Use of Variable Clumping Method for studying correlation between the land use types and traffic network of Haizhu District, Guangzhou Province

The paper analyzed the land use types of Haizhu District, Guangzhou Province by VCM and correlation based on traffic network. The results include: All the land use types were aggregated by traffic network but their aggregation were different. The mining land showed greatest aggregation than other land use types because all enterprises reduced the production costs of traffic by built the factory near the roads. The residential area land showed greater aggregation than cultivated land and garden land because it was convenient for transportation. All land use types showed great correlation with each other in the buffer of variable clumping.