%0 Journal Article
%T Urban Spatial Expansion Characteristics in China¡¯s Rapid Urbanization Region¡ªA Case Study of SXC Region
%A Min Qian
%A Lijie Pu
%A Jing Zhang
%A Meng Zhang
%J International Journal of Geosciences
%P 1365-1375
%@ 2156-8367
%D 2013
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ijg.2013.410133
%X <p style=\"text-align:justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\">
	<span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\">Urban spatial expansion characteristics are the responses of urbanization</span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\">acts on</span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\">the geographical space. Analyzing the characteristics can reveal the process of urban expansion and mechanism</span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\">which is one of useful method</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\">s</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\"> to find out the sustainable land use strategy balancing development and protection. In this paper</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\">,</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\"> two main methods have been deployed in analyzing the spatial expansion characteristics</span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\">of rapid urbanization region.</span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\">One is the expansion index method and </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\">the </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\">other is fractal dimension method.</span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\">And the results show that town-level urban</span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\">sprawl </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\">has </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\">increase</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\">d</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\"> in a non-linear way since 1985,</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\"> and </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\">even the increments</span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\">of the urban expansion intensity are fluctuate</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\">d</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\">. Morphology</span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\">transformation from scatter to concentration</span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\">is common phenomenon</span><span lang=\"EN-US\">
%K Spatial Expansion Characteristics
%K Expansion Index
%K Fractal Dimension
%K Town-Level
%K Rapid Urbanization Region
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=41173