Title :
Study on the Urban Plant Landscape Diversity in Longyan
Author :
Wu Yi-fang ; Hu Xi-jun
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Landscape Archit., Central South Univ. of Forestry & Technol., Changsha, China
Abstract :
Urban vegetation plays an important role in the ecological environment for improving and beautifying the urban landscape. Using the analytical method of the landscape pattern index, select landscape index of diversity, dominance, separation and fragmentation, this paper evaluated the urban plant landscape in LongYan city from the 3 aspects: types diversity, patterns diversity and patches diversity. The results show that plant landscape types in LongYan city was overall more rich, and uniform distribution, the separation and fragmentation of plant landscape were smaller; the patches diversity of urban plant landscape increased and the shape of patch was more complex; the landscape pattern tends to be complicated, the stability of landscape structure improved. And puts forward proposals to improve plant landscape diversity in LongYan city.
Keywords :
vegetation; LongYan city; diversity landscape index; dominance landscape index; ecological environment; fragmentation landscape index; separation landscape index; urban plant landscape diversity; urban vegetation; Cities and towns; Educational institutions; Green products; Indexes; Production; Roads; Vegetation;
Conference_Titel :
Remote Sensing, Environment and Transportation Engineering (RSETE), 2012 2nd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nanjing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0872-4
DOI :
10.1109/RSETE.2012.6260756