An aggregation index (AI) to quantify spatial patterns of landscapes

There is often need to measure aggregation levels of spatial patterns within a single map class in landscape ecological studies. The contagion index (CI), shape index (SI), and probability of adjacency of the same class (Qi), all have certain limits when measuring aggregation of spatial patterns. We have developed an aggregation index (AI) that is class specific and independent of landscape composition. AI assumes that a class with the highest level of aggregation (AI =1) is comprised of pixels sharing the most possible edges. A class whose pixels share no edges (completely disaggregated) has the lowest level of aggregation (AI =0). AI is similar to SI and Qi, but it calculates aggregation more precisely than the latter two. We have evaluated the performance of AI under varied levels of (1) aggregation, (2) number of patches, (3) spatial resolutions, and (4) real species distribution maps at various spatial scales. AI was able to produce reasonable results under all these circumstances. Since it is class specific, it is more precise than CI, which measures overall landscape aggregation. Thus, AI provides a quantitative basis to correlate the spatial pattern of a class with a specific process. Since AI is a ratio variable, map units do not affect the calculation. It can be compared between classes from the same or different landscapes, or even the same classes from the same landscape under different resolutions.     

国内乡村聚落景观研究综述

摘要：从聚落景观研究入手,对国内乡村聚落景观研究的基础理论、研究内容、研究方法和技术以及综述聚落景观研究的主要流派等进行介绍,指出在研究方法上侧重于定性描述,采用定量分析研究少,没有形成一个很好的古村落景观研究的评价体系。     

基于不同城市空间类型的广州天际线特点研究

通过对广州城市天际线不足之处的分析,对广州居住区、政府办事区、城市公共绿地等不同城市空间类型的景观天际线特点进行研究,分析其对人们的环境感染力。同时,对广州城市景观天际线的营造提出建议,为创造典型、有特色的城市空间环境提供参考依据。     

临沂市水生植物的选择与应用

通过对临沂市常见的水生植物的名称,科属、观赏特征、生长区域、生态习性等方面进行详细地介绍,分析水生植物在临沂市应用存在的问题,根据水生植物的特点提出它在园林应用中的常见形式。     

Applying Local Measures of Spatial Heterogeneity to Landsat-TM Images for Predicting Wildfire Occurrence in Mediterranean Landscapes

In mountainous Mediterranean regions, land abandonment processes in past decades are hypothesized to trigger secondary vegetal succession and homogenization, which in recent years has increased the size of burned areas. We conducted an analysis of temporal changes in landscape vegetal spatial pattern over a 15-year period (1984–1998) in a rural area of 672.3 km² in Eastern Spain to investigate the relationship between local landscape heterogeneity and wildfire occurrence. Heterogeneity was analyzed from textural metrics derived from non-classified remote sensing data at several periods, and was related to wildfire history in the study area. Several neural network models found significant relationships between local spatial pattern and future fire occurrence. In this study, sensitivity analysis of the texture variables suggested that fire occurrence, estimated as probability of burning in the near future, increased where local homogeneity was higher.     

基于GIS和景观生态学的西部地区城镇建设用地扩展研究——以宝鸡市中心城区为例

近些年,城镇建设用地的大规模扩张对区域土地资源承载力形成了巨大压力,并导致了大量土地资源的闲置浪费。为了实现土地资源的集约化利用,文中结合GIS和景观生态学的研究方法对宝鸡市1988～2005年中心城区城镇建设用地扩展类型进行定量识别。结果表明:1)近些年,宝鸡市中心城区城镇建设用地扩展经历了缓慢扩展期(1988～2000年)和高速扩展期(2000～2005年)两个阶段;2)在斑块类型水平上,城镇建设用地表现出较好的连通性,并且呈增强趋势;3)外延式扩展是研究期内城镇建设用地扩展的主要类型,扩展比重为外延式>填充式>跳跃式。通过研究为城市空间规划提供了详细而准确的数据,为寻求优良扩张模式奠定了一定的基础。     

园林植物光合生理特征研究进展

园林植物光合生理特征研究是为解决环境生态问题,尤其是全球环境变化问题应运而生的一门学科,它结合园林植物生理学来分析生态学现象。植物学中最重要的生态学现象是光合作用,综述光合生理生态研究状况,以及不同因素对园林植物的光合生理生态的影响,为深入研究我国的园林植物光合生理生态资源提供参考。     

景观格局分布特征的区域差异分析--以鄂尔多斯高原伊金霍洛旗为例

以内蒙古鄂尔多斯高原伊金霍洛旗为研究区域 ,以TM遥感影像解译的 1998年土地利用图为基础资料 ,将伊金霍洛旗划分为毛乌素沙地亚区、乌审凹地亚区和黄土丘陵亚区。从区域尺度 ,利用多样性、优势度、均匀度、分维数、平均斑块形状指数、平均斑块大小、斑块密度指数和斑块体平均斑块边缘等指数 ,对不同景观亚区的景观格局进行了数量分析。结果表明 ,在景观亚区这一尺度上 ,毛乌素沙地亚区一方面对该旗景观格局起控制作用 ,另一方面该亚区所承受的人类活动强度最大 ,景观的破碎化程度最深。而乌审凹地亚区的景观破碎化程度最小 ,人类活动强度最弱。从景观要素来看 ,无论哪一亚区均以天然草地为景观基质 ;不同类型斑块总的格局特点是 ,受人类影响程度愈深的斑块 ,其破碎化程度愈深 ,斑块的复杂性降低。总体而言 ,天然类型的斑块体 ,其斑块复杂性以乌审凹地亚区最为复杂 ,斑块的破碎化程度则以毛乌素沙地亚区最深 ;而人工斑块类型的变化规律在不同斑块类型之间稍有不同。     

探讨园林绿化的市场运作

将园林绿化的工作通过市场的运作,逐步实现市场管理,从无形到有形,从无序到有序的转变。     

嘉兴市域绿道科技城王庙塘段景观设计

以科技城王庙塘段为例,探讨了绿道如何与水域以及科技城相结合,打造既具有高科技的文化底蕴,又体现休闲游憩及自然生态功能,具有教育意义且景色优美的塘溪滨河景观。