Land use transition process analysis using polygon events and polygon status: A case study of Tsukuba Science City

Land use transition is one of the most significant indices for understanding the phenomena which has occurred on the globe. The purpose of this study is to analyze land use transition process using polygon events and polygon status. As a result, newly developed roads have cut down existing farmland and other land uses. It made polygon shape divided and the divided polygon are merged neighborhood with same land use. Traditional land use analysis also will help to grasp land use trends in whole area. But it might be missing some parts of transition process. That is stable area inside of each land use classes. Using polygon events helps to extract truly changed area. Summarizing individual polygon events analysis with aggregated land use analysis, it examines transition process polygon by polygon. It will help to derive the future picture for study area using spatial diversities transition probability and help to examine land use transition process.