Spatial Heterogeneity of Vegetation Response to Mining Activities in Resource Regions of Northwestern China

• Published in: Remote sensing (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 12; no. 19; p. 3247
• Main Authors: Li, Hanting, Xie, Miaomiao, Wang, Huihui, Li, Shaoling, Xu, Meng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.10.2020
• Subjects: area; China; Coal mining; correlation; degradation; Economic development; Economic reform; Ecosystems; Elevation; Environmental economics; Environmental impact; exhibitions; geographically weighted regression (GWR); Heterogeneity; Land use; Landsat; Landsat satellites; Mann-Kendall; Mineral resources; Mines; mining; mining development; Regions; Regression models; remediation; Remote sensing; River ecology; Satellite imagery; Sen’s slope; Spatial analysis; Spatial distribution; Spatial heterogeneity; spatial variation; Strip mining; Sustainable development; Trends; Vegetation; Vegetation changes; vegetation trends; China; Inner Mongolia China

Aggregated mining development has direct and indirect impacts on vegetation changes. This impact shows spatial differences due to the complex influence of multiple mines, which is a common issue in resource regions. To estimate the spatial heterogeneity of vegetation response to mining activities, w...