Study On Land Use/Cover Change Monitoring Using Remote Sensing In Shihezi Reclamation Region

This paper discusses the techniques and methods regarding dynamic monitoringland use/cover change (LUCC) based on remote sensing (RS) and geographical informationsystem (GIS).In this paper, Shihezi reclamation region's LUCC situation has beeninvestigated by monitoring and analytical research of two phases of Landsat TM data of 1989and 2002 .Supported by GIS software as ERDAS IMAGINE, the Bayes－Supervisedclassification was improved by combining RS image and GIS vector data to greatly increasethe classification's accuracy. By presenting two indexes of land use dynamic degree and landuse degree, the region tendency of LUCC and the driving force factors were analysized in thethirteen years. The conclusion was gotten: the land use/cover change in Shihezi reclamationregion was quick. In the thirteen years, the area of habitat and building land have increasedsharply while forestland and water body decreased fast, and grassland area and moorland havea little reduced. The land use degree increased at the higher-development rate of 0.22%annually. The mainly three driving force factors of LUCC were: urbanization；populationincrease and the government's determining behavior. On this basis, the recommendations ofsustainable use on land in Shihezi reclamationregion were put forward.