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Contrasting Trends of Forest Coverage between the Inland and Coastal Urban Groups of China over the Past Decades

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  • Qingsong Zhu

    (School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Hohai University, Fochengxi Road 8, Nanjing 211100, China)

  • Jiaxin Jin

    (School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Hohai University, Fochengxi Road 8, Nanjing 211100, China)

  • Pengxiang Wang

    (School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Hohai University, Fochengxi Road 8, Nanjing 211100, China)

  • Yingying Ji

    (School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Hohai University, Fochengxi Road 8, Nanjing 211100, China)

  • Yuanyuan Xiao

    (School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Hohai University, Fochengxi Road 8, Nanjing 211100, China)

  • Fengsheng Guo

    (School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Hohai University, Fochengxi Road 8, Nanjing 211100, China)

  • Changsheng Deng

    (School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Hohai University, Fochengxi Road 8, Nanjing 211100, China)

  • Lisha Qu

    (School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Hohai University, Fochengxi Road 8, Nanjing 211100, China)

Abstract

China is building forest urban groups through reforestation and afforestation. However, the fast process of urbanization inevitably conflicts with multiple vegetated areas around cities. Hence, it is critical to evaluate the changes in regional vegetation cover and its spatial pattern due to complex natural and anthropogenic factors. Nevertheless, systematic studies to quantify and compare the development of forest urban agglomerations were rarely reported. Based on a remote sensing landcover dataset from 1992 to 2015, this study investigated forest cover changes and the impacts on landscape pattern in several urban groups, and tried to explore their differences between the inland and coastal regions of China. The results showed that over the past 24 years, the forest coverage in the coastal urban agglomerations declined (103 km 2 /year) while it increased (26 km 2 /year) in the inland urban agglomerations. There was a certain conflict between forest and cropland for the coastal urban agglomerations where the forest area converted to cropland accounted for 61.9% of the total forest loss. The increase in forests coverage in inland urban agglomerations mainly came from grassland which nearly accounted for 66.47% of the total increase. The landscape diversity has also changed in areas where forests have changed significantly (e.g., Shanghai, Changzhi, and Jincheng).

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  • Qingsong Zhu & Jiaxin Jin & Pengxiang Wang & Yingying Ji & Yuanyuan Xiao & Fengsheng Guo & Changsheng Deng & Lisha Qu, 2019. "Contrasting Trends of Forest Coverage between the Inland and Coastal Urban Groups of China over the Past Decades," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(16), pages 1-19, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:11:y:2019:i:16:p:4451-:d:258485
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    1. Longhao Wang & Jiaxin Jin, 2021. "Uncertainty Analysis of Multisource Land Cover Products in China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(16), pages 1-19, August.

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