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Arid Land Geography ›› 2026, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (7): 1395-1404.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000-6060.2025.369

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Spatiotemporal changes and influencing factors of land use and vegetation cover in Qingyang City from 2000 to 2022

ZHANG Dengke1(), ZHANG Yanhong1(), ZHANG Pengju2, ZHANG Wanguang1   

  1. 1 College of Water Conservancy and Hydropower Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, Gansu, China
    2 Gansu Water Resources Utilization Center for Shule River Basin, Yumen 735211, Gansu, China
  • Received:2025-06-19 Revised:2025-09-29 Online:2026-07-25 Published:2026-07-07
  • Contact: ZHANG Yanhong E-mail:konamizdk@gmail.com;zhyh9606@163.com

Abstract:

The evolution law of land/vegetation cover in arid areas has become a very important topic in the field of science. Based on land use data and the normalized difference vegetation index, this paper explores the spatiotemporal evolution characteristics and influencing factors of land use and vegetation cover in Qingyang City, Gansu, China, from 2000 to 2022 using a pixel dichotomy model, land use change methods, Sen+Mann-Kendall trend analysis, and multivariate residual analysis. The results showed the following: (1) Land types in Qingyang City were dominated by grassland and cultivated land. Over the past 20 years, the areas of forest land, grassland, and construction land increased considerably, whereas those of cultivated land and shrubland decreased considerably. The primary transitions involved the conversion of cultivated land to grassland and forest land, the conversion of cultivated land and grassland to construction land, and a gradual increase in the transfer of forest land area to cultivated land and grassland. (2) Fractional vegetation coverage (FVC) in Qingyang City was low in the northwest and high in the southeast; the overall level was moderately low but showed a pronounced improvement trend. Trend analysis indicated that the area exhibiting an increasing trend (79.66%) far exceeded the area with a decreasing trend (8.08%), and FVC changes reflected the combined effects of urbanization and policies across different historical periods. (3) FVC improvement in Qingyang City was primarily driven by climate change and human activities, with human activities exerting a stronger influence. FVC improvement is closely linked to the implementation of ecological restoration projects. The results of this study can provide a theoretical reference for ecological construction and sustainable development in Qingyang City.

Key words: vegetation coverage, land-use change, pixel dichotomous model, trend analysis, influencing factors, Qingyang City