Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Green Spaces in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Region in the Past 20 Years

Huaizhi Tang, Wenping Liu and Wenju Yun
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Huaizhi Tang: Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Center, Ministry of Land and Resources, Beijing 100035, China
Wenping Liu: College of Horticulture & Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
Wenju Yun: Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Center, Ministry of Land and Resources, Beijing 100035, China

Sustainability, 2018, vol. 10, issue 8, 1-15

Abstract: Rapid urbanization has caused the reduction of green spaces in most cities, disrupting the structure and process of urban and rural ecosystems. The accurate identification of spatiotemporal changes in green spaces is important to delineate future management and planning. We investigated green space types of the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region in 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, and 2015 based on the elevation data and land use/cover for those years. Spatiotemporal changes in these identified green spaces between 1995 and 2015 were evaluated as well as the spatial hotspots of disappeared and unstable green patches. The results indicate that the cultivated land in plains and forests and cultivated land in medium-high mountainous areas were the main green space types in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region during the period from 1995 to 2015. A large number of green spaces, in particular cultivated lands, in the peripheral areas of big cities were replaced by construction sites over the past 20 years. Hotspots of unstable green spaces were mainly distributed in the western and northern mountainous areas of the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region, where green spaces changed from one type to another. These findings provide an important reference for the management and planning of land and green spaces towards an integrative and collaborative development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.

Keywords: green space; spatiotemporal changes; transition matrix; Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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