Title: Analysis of Land Use Changes and Driving Forces in Wuhan City
Abstract: Based on the statistic data of land use and interrelated social economic factors from 2004 to 2008 about Wuhan City, this paper analyses the range and dynamic degreen of land use change and its degree during past five years, and analyses the driving forces of land use change by making use of the analytical function of principal components of SPSS. The conclusions indicate: first, the area of the cultivated land has a downward trend, however, the area of residential land grows generally; second, the main driving factors affecting the land use change can be summarized as population growth, economic development, urbanization and the development of transportation industry.
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Date: 2013-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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