Study on spatial differentiation characteristics of eco-environmental effects of land use change in Tanzania
Tanzania is an important gateway for"the Belt and Road"initiative to reach the inte-rior of Africa.It is faced with the ecological environment deterioration and the increasing threat of climate change.Based on the global 30-meter spatial resolution land cover data and multi-source socio-economic and natural environment data,this study comprehensively uses research methods such as eco-environmental quality index,gravity center migration analysis,hot spot analysis,and geodetector to analyze the spatial differentiation characteristics of land use change and its ecological environment effects in Tanzania from 2000 to 2020.The results show that:①The rate of land use change in Tanzania has slowed down,the area of cultivated land and artifi-cial surface continued to increase,while the area of forest land and water body continued to de-crease.The mutual transformation of cultivated land,forest land,grassland and shrubland was the main form of land use change.②The eco-environmental quality index has been declining,with the central railway line as the boundary,showing the distribution characteristics of"high in the south and low in the north".The spatial pattern was relatively stable,and the gravity center was always within the scope of the capital city Dodoma.③The spatial agglomeration character-istics of changes in eco-environmental quality were significant.The distribution range and ag-glomeration area of cold spots and hot spots were large from 2000 to 2010,and decreased from 2010 to 2020.The mutual transformation among cultivated land,forest land and grassland was the main type of land use transformation that affects the quality of ecological environment.④The contribution rate and significance of different influencing factors on eco-environmental qual-ity in different regions were different.The influence of social and economic factors was greater than that of natural factors,while the synergy between natural factors was greater than that of so-cial and economic factors.The population distribution has significantly strengthened the impact of various natural factors on the quality of the ecological environment.
land useecological environment effectspatial differentiationgeodetectorTan-zaniaThe Belt and Road Initiative