Analysis of arable land change and its impact on rural sustainability in coastal region of Jiangsu province, China

Author

Chao, Zhenhua ; Ji, Yunsong ; Yang, Yongshun

Author_Institution

Coll. of Geogr. Sci., Nantong Univ., Nantong, China

fYear

2012

fDate

2-4 Aug. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In order to evaluate the arable land change and ites pressure in coastal region of Jiangsu province, China. Land use change from 2006 to 2010 were analyzed based on TM imagery. With the help of the Statistical Yearbook, the pressure index of arable land in the region was calculated and the four partition were divided. The urbanization trend and the driving factors were also analyzed. That some countermeasures should be taken was suggested.

Keywords

geophysical image processing; land use planning; terrain mapping; AD 2006 to 2010; China; Jiangsu Province; Statistical Yearbook; TM image analysis; arable land change analysis; arable land pressure index; coastal region; land use change; rural sustainability; Bridges; Cities and towns; Educational institutions; Indexes; Rivers; Sea measurements; Sustainable development; Arable land loss; Coastal region of Jiangsu Province; Pressure index; Rural sustainability; Urbanization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Agro-Geoinformatics (Agro-Geoinformatics), 2012 First International Conference on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2495-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-2494-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/Agro-Geoinformatics.2012.6311659

Filename

6311659