Spacio-Temporal Development of the Rural Natural Landscape in the Beijing-Tianjin Region

Abstract

Creating a good natural rural landscape is thus an inherent part of building rural residences in which people and nature live in consonance. China endeavors to build an eco-friendly society, under the background of which rural areas are given a high priority in the systematic protection and utilization of national land resources. This essay confines its investigation to the cities of Beijing and Tianjin. It acquires data on the rural natural landscape by interpreting images generated by remote sensing and analyzing spatial layouts of rural areas. Research shows that, in terms of the development of material forms, rural natural landscapes in the Beijing-Tianjin region are mostly either agricultural lands or woodlands. In addition, they also possess four spatial characteristics, namely: have evident spatial differences and four spatial characteristics includes scale, distribution, network and shape.During rapid urbanization, the development in elements of rural natural landscapes in the Beijing-Tianjin region can be roughly summarized as the transformation of agricultural lands into construction lands. Construction lands expand to other surrounding areas, gradually consuming the rural natural landscape and appropriating its space. As a result, the area of the rural natural landscape decreases, its fragmentation worsens, and the heterogeneous shape has continued to fluctuate.