Assessing Urban Greenness Fragmentation and Analysis of Its Associated Factors
A Case Study in Wuhan Metropolitan Area, China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22032550 |
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| Authors | Husheng Fang (0000-0001-7442-6571, Wuhan University), Moquan Sha (China United Network Communications Group (China)), Wenjuan LIN (0000-0003-1643-1836, Wuhan University), Dai Qiu (Wuhan University), Zongyao Sha (0000-0001-9194-0257, Wuhan University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 760 |
| Publication date | 2021-11-10 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2220-9964 • E-ISSN: 2220-9964 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijgi10110760 |
| OpenAlex | W3214493500 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 67 |
Green vegetation plays a vital role in urban ecosystem services. Rapid urbanization often tends to induce urban vegetation cover fragmentation (UVCF) in cities and suburbs. Mapping the changes in the structure (aggregation) and abundance of urban vegetation cover helps to make improved policies for sustainable urban development. In this paper, a new distance-based landscape indicator to UVCF, Frag, was proposed first. Unlike many other landscape indicators, Frag measures UVCF by considering simultaneously both the structure and abundance of vegetation cover at local scales, and thus provides a more comprehensive perspective in understanding the spatial distribution patterns in urban greenness cover. As a case study, the urban greenness fragmentation indicated by Frag was demonstrated in Wuhan metropolitan area (WMA), China in 2015 and 2020. Support vector machine (SVM) was then designed to examine the impact on the Frag changes from the associated factors, including urbanization and terrain characteristics (elevation and slope). The Frag changes were mapped at different scales and modeled by SVM from the selected factors, which reasonably explained the Frag changes. Sensitivity analysis for the SVM model revealed that urbanization showed the most dominant factor for the Frag changes, followed by terrain elevation and slope. We conclude that Frag is an effective scale-dependent indicator to UVCF that can reflect changes in the structure and abundance of urban vegetation cover, and that modeling the impact of the associated factors on UVCF via the Frag indicator can provide essential information for urban planners
Cartography · China · Geography · Land cover · Land use · Metropolitan area · Physical geography · Terrain · Urbanization · Vegetation cover · Environmental Science · Land Use and Ecosystem Services · Medicine · Urban Green Space and Health · Urban Heat Island Mitigation · Ecology
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