Urban Expansion and Its Driving Force for Putian City from 1988 to 2014
Urban expansion and its driving force analysis is the important basis of coordinating the conflict between urban expansion and land resource protection,as well as promoting sustainable urban development.In the study,it shows how to analyze the driven force of the changing expansion area,speed,and its direction in different periods in Putian city by using multi-temporal remote sensing data and socio-economic statistics,along with field investigation and the indoor interpretation methods which obtain the latest expansion data from1988 to 2014.The expanded area of Putian city grows very fast in 1988~2002,but the growth rate was significantly reduced after 2002.The growth of the expanded area shows the overall trend of increase-decrease in Xianyou county,Wutang town,Daji town and Duwei town,and the urban expansion of the rest towns presents overall trend of decrease-increase.However,the population growth,the economic development and social investment are the main driving force of the development of Putian urban expansion.And GDP growth is the most important factor.This study reveals the regularity and trend of the urban expansion effectively and provides a reference for urban planning and management in Putian.
urban expansionspatial analysisgrowth ratedriving forcePutian city
NETL
NSTL
万方数据
维普
