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Uncovering the Structural Effect Mechanisms of Natural and Social Factors on Land Subsidence: A Case Study in Beijing

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  • Bin Zhao

    (School of Geosciences and Info-Physics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China)

  • Xuexi Yang

    (School of Geosciences and Info-Physics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China)

  • Qianhong Wu

    (School of Geosciences and Info-Physics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China)

  • Weifeng Xiao

    (National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Geospatial Information Technology, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan 411100, China)

  • Wentao Yang

    (National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Geospatial Information Technology, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan 411100, China)

  • Min Deng

    (School of Geosciences and Info-Physics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China)

Abstract

Understanding the effect mechanisms of various factors on land subsidence may help in the development of scientific measures to control land subsidence. Previous studies mainly focused on exploring local effect mechanisms, such as extracting hotspots and analyzing their spatiotemporal distribution characteristics and identifying the interaction mechanisms of the associated factors. However, the scarcely discussed structural effect mechanisms on a small scale suggests a need to further explore the effects on land subsidence. Therefore, in this paper, an analytical framework was proposed to elaborate the structural effect mechanisms of influencing factors on land subsidence. First, the local effect mechanisms were identified using the geographically and temporally weighted regression (GTWR) model, followed by a spatial clustering analysis and the detection of their aggregation pattern using the spatially constrained multivariate clustering (SCMC) model to show the structural mechanisms. Study datasets included the monitoring results of land subsidence during 2003–2010 and the related socioeconomic factors by using synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images from Beijing. Factors such as population, annual average rainfall, underground water, and static load were identified to measure the changes in land subsidence, and all of these had both negative and positive impacts. Among these, the annual average rainfall had the largest coefficient variation range. These four geographically associated factors revealed various spatiotemporal effects on land subsidence in Beijing, showing land subsidence changes resulting from the urbanization process of Beijing during that period.

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  • Bin Zhao & Xuexi Yang & Qianhong Wu & Weifeng Xiao & Wentao Yang & Min Deng, 2022. "Uncovering the Structural Effect Mechanisms of Natural and Social Factors on Land Subsidence: A Case Study in Beijing," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(16), pages 1-18, August.
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