Micro-Study of the Evolution of Rural Settlement Patterns and Their Spatial Association with Water and Land Resources: A Case Study of Shandan County, China

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	Micro-Study of the Evolution of Rural Settlement Patterns and Their Spatial Association with Water and Land Resources: A Case Study of Shandan County, China
	Ma, LB; Guo, XD; Tian, YY; Wang, YL; Chen, MM; Ma, LB (reprint author), Northwest Normal Univ, Coll Geog & Environm Sci, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, Peoples R China.
	2017-11
Source Publication	SUSTAINABILITY
ISSN	2071-1050
Volume	9
Abstract	The balance between population and water and land resources is an important part of regional sustainable development. It is also significant for the ecological civilization in China and can help solve the Three Rural Issues (agriculture, countryside and farmers) in China. The Silk Road Economic Belt and Maritime Silk Road in twenty-first Century Strategy have brought new opportunities for the Hexi Corridor, which is facing challenges in the sustainable development of rural settlements. In this paper, we analyzed the temporal-spatial differentiation of rural settlement patterns in Shandan County of Hexi Corridor and studied the spatial association between rural settlements and water-land resources. Results show that the total area of rural settlement patches (CA), the number of rural settlement patches (NP), the mean patch area (MPS), the maximum patch areas (MAXP), the minimum patch areas (MINP) and the density of rural settlement patches (PD) changed more rapidly from 1998 to 2008 than from 2008 to 2015. In the second period, the indices mentioned before did not change significantly. The kernel density of rural settlements is basically consistent in three periods. Rural settlements mainly distribute along major roads and the hydrographic network and the kernel density of rural settlements decreases in the direction away from these roads and the hydrographic network. In addition, rural settlements in Shandan County are densely distributed in some regions and sparsely distributed in other regions. The dispersion degree of rural settlements increased from 1998 to 2008 and tended to be stable after 2008. These lead to the dispersion, hollowing and chaos of rural settlements in Shandan County. The spatial distribution of rural settlements in Shandan County is closely related to that of cultivated land and the hydrographic network. Our results might provide a theoretical basis for the reasonable utilization of water and land resources in Shandan County. Ultimately, a balance between population and water and land resources and regional sustainable development can be achieved.
Keyword	Micro-study rural settlements spatial association dispersion degree Shandan County in the Hexi Corridor
Subject Area	Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
Publisher	MDPI
DOI	10.3390/su9122277
Publication Place	BASEL
Indexed By	SCIE ; SSCI
Language	英语
First Inst	否
Funding Project	国家自然科学基金项目
Project Number	National Natural Science Foundation of China [41661105]
WOS ID	WOS:000419231500123
Funding Organization	NSFC
Subtype	Article
Department	[Ma, Libang; Tian, Yaya; Wang, Yongli; Chen, Meimei] Northwest Normal Univ, Coll Geog & Environm Sci, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, Peoples R China; [Guo, Xiaodong] Lanzhou Univ, Sch Management, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, Peoples R China
Citation statistics	Cited Times:8[WOS] [WOS Record] [Related Records in WOS]
Document Type	期刊论文
Identifier	https://ir.lzu.edu.cn/handle/262010/198112
Collection	管理学院
Corresponding Author	Ma, LB (reprint author), Northwest Normal Univ, Coll Geog & Environm Sci, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, Peoples R China.
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714	Ma, LB,Guo, XD,Tian, YY,et al. Micro-Study of the Evolution of Rural Settlement Patterns and Their Spatial Association with Water and Land Resources: A Case Study of Shandan County, China[J]. SUSTAINABILITY,2017,9.
APA	Ma, LB,Guo, XD,Tian, YY,Wang, YL,Chen, MM,&Ma, LB .(2017).Micro-Study of the Evolution of Rural Settlement Patterns and Their Spatial Association with Water and Land Resources: A Case Study of Shandan County, China.SUSTAINABILITY,9.
MLA	Ma, LB,et al."Micro-Study of the Evolution of Rural Settlement Patterns and Their Spatial Association with Water and Land Resources: A Case Study of Shandan County, China".SUSTAINABILITY 9(2017).

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