was carried out, the farmland changespsila driving forces over the past 50 years in Shucheng County of Anhui Province are analyzed and two conclusions are drawn. Firstly, the statistical data of Shucheng County show that there are two phases of farmland change. The farmland area had been increasing from 1949 to 1957 and decreasing from 1958 to 2000. Secondly, by the method of Factor Analysis, it is found out that, the natural factors are not the driving forces of the land sue change during nearly past half century and there are fo...
