title: [Landscape pattern change and its driving forces in Xixi National Wetland Park since 1993].
abstract: Under the support of GIS technology and the TM images of Xixi National Wetland Park, this paper studied the past ten years' landscape pattern change and its driving forces of Xixi Wetland. The results showed that the landscape diversity index increased from 1.7854 in 1993 to 1.8438 in 2001 and 2.2096 in 2003, and the landscape fragmentation index increased from 0.0036 in 1993 to 0.0042 in 2001, and 0.0047 in 2003, suggesting that the landscape fragmentation was increased with time. Human activity was the main driving force, while the exploitation of real estate was the main internal factor of the landscape pattern change of Xixi wetland. In addition, social and economic development level had a strong effect on the overall diversity of the landscape.
authors.affiliation: College of Tourism, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 310035, China. qiancheng525@163.com
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Xiuju
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D044822:Biodiversity; D002681:China; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D017753:Ecosystem; D004779:Environment Design; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D040362:Geographic Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D017215:Satellite Communications; D053833:Wetlands