Based on GIS technology, the MSS image in 1978 and the TM images in 1986, 1990, 1995
and 1999 were used to study the landscape spatial changes in Shenzhen during the past …

Urbanization is an important aspect of land use and cover change, which profoundly affects
ecosystem composition, structure and function as well as regional landscape pattern and …

Based on" patch-corridor-matrix" pattern, spatial scale effect of landscape pattern was
studied in Yongdeng County of Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, China. The results showed …

Terrain is an important factor in land landscape pattern change. To reveal the spatial and
temporal characteristics and variation of landscape pattern along a terrain gradient, we used …

The urban-rural ecotone is an area which is strongly influenced by the urbaniza tion
process. Its spatial uncertainty and temporal quality tends to cause undesi rable landscape …

Objective: With a quantitative analysis conducted of the changes in the landscape pattern in
Shennongjia Forestry District due to the implementation of forest protection projects since …

With the help of remote sensing from three periods (1989, 1996 and 2005) Landsat TM
images and geographical information system technologies, the spatial and temporal change …

Guangzhou City is a rapidly urbanizing city in China, and a constructed city with holistic
planning. By using the remote sensing images of 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2004, this …

Rapid urbanization and a building boom in Chinese cities, together with the increase in
human disturbances in ecosystems, have resulted in a range of ecological and land-use …

Remotely sensed mapping information of multi-period of time and methods of landscape
pattern analysis were used to study the structure and spatial distribution characteristics of …