title: Land use changes and its driving forces in hilly ecological restoration area based on gis and RS of northern China.
abstract: Land use change is one of the important aspects of the regional ecological restoration research. With remote sensing (RS) image in 2003, 2007 and 2012, using geographic information system (GIS) technologies, the land use pattern changes in Yimeng Mountain ecological restoration area in China and its driving force factors were studied. Results showed that: (1) Cultivated land constituted the largest area during 10 years, and followed by forest land and grass land; cultivated land and unused land were reduced by 28.43% and 44.32%, whereas forest land, water area and land for water facilities and others were increased. (2) During 2003-2007, forest land change showed the largest, followed by unused land and grass land; however, during 2008-2012, water area and land for water facilities change showed the largest, followed by grass land and unused land. (3) Land use degree was above the average level, it was in the developing period during 2003-2007 and in the degenerating period during 2008-2012. (4) Ecological Restoration Projects can greatly change the micro topography, increase vegetation coverage, and then induce significant changes in the land use distribution, which were the main driving force factors of the land use pattern change in the ecological restoration area.
authors.affiliation: Shandong Agricultural University, College of Forestry; Taishan Mountain Forest Ecosystem Research Station, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China.
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China.
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Shandong Agricultural University, College of Forestry; Taishan Mountain Forest Ecosystem Research Station, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Yunlong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zheng
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D002681:China; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D017753:Ecosystem; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D065928:Forests; D040362:Geographic Information Systems; D058998:Remote Sensing Technology