Land Use/Cover Change and Its Driving Mechanism in Thailand from 2000 to 2020

Yiming Wang, Yunfeng Hu (), Xiaoyu Niu, Huimin Yan and Lin Zhen
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Yiming Wang: State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Yunfeng Hu: State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Xiaoyu Niu: State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Huimin Yan: State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Lin Zhen: State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China

Land, 2022, vol. 11, issue 12, 1-22

Abstract: Land use/cover change (LUCC) research is important for regional ecological conservation and sustainable development. There is a lack of exploration of long-time-series dynamics and driving mechanisms at the national scale in the study of land use/cover change in Thailand. Based on the Global Land Cover product with Fine Classification System in 30m (GLC_FCS30) dataset and socioeconomic statistics, we studied the temporal and spatial evolution characteristics and driving mechanisms of LUCC in Thailand from 2000 to 2020 through indicators and methods such as land use dynamic attitude, mapping of a Sankey diagram, principal component analysis, and multiple linear stepwise regression analysis. The results showed that: (1) Thailand has developed in terms of agriculture and forestry. In 2020, the cropland and forest areas accounted for 53.77% and 32.15% of the land area, respectively. (2) From 2000 to 2020, the area of rainfed cropland, irrigated cropland, and forest continued to shrink; the area of impervious surfaces expanded rapidly, and the area of shrubland, other cropland, and wetlands increased. (3) The LUCC process mainly occurred in the two-way conversion between forest and shrubland, rainfed cropland and irrigated farmland, forest and rainfed cropland, and forest and other farmland. The LUC with the largest area transformed into other land types was forest (2.25 × 10 4 km 2 ), and the LUC with the largest area transformed from other land types transferring into the area was shrubland (1.40 × 10 4 km 2 ). (4) From 2000 to 2020, the LUCC process in Thailand was mainly influenced by socio-economics and tourism. Gross population, main grain output, industrial value added, passenger income, and urban population were the key factors driving the LUCC in Thailand. Our research can provide the basis and decision support for the future planning and management of land in Thailand.

Keywords: LUCC; land mapping; spatial distribution; time-series analysis; correlation analysis; national development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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