Paper
Study of Land Use and Land Cover Changes in the Baoan District, Shenzhen from 2000 to 2010
- Authors:
- Chuanxiu Luo; Zhiying Wang; Lin Yang; Mingxi Yang
- Abstract
- This paper used Landsat ETM images as the main data source, and ENVI, GIS and the mathematical statistics method (dynamic degree, land use transition matrix) to analyze spatiotemporal changes of land use and land cover in Baoan, Shenzhen, from 2000 to 2010. Conclusions were as follows. (1) The major land use in the study area was green land. Industrial and storage land experienced the largest increase among the six land classes; external transport land experienced the second largest increase. Water experienced the largest reduction among the six classes, followed by “other” land and green land. (2) Construction land experienced a slow increase, followed by a rapid increase; green land reduced rapidly between 2000 and 2005, followed by a slower reduction between 2005 and 2010. The area of water increased in the early period and decreased in the later period. (3) The increase in construction land came mainly from industrial and storage land, green land, external transport land, and other lands. The increase in industrial and storage land came mainly from construction land, green land, and other lands. The decrease in green land and water area came mainly from the expansion of industrial and storage land, construction land, other land, external transport land.
- Keywords
- Land Use/Cover Change; Spatiotemporal Analysis; Baoan District; Shenzhen
- StartPage
- 85
- EndPage
- 92
- Doi
- 10.5963/JCES0202005