Acta Geographica Sinica ›› 2018, Vol. 73 ›› Issue (6): 1076-1092.doi: 10.11821/dlxb201806007

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Multi-dimensional analysis of urban expansion patterns and their driving forces based on the center of gravity-GTWR model: A case study of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration

WANG Haijun1,2(),ZHANG Bin1,LIU Yaolin1,2,3,LIU Yanfang1,2,3,XU Shan4,5(),DENG Yu5,ZHAO Yuntai6,CHEN Yuchen6,HONG Song1   

  1. 1. School of Resource and Environmental Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
    2. Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Systems, Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
    3. Collaborative Innovation Center for Geospatial Information Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
    4. Chinese Society for Urban Studies, Beijing 100048, China
    5. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing 100101, China
    6. China Land Surveying and Planning Institute, Beijing 100035, China
  • Received:2017-08-14 Online:2018-06-10 Published:2018-06-04
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China, No.41571384;Land Resources Survey and Evaluation Project of Ministry of Land and Resources of China, No.DCPJ161207-01;Fund for Fostering Talents in Basic Science of National Natural Science Foundation of China, No.J1103409;Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China, No.71433008;Programme of Excellent Young Scientists of the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS

Abstract:

Research into urban expansion patterns and their driving forces is of great significance. Under the background of the integrated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (Jing-Jin-Ji) urban agglomeration, it is important to study the temporal and spatial patterns of urban land expansion and the driving forces development. This paper uses land-use data of the Jing-Jin-Ji urban agglomeration from 1990 to 2015 and reveals the multi-dimensional characteristics of the urban land expansion patterns. We then combine the urban spatial interaction and the spatial and temporal nonstationarity of the urban land expansion process and build the center of gravity-geographically and temporally weighted regression (GTWR) model by coupling the center of gravity model with the GTWR model. Using the center of gravity-GTWR model, we analyze the driving forces of urban land expansion at the city scale, and summarize the dominant mode and core driving forces of the Jing-Jin-Ji urban agglomeration. The results show that: (1) Between 1990 and 2015, the expansion intensity of the Jing-Jin-Ji urban agglomeration showed a down-up-down trend, and the peak period of expansion was in 2005-2010. Before 2005, high-speed development was seen in Beijing, Tianjin, Baoding, and Langfang, which were then followed by rapid development in Xingtai and Handan. (2) Although the center of gravity of cities in the Jing-Jin-Ji urban agglomeration showed a divergent trend, the local interaction between cities was enhanced, and the driving forces of urban land expansion showed a characteristic of spatial spillover. (3) The spatial development mode of the Jing-Jin-Ji urban agglomeration changed from a dual-core development mode to a multi-core development mode, which was made up of three function cores: the transportation core in the northern part, the economic development core in the central part, and the investment core in the southern part. The integrated development between functional cores led to the multi-core development mode. (4) The center of gravity-GTWR model analyzes urban land expansion as a space-time dynamic system. The model proved to be feasible in the analysis of the driving forces of urban land expansion.

Key words: urban land expansion, driving forces, center of gravity, geographically and temporally weighted regression, Jing-Jin-Ji urban agglomeration