Arid Zone Research ›› 2021, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (3): 843-854.doi: 10.13866/j.azr.2021.03.26

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Analysis of land vegetation cover evolution and driving forces in the western part of the Ili River Valley

WEN Guangchao(),ZHAO Meijuan,XIE Hongbo,ZHANG Yi,ZHANG Juan   

  1. Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454000, Henan, China
  • Received:2020-09-22 Revised:2020-11-06 Online:2021-05-15 Published:2021-06-17

Abstract:

Sixteen satellite-image data of the study area were selected from 2001 to 2016 as the data source to reveal the driving factors of land vegetation cover evolution in the western part of the Ili River Valley. Based on “3S” technology, image classification, superposition analysis, statistical analysis, and other methods were used to analyze the spatiotemporal evolution of land vegetation cover in the study area. A geographical detector model was also used to explore the main driving force of land use and vegetation cover evolution quantitatively. The results showed that in the past 16 years, the total area of bare land, grassland, woodland, and cultivated land accounts for 87% of the total area, which constituted the basic regional land-use pattern. Construction land continued to increase, and the area of glacier, sandy land, and water continued to decrease. In the past 16 years, the vegetation in the study area steadily evolved. The area of low vegetation coverage decreased by approximately 1333 km2, and the area of high vegetation coverage increased by 1020 km2. Overall, the vegetation cover changed from low and medium level to high and high level. The evolution of land vegetation cover in the study area was affected by both natural and human factors. Rainfall, temperature, population, GDP, and elevation were the main factors of evolution. Besides, some factors had significant differences in land cover, and there is a two-factor synergistic enhancement phenomenon. Meteorological factors were the primary driving force of regional land vegetation cover evolution, and human activities were the secondary driving force.

Key words: evolution, driving factor, land use type, vegetation cover, geographical detector, western Ili River Valley