Arid Zone Research ›› 2019, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (2): 494-504.doi: 10.13866/j.azr.2019.02.27

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Landscape Ecological Risk and Its Spatiotemporal Variation in Yulin

SHI Yu-qiong1,2,3, WANG Ning-lian2,3, LI Tuan-sheng4, WANG Han4   

  1. 1. College of Forestry,Shanxi Agricultural University,Taigu 030800,Shanxi,China;
    2. College of Urban and Environmental Sciences,Xi'an 710124,Shaanxi,China;
    3. Shaanxi Province Key Laboratory of Surface System and Environmental Carrying Capacity,Xi'an 710124,Shaanxi,China;
    4. College of Earth and Resources Sciences,Chang’an University,Xi'an 710054,Shaanxi,China
  • Received:2018-07-12 Revised:2018-09-25 Published:2025-10-18

Abstract: The ETM remote sensing images in 2000,2005,2010 and 2015 were taken as the data sources to conduct the comprehensive index of landscape ecological risk in Yulin based on the landscape pattern,ecological sensitivity and vegetation productivity. The ArcGIS 10.2 and GS+9.0 software were used as the platforms to study the spatiotemporal differentiation of landscape ecological risk in the study area. The results showed that the landscape ecological risk in Yulin was holistically high. Risk of the main part of the regional landscape ecological ecosystem was moderate in 2000,2005 and 2010,but high in 2015. From 2000 to 2010,the area with moderate risk was enlarged,but that with high risk was reduced. From 2010 to 2015,the area with moderate risk was reduced rapidly,but that with high risk was enlarged rapidly. The spatial variation of landscape ecological risk was low in Yulin,and the spatial correlation of landscape ecological risk was moderate. The effect of natural factors (such as landform and climate) on the spatial variation of landscape ecological risk was slightly higher than that of human factors in 2000,and it was almost equal to each other in 2005 and 2010. In 2015,however,the effect of natural factors on the spatial variation of landscape ecological risk was high.

Key words: landscape ecological, risk index, spatiotemporal variation, structural feature, Yulin, Shaanxi Province