Landscape Patterns of Urban Forest in Xi an City Based on GIS
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Abstract:
This study is performed by using Quickbird images in 2006 as the data resource. Combined investi-gation with statistics of forest land resources in Xi an City and integrated GIS with the analysis of landscape patterns,the forest landscape attributes in the city are analyzed. Results show that forest resources in the Xi'an City are deficient,unbalanced,and centralized.Urban forest coverage is low and small patches occu-pies a large proportion. The present layout of urban greening species failsto form intense eco-relationship and is not strong enough to benefit the people