By gradient analysis of landscape elements using remote sensing, this paper studied the spatial pattern of urbanization of Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, China. Several landscape indices and class level were calculated in Fragstats with a moving window on two land use maps derived from remote sensing images along two transects of 64kmx6km, 66kmx6km wide, respectively. The result showed landscape along the urban-rural transition of Shijiazhuang was compositionally diverse, geometrically complex, and ecologically fragmented. The spatial patterns of different land use were not uniform along gradient, the fragmentation and diverse indices in urban center presented relative lower compared to fringes and surburbs. While, the center of urban became more fragmented and diverse temporally due to effects of trees and grasses, as well as increasing water area, resulting in more irregular shapes. Landscape metrics indicated that landscape types have unique characteristics spatially and temporally © 2008 IEEE.
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Shi, Y., & Xiao, J. (2008). Evaluating landscape changing due to urbanization using remote sensing data: A case study of Shijiazhuang, China. In 2008 International Workshop on Education Technology and Training and 2008 International Workshop on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, ETT and GRS 2008 (Vol. 1, pp. 559–562). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/ETTandGRS.2008.183
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