Urban Spatial Development Based on Multisource Data Analysis: A Case Study of Xianyang City’s Integration into Xi’an International Metropolis

Yiyi Hu, Yi He and Yanlin Li
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Yiyi Hu: Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Earth Surface System and Environmental Carrying Capacity, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Northwest University, Xi’an 710127, China
Yi He: Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Earth Surface System and Environmental Carrying Capacity, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Northwest University, Xi’an 710127, China
Yanlin Li: Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Earth Surface System and Environmental Carrying Capacity, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Northwest University, Xi’an 710127, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 7, 1-24

Abstract: The study of urban spatial development focuses on the process of urbanization, which involves the urban economy, population, the scale of urban construction land and the construction land’s structure. All this influences the economic structure, social structure and functional structure of the city. Taking Xianyang City, a core part of Xi’an international metropolis, as an example, this study, based on night light remote sensing data from 1992 to 2013, land use data from 1980 to 2015 (6 periods), AutoNavi Map (AMAP) Points of Interest (POI) data, and the patch-generated land use simulation model (PLUS), simulates the spatial–temporal pattern change characteristics of land use in Xianyang City from 2025 to 2035. The results show that: (1) During 1985–2015, urban land use showed a significant upward trend ( p < 0.05); (2) From 1992 to 2013, the change in night light in the Xianyang City Administrative Region showed an upward trend. The gravitational center of Xianyang City’s built-up area moves southeast first and then northeast. After the beginning of 2010, the gravitational center of Xianyang City’s built-up area moved faster; (3) The distribution of different types of urban centers in Xianyang City is basically the same; (4) From 2005 to 2035, the overall land use in Xianyang City showed a trend of “multi polar explosive growth in construction land, slow growth in forest land, and first a decrease then an increase in wetland water body”. The urban spatial structure has changed from a single-center development model to a point–axis development model. The study of urban space development can provide some reference for the layout of urban construction in the future.

Keywords: Xianyang City; multisource data; urban spatial structure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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