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本科毕业设计（论文） 外 文 翻 译翻译二翻译二Spatial-Temporal Pattern and Driving Forces of Land Use Changes in Xia menQUAN Bin, CHEN Jian-Fei, QIU Hong-Lie, M. J. M. ROMKENS, YANG Xiao-Qi, JIANG Shi-Feng and LI Bi-Cheng''ABSTRACTUsing Landsat TM data of 1988, 1998 and 2001, the dynamic process of the spatial- temporal characteristics of land use changes during 13 years from 1988 to 2001 in the special economic zone of Xiamen, China was analyzed to improve understanding and to find the driving forces of land use change so that sustainable land utilization could be practiced. During the 13 years cropland decreased remarkably by nearly 11 304.95 ha. The areas of rural-urban construction and water body increased by 10152.24 ha and 848.94 ha, respectively. From 1988 to 2001, 52.5% of the lost cropland was converted into rural-urban industrial land. Rapid urbanization contributed to a great change in the rate of cropland land use during these years. Land-reclamation also contributed to a decrease in water body area as well as marine ecological and environmental destruction. In the study area 1) urbanization and industrialization, 2) infrastructure and agricultural intensification, 3) increased affluence of the farming community, and 4) policy factors have driven the land use changes. Possible sustainable land use measures included construction of a land management system, land planning, development of potential land resources, new technology applications, and marine ecological and environmental protection.Key Words: driving force, GIs, land use change, remote sensing, XiamenINTRODUCTIONLand use and land cover are prominent ecological symbols within the surface system of the earth. Land use refers to human manipulation of the land to fulfill a need or want. Meanwhile, land use change may involve either a shift to a different use, such as from rice paddy to aquaculture, or an expansion and intensification of an existing form, such as from subsistence to commercial farming (Matson et al., 1997). Land cover, defined as the physical surface condition of the land, is likely to change as a result of land use change (Turner and Meyer, 1991). Furthermore, land use influences the environment mainly by land cover, and thus land use and land cover are inter-related.Land use/cover change (LUCC) is a core project of the International Global and Biology Plan (IGBP). It aims to improve understanding of the global dynamics of LUCC with a focus to improve the ability to project such change (Turner et al.; 1997). More and more people believe that it is a timely project to comprehensively assess the global environmental changes (Liu and Buhe, 2000a). LUCC studies the changes of natural land, socio-economic conditions, and human activities. Therefore, it requires the cooperation of natural and social sciences to link LUCC to global change (Turner, 1994). LUCC revolves around core problems of regional population, resources, environment, and development. Since the 199Os, the study of LUCC has been a subject of intense interest in academic circles. In recent years, some researchers have made great progress in LUCC studies (Meyer and Turner, 1996; Luo and Ni, 2000; Shi et al., 2002). However, few studies have been done to date in the southeastcrn part of Fujian Province, which experienced major economic development during the past 20 years. Currently, the rate of conversion of agricultural land in the southeastern coastal area of China to non-agricultural uses is increasing (Liu et al., 2003). Consequently, there is a need for more research in the southeastern Fujian Province, where rapid development has led to swift changes in land use patterns. In this work, land use spatial changes during 1988, 1998, and 2001 in Xiamen were studied using remote sensing (RS) and geographical information system (GIS) tools. The characteristics and rules of land use changes and their driving forces were analyzed quantitatively through models, which provided a scientific basis for decisions in regional resource and coordinated environmental development, whilst offered a typical case in land use change in one of China’s “hot spots” of economic development. MATERIALS AND METHODSSurvey of regionXiamen, with an area of 1638 km2, is located in the southeastern part of Fujian Province, facing the Taiwan Straits. It has a southern subtropical monsoon climate, an annual mean temperature of 20.8 “C, and an annual precipitation of 1143.5 mm. The natural vegetation is a southern-subtropical monsoon rainforest, but human activities have destroyed most of this. Masson Pine (Pinus massoniana Lamb.) and Taiwan Acacia (Acacia confusa Merr.) have been planted in the upland and bottom flat land, under which a lateritic red soil has developed over time (Quan et al., 2004b and 2005a). In 2001, Xiamen consisted of seven administrative districts including Siming, Kaiyuan, Gulangyu, Huli, Jimei, Xinglin, and Tong’an Districts with a total po。