The land position concept is proposed by authors firstly and the index system of land position is built to comprehensively reflect the suitability degree of human social economic activity,and advantages and disadvantages in ecology and resources in a given area.The land position and comprehensive land position of 13 cities (except Xiangxi Prefecture) with a prefecture-level are determined by the entire-arraypolygon synthesis index method based on four subsystem levels of society,economy,resources and ecology.Results:The cities with a higher social land position are Changsha,Xiangtan,Zhuzhou an...