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Dynamic Characteristics of Urbanization Based on Nighttime Light Data in China’s “Plain–Mountain Transition Zone”

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  • Tingting Li

    (School of Surveying and Land Information Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454003, China)

  • Zengzhang Guo

    (School of Surveying and Land Information Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454003, China
    Department of Surveying and Mapping Engineering, Henan College of Surveying and Mapping, Zhengzhou 451464, China)

  • Chao Ma

    (School of Surveying and Land Information Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454003, China
    Key Laboratory of Spatiotemporal Information and Ecological Restoration of Mines (MNR), Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454003, China
    Research Centre of Arable Land Protection and Urban–Rural High–Quality Development in Yellow River Basin, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454003, China)

Abstract

China’s “plain–mountain transition zone” (hereinafter referred to as the “transition zone”) has experienced rapid and diverse urbanization processes. Assessing the dynamic characteristics of urbanization is particularly important for sustainable development of the transition zone. Nighttime light (NTL) data have been widely used to monitor urbanization. Based on the prolonged artificial nighttime-light dataset of China (PANDA) from 1984 to 2020, we partitioned the nighttime light of the study area into four types (low, medium, high, and extremely high) by adjusting the threshold of the brightness gradient (BG) method. The spatiotemporal characteristics of urbanization in 426 districts and counties of 71 prefecture-level cities in the transition zone were analyzed. Our results indicated that the middle region of the transition zone (Yanshan Mountains and Taihang Mountains) experienced the fastest urbanization development, and the urban expansion speed broke through the topographic limitation of the plain–mountain. However, the rapid development of urbanization in the middle plains resulted in the nighttime lighting area (NTLA) tending to become saturated, which caused an unsustainable potential crisis in urban development in this area. Urbanization was mainly manifested in the transition of the low nighttime lighting type (NTLT) to the medium NTLT or higher NTLT. The northern region of the transition zone (Greater Khingan Mountains) experienced the slowest urbanization development, with the lowest nighttime lighting density (NTLD) in the northern mountainous area, where the urbanization was mainly manifested by the expansion of the low NTLT. The urbanization development of the southern region in the transition zone (Wushan and Xuefeng Mountains) was at a medium level, and the urbanization of the plain in the southern region was also better than that of the mountainous area. Urbanization was mainly manifested in the expansion of the low NTLT, supplemented by the transition from the low NTLT to high NTLT. Whether in the north, middle, or south of the transition zone, the plain–mountain topographic variations caused a gap in urbanization, making the urbanization development of the mountains and plains unbalanced.

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  • Tingting Li & Zengzhang Guo & Chao Ma, 2022. "Dynamic Characteristics of Urbanization Based on Nighttime Light Data in China’s “Plain–Mountain Transition Zone”," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(15), pages 1-21, July.
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