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Arid Land Geography ›› 2022, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (2): 445-455.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000–6060.2021.243

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Transformation of land use function and its ecological environmental effects: A case study in the Gaochang District of Turpan City

MA Xinmiao1(),XU Huajun1,2(),Gulinar MAIMAITI1   

  1. 1. College of Resources and Environmental Science, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, Xinjiang, China
    2. Key Laboratory of Oasis Ecology, Ministry of Education, Urumqi 830046, Xinjiang, China
  • Received:2021-05-25 Revised:2021-09-30 Online:2022-03-25 Published:2022-04-02
  • Contact: Huajun XU E-mail:1576542573@qq.com;hjj_xu@qq.com

Abstract:

As one of the important nodes of the “One Belt One Road”, Gaochang District of Turpan City, Xinjiang, China has developed rapidly in recent years. The population is constantly concentrating in the city center. The demand for construction land has continued to increase. Gaochang District is located in the desert oasis, a typical “ecologically fragile area with a relatively backward economy”. The vulnerability of the ecological environment is the main challenge of ecological civilization construction in the region. This paper uses the four phases of land use status remote sensing monitoring data (1990, 2000, 2010, and 2018) based on a 5 km×5 km grid-scale, starting from the urbanized, main agricultural production, and ecological function areas. This paper starts from the large-scale dominant function area, using the land use transfer matrix and kernel density estimation to study the characteristics of land use transition in Gaochang District from 1990 to 2018. It uses the regional ecological environment quality index and ecological contribution rate method to analyze the land use in Gaochang District. During the study period, a quantitative analysis of the effects of transformation on the ecological environment is expected to provide a reference for coordinating the sustainable use of land resources and ecological environment protection in the Gaochang District. The results are as follows. (1) From 1990 to 2018, the landuse area of urbanization area in Gaochang District has a fluctuating trend, distributed in the middle of the Gaochang District. The landuse area in the main production areas of agricultural products shows an overall increasing trend, distributed in patches in the Gaochang District. In the middle part, the area of the ecological function zone shows a decreasing trend, with the most widespread distribution covering a large area in Gaochang District. From 1990 to 2018, the deserted and concentrated landuse in the Gaochang District was higher in the middle part than that in the north and south. In 2018, the land and agricultural area of northern mine increased, driving local economic growth, increased nuclear density, and spatial aggregation enhancement. (2) From 1990 to 2018, the high-quality and low-quality areas of the ecological environment of the Gaochang District are decreasing, whereas the higher-quality and lower-quality areas are increasing. The conversion of unused land to grassland is the main reason for improving the ecological environment in the Gaochang District. This is because the conversion of grassland land to unused land is responsible for the degradation of the ecological environment in some areas of Gaochang District. The central part of the Gaochang District has a trend of improving ecological environment quality, whereas the northern and southwestern parts have a trend of ecological environment degradation. The overall ecological environment degradation trend is slightly smaller than the improvement trend, and the ecological environment quality of the Gaochang District is developing in a good direction.

Key words: land use function transformation, ecological environment effect, Gaochang District