by Chan, Cheung-Wai. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 184-189). / ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --- p.ii / LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS --- p.iii / LIST OF TABLES --- p.iv / Chapter Chapter One --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Introduction / Chapter 1.2 --- Background / Chapter 1.3 --- Objectives of this study / Chapter 1.4 --- The Structure of the thesis / Chapter Chapter Two --- Literature Review --- p.9 / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction / Chapter 2.2 --- Rural-urban fringe / Chapter 2.3 --- Characteristics of land use changes in the fringes / Chapter 2.4 --- Factors affecting the mechanism of land use changes in the urban fringe / Chapter 2.5 --- Parties involved in land use change decision / Chapter 2.6 --- Land use in the urban fringe of Zhujiang Delta / Chapter 2.6.1 --- Cities' in China / Chapter 2.6.2 --- Urban fringes in China ---the case of Zhujiang Delta / Chapter 2.6.3 --- Land use pattern in the Zhujiang Delta / Chapter Chapter Three --- Methodology --- p.29 / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- Change detection techniques of land use changes / Chapter 3.1.1 --- A concept of change detection / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Change detection techniques / Chapter 3.2 --- Method employed to detect land use change in Zhujiang Delta / Chapter 3.3 --- Procedures / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Data description / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Preprocessing / Chapter a. --- Atmospheric correction / Chapter b. --- Image Registration / Chapter i. --- Spatial interpolation / Chapter ii. --- Intensity interpolation / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Image differencing / Chapter 3.3.4 --- Post-classification comparison / Chapter a. --- Land Use / Land Cover classification scheme / Chapter b. --- Definitions and image characteristics of land / Land cover classes / Chapter c. --- Supervised classification / Chapter d. --- Training sites / Chapter e. --- Maximum likelihood classifier / Chapter f. --- Accuracy assessment / Chapter g. --- post-classification comparison / Chapter Chapter Four --- Study Area --- p.64 / Chapter 4.1 --- Physical and agricultural landscape of Zhujiang Delta ---a general description / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Physical landscape / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Urban develoment / Chapter 4.1.3 --- Agricultural landscape / Chapter 4.2 --- Shunde / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Agricultural land use / Chapter 4.2.2 --- The image of Shunde / Chapter 4.3 --- Dongguan / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Agricultural land use / Chapter 4.3.2 --- The image of Dongguan / Chapter 4.4 --- Guangzhou / Chapter 4.4.1 --- Agricultural land use / Chapter 4.4.2 --- The image of Guangzhou / Chapter 4.5 --- Land use changes expected within the study area / Chapter Chapter Five --- Results and discussions --- p.83 / Chapter 5.1 --- Image differencing / Chapter 5.2 --- Results of classifications / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Shunde / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Dongguan / Chapter 5.2.3 --- Guangzhou / Chapter 5.3 --- Post-classification comparison change detection / Chapter Chapter Six --- Land use chancre analysis of the urban fringesin Zhujiang Delta --- p.107 / Chapter 6.1 --- Framework for discussion / Chapter 6 .2 --- Land use / land cover changes in Shunde / Chapter 6.2.1 --- Rural-to-urban changes / Chapter 6.2.2 --- Rural-to-rural changes / Chapter 6. 3 --- Land use / land cover changes in Dongguan / Chapter 6.3.1 --- Rural-to-urban changes / Chapter 6.3.2 --- Rural-to-rural changes / Chapter 6.4 --- Land use / land cover change in Guangzhou / Chapter 6.4.1 --- Rural-to-urban changes / Chapter 6.4.2 --- Rural-to-rural changes / Chapter 6 .5 --- Comparson of land use changes of the study area / Chapter 6.5.1 --- Land-use change comaprison / Chapter 6.5.2 --- Rural-to-urban changes / Chapter 6.5.3 --- Rural-to-rural changes / Chapter a. --- Origins of wet cropland and market gardening / Chapter b. --- Origins of woodland / Chapter c. --- Origins of fish ponds / Chapter 6.5.4 --- Conclusions / Chapter Chapter Seven --- Conclusion --- p.175 / Chapter 7.1 --- Land use change in the urban fringes in the Zhujiang Delta ---a comparison / Chapter 7.2 --- the applicability of western theories on land use change to the Zhujiang Delta / Chapter 7.3 --- Remote sensing method as an application for land use change monitoring in China
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_318141 |
| Date | January 1994 |
| Contributors | Chan, Cheung-Wai., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Geography. |
| Publisher | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, [v], 189 leaves : ill., maps ; 30 cm. |
| Coverage | China, Pearl River Delta, China, Pearl River Delta, China, Pearl River Delta |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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