Impacts of Urban Expansion on the Loss and Fragmentation of Cropland in the Major Grain Production Areas of China

Impacts of Urban Expansion on the Loss and Fragmentation of Cropland in the Major Grain Production Areas of China

The continuous expansion of urban land has led to massive encroachment upon cropland. To examine the impacts of urban expansion on the loss and fragmentation of cropland in China’s nine major grain production areas (MGPAs), we used standard deviation ellipse, land use transfer matrix, land use dynam...

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Main Authors: Zifeng Yuan, Liang Zhou, Dongqi Sun, Fengning Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-01-01
Series:Land
Subjects:
urban expansion
cropland loss
fragmentation
landscape metric
grain production areas
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/1/130

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