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干旱区地理 ›› 2018, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (1): 109-118.

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Expansion of urban area and its driving forces of Yining City based on remote sense data

ANNIWAER Abudureyimu1,3, ALIMU Kasimu1,2, TASHIGEN Jiapaer3, MAIERHABA Maimaitihan1, DUOSIBOLI Halimubieke1   

  1. 1. School of Geography and Tourism, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi 830054, China;
    2. Center for Urbanization and Development of the Silk Rood Economic Belt of Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi 830054, China;
    3. Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, CAS, Urumqi 830011, China
  • Received:2017-10-02 Revised:2017-12-14 Online:2018-01-25

Abstract: The "One belt,one road" strategy has made the western China region,including Xinjiang,the frontlines,key hubs and important nodes along the Silk Road Economic Belt which has brought unprecedented opportunities for Xinjiang development.As a western border of Xinjiang,the Yining City is certainly capitalizing on this opportunity.In this study,based on the Landsat TM/ETM+/OLI satellite remote sensing images of Yining City in 1990,1996,2000,2005,2010 and 2015 respectively,the LUCC data on the construction land,cultivated land,forest land,water body and unused land was retrieved using the maximum likelihood method.The correlation between the urban expansion and its driving forces of Yining City was further studied by using regression analysis with the generated land transfer matrix,land use change rate and dynamics of single land use type.The results showed that,during the period from 1990 to 2015,there was a notable acceleration in the construction land expansion in Yining City while the cultivated land and unused land were gradually decreased.The increased areas for the construction land were mainly converted from the cultivated land and unused land.The main driving forces were the quickly increased population in the city and the land demand resulted from the increase of the investment and the local economy.

Key words: remotely sensed data, urban expansion, driving force, Yining City

CLC Number: 

  • TP79