Research on ecological land change of Wudangshan special zone based on Markov process

Located in the Western Hubei eco-tourism circle, the Wudangshan Tourism and Economic Special Zone, has beautiful scenery and good natural environment. The ecological protection will become especially important. Therefore, it is very significant to research on ecological land of the Special Zone. The types of ecological land use were first defined in the article. Then, various types of land use changes were calculated out through the spatial analysis of MapGIS, based on the data from updating investigation in 2006 and the 2^nd national land survey in 2009. At last, the situation of ecological land of Wudangshan Tourism and Economic Special Zone was analyzed and forecasted by using Markov model. The results shows that: sometime in the future, the area of ecological land of Wudangshan Tourism and Economic Special Zone will be in a decreasing tendency while the area of productive land and living land will increase, and corresponding suggestions is provided.