Measurement of urbanization process and the paddy soil loss in Yixing city, China between 1949 and 2000
Influences of rapid urbanization and industrialization on soil resource and its quality in China
Aerial photography ; China ; Geographical information system ; Jiangsu ; Land use ; Satellite imagery ; Spatial analysis ; Twentieth Century ; Urbanization
This study used GIS technology, remote sensing images of 1949, 1966, 1981, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996 and 2000, to analyze the spatial process of urbanization and its impact on the soil resources in Yixing city, southeast China. The results showed