Spatio-temporal variation of landscape heterogeneity under influence of human activities in Xiamen City of China in recent decade |
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Authors: | Yixiong Huang Xiuqin Yin Gongfu Ye Jiemin Lin Ru Huang Na Wang Liang Wang Yue Sun |
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Affiliation: | 1577. College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130102, China 2577. College of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350007, China 3577. Fujian Academy of Forestry Sciences, Fuzhou, 350012, China 4577. Quanzhou Land and Resources Bureau, Quanzhou, 362000, China
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Abstract: | Xiamen is an economically competitive and highly urbanized city along the coastal area of Fujian Province, China. The research on spatio-temporal variation of landscape heterogeneity under the influence of human activities is of great importance to the further study on the relationship of landscape pattern and ecological process. It is also crucial to the discovery of spatial variation and intensity distribution of human activities. The research analyzed the intensity of human impacts and the spatial variation features and dynamics of landscape patterns by introducing statistical theories and approaches. We analyzed spatio-temporal variation of landscape heterogeneity using the geostatistical techniques, such as semivariogram and Kriging interpolation. Results show that there is a higher correlation between landscape heterogeneity indexes and human impact index. Both the indexes show a moderate spatial autocorrelation as well as an obvious characteristic of anisotropy. From 1998 to 2008, the spatial differentiation of the changes in the intensity of human activities and the changes in landscape heterogeneity shows that the landscape patterns in Xiamen are closely related with the urban land utilization methods, the condition of traffic and geographical location and the physical geographical condition such as the terrain and the ecological environment. The process of urbanization has a significant impact on the urban landscape pattern. |
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Keywords: | landscape heterogeneity human impact index human activities Xiamen City |
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