Analyzing about sixty years of land-cover change and associated landscape fragmentation in Shiretoko Peninsula, Northern Japan

Shoyama, Kikuko; Braimoh, Ademola K.

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2010.12.016

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“…The methods of detecting the potential processes causing the spatial patterns of land use that are derived from post classification of remote sensing data have been further developed (Pontius et al 2004;Shoyama and Braimoh 2011). The methods provide useful means to link pattern to process of land transition in order to better understand the underlying mechanisms of land transition, to establish the efficient land policies, to improve decisions on land management practices, and to know the trends and vulnerabilities of land development in the future (Alo and Pontius 2008;Braimoh 2006).…”

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Predicting the Effects of Urban Development on Land Transition and Spatial Patterns of Land Use in Western Peninsular Malaysia

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Balasundram

et al. 2014

Appl. Spatial Analysis

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Analyzing the effects of urban development on dynamic and spatial patterns of land use is vital to establish more efficient land management policies. However, in Malaysia, such effects are usually explained without quantitative metrics. This research quantified the future impact of urban expansion on the dynamic of land use by developing the area-independent dynamic metric. The metric was calculated based on summarizing the cross tabulation matrices of change in an urbanizing area at west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Another two land use measures involving vulnerability to gain and Appl. Spatial Analysis vulnerability to loss were used to evaluate tendency of land classes to transition. The effects of urban development on spatial patterns of land use were quantified using two landscape metrics involving the Edge Density (ED) and Area-Weighted Mean Patch Fractal Dimension (AWMPFD). Analyses were carried out on a set of spatial land use data including observed 1997, 2002, and 2008, as well as a simulated near future land change for the year 2020 under a spatio-temporal land use model. Results showed that urban development practices would influence the dynamic of land transition in the near future. Urban growth would experience a fast-growing dynamic and high vulnerability to gain than loss while the dynamic and vulnerability of forest/wetland covers would decrease in terms of loss. Moreover, agriculture practices tend to be hindered by further urban development in the coming years. Another important finding was that urban development process would influence the spatial patterns of land use in the near future.

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Predicting the Effects of Urban Development on Land Transition and Spatial Patterns of Land Use in Western Peninsular Malaysia

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Shariff

Balasundram

et al. 2014

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“…In passive expansion cities, the continuously increasing ULSI implies that the urban boundary become more complex in shape. Several recent studies have also found similar characteristics in expanded urban areas [39,42,43]. Two possible reasons could explain the more irregular shape.…”

Section: Spatial Features Of Urban Growth and Their Impacts On Paddy mentioning

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Dynamics of Paddy Field Patterns in Response to Urbanization: A Case Study of the Hang-Jia-Hu Plain

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Urban land has increasingly expanded and encroached upon a significant number of paddy fields in Hang-Jia-Hu Plain, due to the rapid socio-economic development and agro-pedoclimatic conditions favorable to rice cultivation and human settlement. Although many studies have analyzed the characteristics of urban land expansion, relatively less attention has been paid to exploring the various urban expansion patterns and the impact of different urban expansion patterns on paddy field at a regional scale. This paper characterized the changing patterns of paddy fields in response to various urban expansion patterns in the Hang-Jia-Hu Plain integrating geographic information systems, gradient analyses and landscape metrics. Our results demonstrate that the amount of urban land expanded to nearly four times that of the initial area during 1980-2010 and that 88% of new urban land was developed on paddy fields. Of the total area of paddy fields, paddy fields of level I accounted for 96%. Moreover, various urban expansion styles differentially influenced the patterns of paddy fields. In autonomous expansion cities, sprawled urban land mainly occupied paddy fields in urban centers. However, the irregular expansion of passive expansion cities encroached on a number of paddy fields in the urban fringe where the landscape of urban patches and paddy fields was more complex and irregular in shape. Furthermore, the urbanization curve implies that future urbanization efforts will focus on the passive expansion cities, indicating that paddy fields still face the risk of disruption. We suggest that the boundary of urban development should be restricted, OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2015, 7 13814 permanent paddy reserves should be delimited, and ecologically oriented management systems that target paddy field protection should be implemented to ensure the sustainable development of this region. This work improved the understanding of the urbanization process that governed paddy fields dynamics, and provides a scientific basis for decision-making processes to achieve regional sustainability.

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“…This finding implies that the UBAs became more complex and irregular in shape. Many studies have also found the characteristics of fragmentation and irregularity in expanded built-up areas [28][29][30]. We infer that two of the most important reasons for this result are the accelerated construction of the road network and the topographical constraints in Zhejiang Province.…”

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Spatiotemporal Patterns of Urbanization in a Developed Region of Eastern Coastal China

Deng

Wang

et al. 2014

Sustainability

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This study presents a practical methodology to monitor the spatiotemporal characteristics of urban expansion in response to rapid urbanization at the provincial scale by integrating remote sensing, urban built-up area boundaries, spatial metrics and spatial regression. Sixty-seven cities were investigated to examine the differences of urbanization intensity, urbanization patterns and urban land use efficiency in conjunction with the identification of socio-economic indicators and planning strategies. Planning proposals to allocate the urbanization intensity among different-sized cities by considering sustainable urban development were also explored. The results showed that the urban area of Zhejiang Province expanded from 31,380 ha in 1980 to 415,184 ha in 2010, indicating that the area of the urban region expanded to more than 13-times the initial urban area. The urban built-up area boundaries became more complex and irregular in shape as the urban area expanded throughout the entire study period. Rapid urban population growth and economic development were identified as significant in stimulating the urban expansion process. However, different-sized cities exhibited marked differences in urban development. Small cities experienced the rapidest urbanization before 2000. Large cities, which are estimated to have the highest urban land use efficiency, had the most dramatic sprawl in urban area at the beginning of the 21st century. Promoting the development of large cities to mega-cities OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2014, 6 4043 is recommended in Zhejiang Province to ensure sustainable urban development with consideration of land resource preservation.

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Analyzing about sixty years of land-cover change and associated landscape fragmentation in Shiretoko Peninsula, Northern Japan

Cited by 52 publications

References 38 publications

Predicting the Effects of Urban Development on Land Transition and Spatial Patterns of Land Use in Western Peninsular Malaysia

Predicting the Effects of Urban Development on Land Transition and Spatial Patterns of Land Use in Western Peninsular Malaysia

Dynamics of Paddy Field Patterns in Response to Urbanization: A Case Study of the Hang-Jia-Hu Plain

Spatiotemporal Patterns of Urbanization in a Developed Region of Eastern Coastal China

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