Paper Info
Title
Analysis of the characteristic and the driving force of island-town spatial expansion: A case study in Pingtan County
Abstract
This paper took Pingtan County, an island-town located in the eastern seashore of Fujian Province, as the study area. By the comprehensive use of RS and GIS techniques, this paper summarized the morphological characteristics of main-urban area spatial expansion in Pingtan County since the Hercynian construction was proposed. The expansion characteristics were systematically analyzed by introduced three indicators: urban sprawl strength, urban center and compact index. Combined with regional socio-economic development, this paper also investigated the driving mechanism of urban land growth from the following aspects, geographical environment, population-driven, economic development, macroeconomic policy and urban planning guidance, etc. The results showed that it was quite distinct of Pingtan County urban spatial expansion, and the built-up area, increased from 5.23 km2 in 2002 to 7.69 km2 in 2007, had risen by about half in five years; the growth area was mainly concentrated in eastern and southern parts; the county center had been offset by 220m along the southeast direction; the urban space expansion was a combined result of natural, economic and social factors.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1109/Geoinformatics.2012.6270330
Geoinformatics
Keywords
Field
DocType
macroeconomic policy,remote sensing techniques,terrain mapping,urban planning guidance,geophysics computing,social factors,urban area spatial expansion,economic development policy,eastern seashore,geographic information systems,urban land driving mechanism,china,urban spatial expansion,spatial growth,island-town spatial expansion,morphological characteristics,population-driven policy,land use planning,regional socio-economic development,urban land-use information extraction,pingtan county,characteristic analysis,gis techniques,rs,town and country planning,socio-economic effects,index of urban expansion,driving force analysis,fujian province,economic factors,geographical environment,yttrium
Terrain mapping,Urban space,Physical geography,Geographic information system,Environmental protection,Combined result,Town and country planning,Computer science,Remote sensing,Urban sprawl,Urban planning,Land-use planning
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
2161-024X
978-1-4673-1103-8
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Wuyang Hong131.07
Manchun Li221145.40
Yongxing Wang302.70
Na Lin402.03
Jinbiao Wei521.05
Feixue Li615.48