Title: Urbanization and Land Use Change in Hotan District,Xinjiang
Abstract: Selecting a typical underdeveloped area of Hotan district in Xinjiang as a study area,with the aid of theories and research findings made by both home and foreign scholars,this article analyzes the characteristics of land use change in the urbanization background.Using regression analysis method,we examine the correlation between land use change and urbanization as well as the effect degree of urbanization on land use change.Our SPSS analysis demonstrates that,there is a significant relation between urbanization and land use types such as cultivated land,construction land and unused land.The rapid urbanization is one of the main reasons for the decrease of agricultural land and the increase of construction land.At the same time,the negative correlations between urbanization and cultivated land and unused land illustrates that,the rapid decrease of these land use types has a very colse relation with urbanization in Hotan district.This exemplified the urban construction and economic development are main factors which have effects on the sustainable development of eco-environment in Hotan district.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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