Urban Growth and Rural Transition in China Based on DMSP/OLS Nighttime Light Data
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Data and Methods
2.1. Land Use and NTL Data Sources
2.2. Intercalibration
Satellite | Year | C0 | C1 | C2 | R2 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
F10 | 1992 | −0.1468 | 1.1493 | −0.0023 | 0.9783 |
F10 | 1993 | −0.8466 | 1.4270 | −0.0065 | 0.9877 |
F10 | 1994 | −0.6505 | 1.3473 | −0.0053 | 0.9882 |
F12 | 1995 | 0.3861 | 1.0602 | −0.0010 | 0.9906 |
F12 | 1996 | 0.0963 | 1.0813 | −0.0013 | 0.9924 |
F12 | 1997 | - | - | - | - |
F12 | 1998 | 0.6539 | 0.8154 | 0.0027 | 0.9954 |
F12 | 1999 | 0.6538 | 0.9853 | 0.0000 | 0.9881 |
F14 | 2000 | 1.1476 | 1.0250 | −0.0006 | 0.9892 |
F14 | 2001 | 0.7473 | 1.1726 | −0.0030 | 0.9828 |
F14 | 2002 | 0.8743 | 1.2963 | −0.0051 | 0.9879 |
F14 | 2003 | 0.8958 | 1.5372 | −0.0089 | 0.9771 |
F14 | 2004 | 0.7628 | 1.4563 | −0.0075 | 0.9923 |
F15 | 2005 | 0.4330 | 1.4564 | −0.0074 | 0.9838 |
F15 | 2006 | 1.3578 | 1.3234 | −0.0056 | 0.9727 |
F16 | 2007 | 1.8094 | 1.0031 | −0.0007 | 0.9684 |
F16 | 2008 | 1.4156 | 0.9678 | 0.0000 | 0.9850 |
F16 | 2009 | 2.5110 | 0.5976 | 0.0055 | 0.9756 |
F18 | 2010 | 2.2363 | 0.3625 | 0.0090 | 0.9674 |
F18 | 2011 | 1.8494 | 0.6240 | 0.0051 | 0.9690 |
F18 | 2012 | 2.8175 | 0.3409 | 0.0090 | 0.9523 |
2.3. Method for Extraction of Urban Areas for Different Tier Cities
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Growth of Urban Areas with Different DN Values
Land Use Types | DN Value | Urban Built Area Classification (km2) | Increase Rate (%) | ||||
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China as a Whole | Northeast China | Middle China | East China | West China | |||
Remote rural area | DN < 4 | −3 | −3 | −6 | −14 | −1 | |
Transitional zone | 4 ≤ DN < 15 | 47 | 19 | 59 | 31 | 94 | |
Urban area | 15 ≤ DN < 30 | 2–5 | 95 | 42 | 97 | 80 | 154 |
30 ≤ DN < 45 | 5–20 | 188 | 103 | 211 | 208 | 184 | |
45 ≤ DN < 52 | 20–50 | 284 | 164 | 283 | 343 | 221 | |
DN > 53 | ≥ 50 | 428 | 349 | 454 | 534 | 288 |
3.2. Regional Differences in Urban Growth and the Flying-Geese Paradigm
3.3. Rural Transition
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Tan, M. Urban Growth and Rural Transition in China Based on DMSP/OLS Nighttime Light Data. Sustainability 2015, 7, 8768-8781. https://doi.org/10.3390/su7078768
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Chicago/Turabian StyleTan, Minghong. 2015. "Urban Growth and Rural Transition in China Based on DMSP/OLS Nighttime Light Data" Sustainability 7, no. 7: 8768-8781. https://doi.org/10.3390/su7078768