Spatiotemporal Changes in Rural Settlement Land and Rural Population in the Middle Basin of the Heihe River, China

• Published in: Sustainability Vol. 8; no. 7; p. 614
• Main Authors: Shi, Manjiang, Xie, Yaowen, Cao, Qi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 29.06.2016
• Subjects: Economic reform; Land area; Population; Rural areas; Sustainability; Sustainable development; Urbanization; Heihe River; China; China, People's Rep

Understanding the relationship between the spatiotemporal expansion of rural settlement land and the variation of rural population is the foundation of rational and specific planning for sustainable development. Based on the integration of Landsat TM, ETM+, and OLI images and demographic data, using...