Author(s)

Hongling Meng, Kaiguang Zhang, Mingting Ba, Danhuan Wen

School of Mathematics and Statistic, Zhengzhou Normal University, Zhengzhou, China.

The characteristics of urban space expansion reflect the changes of urban spatial layout and structure, as well as the orientation of urban development in the future. This paper uses the regional sector division method to divide the urban land into 8 orientations, based on the urban land space compaction index, and designs a sector partition compaction index. Based on the remote sensing image data of 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2020, the spatial characteristics of urban land expansion of Luoyang are analyzed by using the partition compaction index, expansion intensity index, fractal dimension, and standard deviation ellipse. The results show that: from 1990 to 2020, the urban overall planning of Luoyang has effectively guided the urban development, the urban land expands rapidly, the urban land compaction has been maintained at a low level, and the urban form has been tending to be reasonable; the urban land centroid gradually shifts to the southwest, and the distribution axis rotates clockwise from southwest-northeast to northwest-southeast, and the directionality of distribution gradually disappears; the urban land has gone through the development process of land filling-enlarging-refilling. The urban land expansion is relatively active in the region with an azimuth of 90° - 225°, and the urban expansion in the north of Luo River is relatively stable and is always filling mode.

Urban Space Expansion, Compaction Index, Expansion Intensity Index, Fractal Dimension, Standard Deviation Ellipse, Sector Partition, Luoyang

Meng, H. , Zhang, K. , Ba, M. and Wen, D. (2022) Spatial Characteristics Analysis of Urban Expansion in Luoyang, China. Journal of Geographic Information System, 14, 153-174. doi: 10.4236/jgis.2022.142009.