Spatial structure and land use control in Extended Metropolitan Region of Zhujiang River Delta,China |
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| Authors: | Junliang Dai Kaiyong Wang Xiaolu Gao |
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| Institution: | 1.Bureau of Administrative Areas and Geographical Names,Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People’s Republic of China,Beijing,China;2.Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing,China |
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| Abstract: | The Zhujiang (Pearl) River Delta is one of the most developed Extended Metropolitan Regions (EMR) in China. With the rapid
urbanization, the agglomeration of population and industries has emerged, which has led to dramatic changes of spatial structure
and land use in this region. With data of high resolution TM remote sensing images and Google Earth maps, this paper identified
and analyzed the spatial pattern of the Zhujiang River Delta EMR using Envy and ArcGIS tools. It was found that 1) the industrial
land uses were expanding substantially, particularly on the bank sides of the Zhujiang River estuary; 2) large-scale housing
developments were concentrated in the fringe of metropolitan areas such as those of Guangzhou and Shenzhen; 3) a regional
transportation network with the spatial pattern of “1 circle +2 pieces + 3 axes” had significantly affected the location choice
of manufacture enterprises. At the same time, both highly specialized land use and severely mixed land use patterns were identified.
As a consequence of the latter, land use efficiency of the whole EMR areas was reduced. Moreover, ecologic and environmental
problems were severe. Based on the above analysis, suggestions were given from the viewpoint of spatial safety, land use efficiency,
and the reorganization of spatial structure in the Zhujiang River Delta EMR. |
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| Keywords: | spatial pattern agglomeration and expansion spatial expansion Extended Metropolitan Region (EMR) Zhujiang River Delta (Pearl River Delta) |
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