Urban Expansion in Wuhan City (1987-2005), China: An Exploratory Remote Sensing and GIS Investigation
Rapid urban expansion has taken place in many Chinese mega cities over the past two decades. The dynamics of this urban expansion have been extensively documented in high-profile cities of Beijing and Shanghai, and the Pearl River Delta cities such as Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Relatively little is known about the process and its consequences in the low-profile cities such as Wuhan. Thus, the major objectives of this paper were twofold: (1) to asses and quantify urban expansion in Wuhan city (1987-2005) and (2) to examine the causes and implications of urban expansion. These objectives were achieved through the integration of remote sensing and geographic information systems (G1S) technologies. The results indicate that there had been a notable urban growth and a major loss of cropland especially between 1994 and 2005.
Douty Chibamba Ningtao Wang
Department of Land Resources Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, School of Environment, China University of Geosciences,
国际会议
The 12th Conference of the International Association for Mathematical Geology(第12届国际数学地质大会)
北京
英文
485-489
2007-08-26（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）