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Measurement and Spatial Distribution of Urban Land Use Compactness in Chaoyang District of Beijing, China

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China is in the process of rapid urbanization, and wise land use is critical to the long-term sustainability of Chinese cities.Promotion of a compact city is typically believed to be helpful for sustainable land use management. However, given the fact that Chinese cities are characterized by high population densities, the applicability of a more compact solution to expand cities in China remains questionable; there is little evidence to support the many claims in its favor. In seeking to provide empirical data to explore the application of compact city theory in China, one of the key problems researchers face is the task of measuring the urban com-pactness, in order to objectively investigate the current characteristics of urban compactness. To meet this need, indices were developed for measuring the urban land use compactness, by which the spatial distribution characteristics of urban land use compactness were identified and applied to the Chaoyang District of Beijing. The conclusions can be made as follows: (1) comprehensive land use compactness in Chaoyang District has increased during the period of 2001-2007, especially the population density; (2) the spatial distribution of land use compactness has the characteristics of a ring structure, which shows a decreasing trend with its distance to the city center; (3) there is a strong positive correlation between urban land use compactness and location. The better the location is, the higher the land use compactness is.

urban land use compactnessmeasurement indicesChaoyang District

Hong Min、Jin Fengjun、Brian D. Fath

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Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China

Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China

Towson University, Towson, MD 21252, USA

Dynamic System program of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis for their invaluable suggestions on the w国家自然科学基金国家自然科学基金Special Fund from the Science and Technology Department of Beijing MunicipalityPostdoctoral Science Foundation of China

4063502640901068Zz0922200902133

2010

中国人口·资源与环境(英文版)
中国可持续发展研究会等

中国人口·资源与环境(英文版)

影响因子：0.117
ISSN：1004-2857
年,卷(期)：2010.8(4)
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