Land use and land cover change processes in China's eastern Loess Plateau |
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| Authors: | JinChang Li HaiXia Liu Yong Liu ZhiZhu Su and ZiQiang Du |
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| Institution: | Institute of Loess Plateau, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, China;Institute of Loess Plateau, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, China;Institute of Loess Plateau, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, China;Historical Culture School, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, China;Institute of Loess Plateau, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, China |
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| Abstract: | Using Landsat remote sensing images, we analyzed changes in each land use type and transitions among different land use types during land use and land cover change (LUCC) in Ningwu County, located in the eastern Loess Plateau of China, from 1990 to 2010. We found that grassland, woodland, and farmland were the main land use types in the study area, and the area of each type changed slightly from 1990 to 2010, whereas the area of water, construction land, and unused land increased greatly. For the whole area, the net change and total change were insignificant due to weak human activity intensity in most of the study area, and the LUCC was dominated by quasi-balanced two-way transitions from 1990 to 2010. The insignificant overall amount of LUCC appears to have resulted from offsetting of rapid increases in population, economic growth, and the implementation of a program to return farmland to woodland and grassland in 2000. This program converted more farmland into woodland and grassland from 2000 to 2010 than from 1990 to 2000, but reclamation of woodland and grassland for use as farmland continued from 2000 to 2010, and is a cause for concern to the local government. |
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| Keywords: | land use and land cover change remote sensing forest restoration Ningwu County Loess Plateau |
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