Title: Study on Spatio-temporal Variations of Land Use and Cover in Xinjiang Based on 3S Technology
Abstract: Based on the CBERS images during 2004-2005,the database of environmental factors,and the in situ investigation data,etc.,the authors have extracted the change information of land use and cover(LUCC) in Xinjiang during these years by method of synthetic analysis and through man-machine interactive interpretation approach.The results are as follows: ①during the period of 1990-2005 in Xinjiang,the areas of the farmland,the forest land,the waters and the urban areas,mining areas and rural residential areas were increased differently,but the areas of the unused land and the grassland were reduced,and the latter is obvious;②the change degree of the land use type-farmland is the biggest.The dynamics of land use in Xinjiang were mainly caused by the policies,the economic development and population growth,and the climate change and the agriculture advance in technology also influence the change of the LUCC.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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