[Influence of land use change on vegetation cover dynamics in Dapeng Peninsula of Shenzhen, Guangdong Province of South China].

To study the vegetation cover dynamics under urbanization is of significance to direct regional ecological conservation. Based on the 1995-2007 remote sensing data and the investigation data of 1996 and 2007 land use change in Shenzhen, and by using NDVI index tracking and algebraic overlay calculation, this paper analyzed the vegetation types and their spatial differentiation, land use change pattern, and the relationships between land use change and vegetation cover dynamics in Dapeng Peninsula of Shenzhen. In 1995-2007, the vegetation cover in 65% of the study area changed significantly, with an overall increasing trend. Land use change was mainly caused by the development of urbanization and commercial agriculture, with 31% of the land surface changed in land use function. The land use change was one of the main causes of vegetation cover dynamics, and about 35% of the region where vegetation cover significantly degraded was related to land use change. 55% of the region where land use function changed due to mechanical disturbance caused the degradation of vegetation cover, but by the end of the study period, the vegetation cover in most of the degraded region had being improved significantly.

[Spatiotemporal dynamics of vegetation cover based on trajectory change detection: a case study in Dapeng Peninsula of Shenzhen].

By using the second-time developed ArcEngine component at pixel level, this paper studied the spatiotemporal dynamics of vegetation cover in the Dapeng Peninsula of Shenzhen, China in 1986-2007, and analyzed the characters and causes of the dynamics. To quantify this dynamics, the NDVI changes in 1986-2007 were extracted from 10 time-series TM/ETM+ remote sensing images, and the results showed that from 1986 to 2007, there were four trajectories of vegetation cover change in the Peninsula, including stable (a), stable-rising-stable (aba), stable-descending-stable (aca), and stable-descending-stable-rising-stable (acaba). The area with these four types occupied 71.54% of the total. Among the four types, type "a" was most common, occupying 1/3 of the study area, mainly in the mountains; and type "acaba" was the typical one, which was closely related to the deforestation and reforestation after the human disturbances of original vegetation. The areas at higher elevation or steeper slopes exhibited smaller vegetation change, mainly because of the constrained human disturbances. Timing of the vegetation cover change showed a relative stability in the mid-90s of 20th century, but a dramatic change after 2003, coinciding with the growth of Shenzhen City.