Spatio-temporal land-use dynamics and landscape ecological risk assessment in an artificial oasis, Northwestern China
Qi Song, Lina Li · 2025
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Description
Qi Song and Lina Li report a 2025 study of an artificial oasis in northwestern China. Arid oases built by reclamation are fragile systems. The team maps land use in the Alar Reclamation Area from 1990 to 2019. Yearly maps come from satellite images sorted by a trained classifier. Area changes, transition tables, and landscape pattern scores track how the land mosaic shifted. Break points mark years of abrupt change.
An ecological risk frame joins disturbance with landscape vulnerability. Population, farm output value, cotton price, and weather data help explain the shifts. Scenario models project how the oasis may evolve next. Farm land, orchards, and built land all grew across the span, as the findings begin to show. Land managers get a thirty-year record for a man-made oasis. Risk maps point to where growth presses hardest on a dry, delicate system.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Qi Song, Lina Li |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 54 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |