[1]CHEN Peng,XU Yan-hong.Analysis of the Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of the Land Use Change of Jimei District in Xiamen City[J].Research of Soil and Water Conservation,2012,19(03):94-97.
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Research of Soil and Water Conservation[ISSN 1005-3409/CN 61-1272/P] Volume:
19
Number of periods:
2012 03
Page number:
94-97
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Public date:
2012-06-20
- Title:
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Analysis of the Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of the Land Use Change of Jimei District in Xiamen City
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CHEN Peng1, XU Yan-hong2
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1. Third Institute of Oceanography State Oceanic Administration, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, China;
2. School of Sciences, Jimei University, Xiamen, Fujian 361021, China
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- Keywords:
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Jimei District; landuse; spatial and temporal; characteristics
- CLC:
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F301.24
- DOI:
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- Abstract:
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Based on the TM and ALOS remote sensing images (1989, 1997 and 2008) of Jimei District in Xiamen City, and combining with the support of remote sensing (RS) and geographical information system (GIS), we applied some quantitative methods including transfer matrix of land use, and landscape ecology, to analyze the spatio-temporal characteristics of the land use and landscape pattern of Jimei District in last twenty years. The results showed that: (1) the main land use types were dominated by woodland and cultivated land in terms of their percentages in the study area in 1989 and 2008 were 95% and 68% respectively. During the recent two decades, this region has been experiencing rapid land use changes and urbanization processes. The area of cultivated land decreased rapidly; whereas the area of urban construction land and urban resident land increased dramatically, and their patches had been congregating. Consequently, the cultivated land was transformed into urban construction land, urban resident land and rural resident land. However, the area of woodland had firstly undergone a decreasing process, and then exhibited decreasing trends.(2) SHDI and SHEI index greatly increased, suggesting that the regional landscape became more fragmental; similarly, the relationship of landscape types showed more complex trends from 1989 to 2008. In addition, heterogeneity of the whole landscape pattern gradually increased due to the human disturbance.