IP| AREA. SHAPE... PROX INN It
Yer NP (0 MNUS MN (ha) - MNGO NNO (4%) SD sue
1979 4 Si. 204 16 13 9609. 1519 7224. IB 0.60
2009 47040 286 21 12 246715 922 314 122 068
Table 6. Metrics of landscape structure for selected indices at the landscape level, 1979 and 2009
5. CONCLUSIONS
By using the remote sensing and GIS techniques, this paper
describes the analysis of LULC and landscape change in the
Danang region, Vietnam during the period 1979-2009. The
analysis carried out found that a notable decrease of
agriculture, forest, barren and shrub because of conversion to
urban land during the span of 30 years has taken place. For
further understanding, key landscape indices were set for three
main classes to perform the different changes in landscape
structure in the surroundings of Danang city. The dynamic
change of class indices revealed the break-up of this area into
smaller patches. However, except agriculture, patches of
forestry and urban tended to have a uniform landscape
configuration. Accordingly, urban area showed the expansion
in a concentrated way.
6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The author is grateful to Prof. Dr Martin Kappas and Dr
Stefan Erasmi for their support and helpful comments on an
earlier draft of this paper. The author thanks also Dr. Mort
Canty for providing IDL extensions used for this study.
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