Assessment of Urban Spatial Integration Using Human Settlement Environmental Geographic Dataset: A Case Study in the Guangzhou–Foshan Metropolitan Area
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Delineation of Adjacent Areas
2.3. Land Use and Land Cover Changes
2.4. Human Settlement Environmental Geographic Dataset
2.5. Urban–Rural Gradients Using Local Climate Zones
2.6. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Spatiotemporal Changes in Land Use and Land Cover
3.2. Spatiotemporal Changes in the Human Settlement Environmental Geographic Dataset across Urban–Rural Gradients
3.3. Evaluating Spatiotemporal Integration of Adjacent Areas in the Guangzhou–Foshan Metropolitan Area across Urban–Rural Gradients
4. Discussion
4.1. Spatiotemporal Structure Characteristics of Urban Integration
4.2. Comparative Analysis of Urban Spatial Structure in China
4.3. LCZ Provides a Tool for Regional and Inter-City Comparisons
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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TL | TN | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
A1 | A2 | An | |||
A1 | P11 | P12 | … | P1n | P1* |
A2 | P21 | P22 | … | P2n | P2* |
… | … | … | … | … | |
An | Pn1 | Pn2 | … | Pnn | Pn* |
P*1 | P*2 | … | P*n |
(a) Sources of urban construction land inthe Guangzhou–Foshan metropolitan area | |||||
2000–2005 | 2005–2010 | 2010–2015 | 2015–2020 | 2000–2020 | |
Settlement | 76.2% | 81.6% | 89.4% | 93.8% | 52.2% |
Cropland | 20.3% | 15.7% | 9.0% | 4.8% | 39.9% |
Forest | 2.4% | 1.7% | 1.1% | 0.9% | 5.1% |
Grassland | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.5% |
Wetland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Water | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 2.2% |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Overall | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
(b) Sources of urban construction land inthe Guangzhou–Foshan adjacent area | |||||
2000–2005 | 2005–2010 | 2010–2015 | 2015–2020 | 2000–2020 | |
Settlement | 80.2% | 83.3% | 90.8% | 95.4% | 57.9% |
Cropland | 16.5% | 14.2% | 7.9% | 3.6% | 35.0% |
Forest | 2.1% | 1.5% | 0.8% | 0.5% | 4.2% |
Grassland | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.4% |
Wetland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Water | 1.0% | 0.9% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 2.5% |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Overall | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
(c) Change rate of urban construction land in the adjacent area compared with that in the Guangzhou–Foshan metropolitan area (dimensionless unit: 1) | |||||
2000–2005 | 2005–2010 | 2010–2015 | 2015–2020 | 2000–2020 | |
Settlement | 1.052 | 1.021 | 1.015 | 1.017 | 1.110 |
Cropland | 0.813 | 0.903 | 0.880 | 0.756 | 0.876 |
Forest | 0.882 | 0.894 | 0.789 | 0.561 | 0.822 |
Grassland | 0.861 | 0.904 | 0.811 | 0.639 | 0.770 |
Wetland | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
Water | 1.128 | 1.021 | 0.911 | 0.934 | 1.106 |
Other | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
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Chen, R.; Zhou, S.; Liu, S.; Li, Z.; Xie, J. Assessment of Urban Spatial Integration Using Human Settlement Environmental Geographic Dataset: A Case Study in the Guangzhou–Foshan Metropolitan Area. Land 2024, 13, 1262. https://doi.org/10.3390/land13081262
Chen R, Zhou S, Liu S, Li Z, Xie J. Assessment of Urban Spatial Integration Using Human Settlement Environmental Geographic Dataset: A Case Study in the Guangzhou–Foshan Metropolitan Area. Land. 2024; 13(8):1262. https://doi.org/10.3390/land13081262
Chicago/Turabian StyleChen, Rui, Siyu Zhou, Shuyuan Liu, Zifeng Li, and Jing Xie. 2024. "Assessment of Urban Spatial Integration Using Human Settlement Environmental Geographic Dataset: A Case Study in the Guangzhou–Foshan Metropolitan Area" Land 13, no. 8: 1262. https://doi.org/10.3390/land13081262