Measuring the impact of urban sprawl on natural landscape pattern of the Western Taihu Lake watershed, China

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 61-67

  Su, Weizhong ^a   Gu, Chaolin ^b   Yang, Guishan ^a   Chen, Shuang ^a   Zhen, Feng ^c  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Contribution ratio; Insulation degree; Natural landscape; Urban sprawl; Western Taihu Lake watershed

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; URBAN GROWTH; WATERSHEDS;

CONTRIBUTION RATIOS; ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; INTERFERENCE EFFECTS; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; NATURAL LANDSCAPES; SPATIAL DIFFERENCES; TAIHU LAKE WATERSHEDS; URBAN SPRAWL;

LAKES;

INSULATION; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WATERSHED;

CHINA; TAIHU LAKE;

EID: 75549084858     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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