Assessment of Human Impacts on Vegetation in Built-up Areas in China Based on AVHRR,MODIS and DMSP_OLS Nighttime Light Data,1992–2010  

作　　者：LIU Qinping YANG Yongchun TIAN Hongzhen ZHANG Bo GU Lei 

机构地区：[1]College of Earth and Environmental Sciences,Lanzhou University [2]School of Management,Tianjin Polytechnic University [3]Key Laboratory of Western China's Environment Systems of the Ministry of Education,Lanzhou University [4]Department of Cultural Geography,Faculty of Spatial Science,University of Groningen

出　　处：《Chinese Geographical Science》2014年第2期231-244,共14页中国地理科学（英文版）

基　　金：Under the auspices of National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41171143,40771064);Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University(No.NCET-07-0398);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.lzu-jbky-2012-k35)

摘　　要：Since the reform and opening-up program started in 1978,the level of urbanization has increased rapidly in China.Rapid urban expansion and restructuring have had significant impacts on the ecological environment especially within built-up areas.In this study,ArcGIS 10,ENVI 4.5,and Visual FoxPro 6.0 were used to analyze the human impacts on vegetation in the built-up areas of 656Chinese cities from 1992 to 2010.Firstly,an existing algorithm was refined to extract the boundaries of the built-up areas based on the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Operational Linescan System(DMSP_OLS)nighttime light data.This improved algorithm has the advantages of high accuracy and speed.Secondly,a mathematical model(Human impacts(HI))was constructed to measure the impacts of human factors on vegetation during rapid urbanization based on Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer(AVHRR)Normalized Difference Vegetation Index(NDVI)and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer(MODIS)NDVI.HI values greater than zero indicate relatively beneficial effects while values less than zero indicate proportionally adverse effects.The results were analyzed from four aspects:the size of cities(metropolises,large cities,medium-sized cities,and small cities),large regions(the eastern,central,western,and northeastern China),administrative divisions of China(provinces,autonomous regions,and municipalities)and vegetation zones(humid and semi-humid forest zone,semi-arid steppe zone,and arid desert zone).Finally,we discussed how human factors impacted on vegetation changes in the built-up areas.We found that urban planning policies and developmental stages impacted on vegetation changes in the built-up areas.The negative human impacts followed an inverted′U′shape,first rising and then falling with increase of urban scales.China′s national policies,social and economic development affected vegetation changes in the built-up areas.The findings can provide a scientific basis for municipal planning departments,a decision-making reference for Since the reform and opening-up program started in 1978,the level of urbanization has increased rapidly in China. Rapid urban expansion and restructuring have had significant impacts on the ecological environment especially within built-up areas. In this study,ArcGIS 10,ENVI 4.5,and Visual FoxPro 6.0 were used to analyze the human impacts on vegetation in the built-up areas of 656 Chinese cities from 1992 to 2010. Firstly,an existing algorithm was refined to extract the boundaries of the built-up areas based on the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Operational Linescan System（DMSP_OLS） nighttime light data. This improved algorithm has the advantages of high accuracy and speed. Secondly,a mathematical model（Human impacts（HI）） was constructed to measure the impacts of human factors on vegetation during rapid urbanization based on Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer（AVHRR） Normalized Difference Vegetation Index（NDVI） and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer（MODIS） NDVI. HI values greater than zero indicate relatively beneficial effects while values less than zero indicate proportionally adverse effects. The results were analyzed from four aspects： the size of cities（metropolises,large cities,medium-sized cities,and small cities）,large regions（the eastern,central,western,and northeastern China）,administrative divisions of China（provinces,autonomous regions,and municipalities） and vegetation zones（humid and semi-humid forest zone,semi-arid steppe zone,and arid desert zone）. Finally,we discussed how human factors impacted on vegetation changes in the built-up areas. We found that urban planning policies and developmental stages impacted on vegetation changes in the built-up areas. The negative human impacts followed an inverted ′U′ shape,first rising and then falling with increase of urban scales. China′s national policies,social and economic development affected vegetation changes in the built-up areas. The findings can provide a scientific basis for

关 键 词：vegetation change human impact urbanization built-up areas nighttime light data Normalized Difference Vegetation Index（NDVI） 

分 类 号：X87[环境科学与工程—环境工程]