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Arid Land Geography ›› 2026, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (10): 2122-2133.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000-6060.2025.732

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Fine-grained land-use remote-sensing mapping in arid regions using deep learning with “zoning-stratification”

LI Jinzhen1(), WU Tianjun1(), LUO Jiancheng2,3, HU Xiaodong4, ZHOU Zhongfa5, CAO Feng6   

  1. 1 School of Land Engineering, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710064, Shaanxi, China
    2 Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
    3 College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
    4 School of Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou 310023, Zhejiang, China
    5 School of Karst Science/School of Geography and Environmental Science, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550001, Guizhou, China
    6 School of Computer and Information Technology, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, China
  • Received:2025-11-17 Revised:2026-01-09 Online:2026-10-25 Published:2026-10-26
  • Contact: WU Tianjun E-mail:2024135017@chd.edu.cn;tjwu@chd.edu.cn

Abstract:

The pronounced spatial heterogeneity of surface landscapes and the fragmented, intricately mixed distribution of land cover types in arid regions highlight the importance of fine-grained land-use remote-sensing mapping for effective territorial spatial planning and ecological governance. This study focuses on the central urban area of Hami City, Xinjiang, and proposes an improved framework for fine-grained land-use remote-sensing mapping. The framework integrates the geoscientific “zoning-stratification” strategy with advanced deep learning algorithms, utilizing 1-m high-resolution satellite imagery from the ESRI platform. The proposed framework consists of three innovative components: Geographical zoning, stratified object extraction, and post-processing optimization. The results demonstrate the following: (1) The six land use types are ranked by Intersection over Union (IoU) and F1 score as follows: water bodies>buildings>forest and grassland>orchards>cultivated land>other. Excluding the “other” category, the F1 score for all specific land-use types exceeds 0.8, indicating strong applicability and stable performance of the method under complex arid environmental conditions. (2) The “zoning-stratification” strategy significantly enhances extraction accuracy compared to conventional single-model extraction methods. The proposed method achieves a mean IoU (mIoU) of 0.783, a Kappa coefficient of 0.762, and a Macro-F1 of 0.871, which correspond to relative improvements of 17.92%, 9.17%, and 23.90%, respectively, over the baseline method. (3) The four deep learning models used in the study, namely Deeplab v3+, HRNet, REAUNet+UAED, and U-Net3+, each demonstrate optimal performance for their respective land-use types, validating the effectiveness of the stratified object extraction strategy. In summary, this study offers a fresh perspective on integrating geoscientific analytical approaches with advanced deep learning algorithms for fine-grained land-use remote-sensing mapping in arid regions.

Key words: northwestern arid regions, fine-grained land-use remote-sensing mapping, geographical zoning, stratified object extraction, deep learning