In recent years, experienced rapid economic the Pearl River Delta has growth which may create a substantial burden to its ecology. In this study, the wetlands of the Pearl River Delta are investigated. Through the use...In recent years, experienced rapid economic the Pearl River Delta has growth which may create a substantial burden to its ecology. In this study, the wetlands of the Pearl River Delta are investigated. Through the use of remote sensing methods, we analyze spatial and temporal variations of wetlands in this area over the past twenty years. The support vector machine （SVM） method is proven to be an effective approach for classifying the wetlands of the Pearl River Delta, and the total classifica- tion resolution reaches 94.94% with a Kappa coefficient exceeding 0.94, higher than other comparable analysis methods. Our results show that wetland areas were reduced by 36.9% during the past twenty years. The change detection analysis method shows that there was a 95.58% intertidal zone change to other land-use types, most of which （57.12%） was converted to construction land. In addition, farmland was reduced by 54.89% during the past twenty years, 47.19% of which was changed to construction land use. The inland water area increased 19.02%, but most of this growth （18.77%） was converted from the intertidal zone.展开更多
基金This work is supported by the General Research Fund of Hong Kong Research Grants Council （RGC） under Grants CUHK 402912 and 403113, the Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Fund under Grant ITS/321/13, the direct grants of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China （Grant Nos. 41376035, 41376125, and 41006070）.
文摘In recent years, experienced rapid economic the Pearl River Delta has growth which may create a substantial burden to its ecology. In this study, the wetlands of the Pearl River Delta are investigated. Through the use of remote sensing methods, we analyze spatial and temporal variations of wetlands in this area over the past twenty years. The support vector machine （SVM） method is proven to be an effective approach for classifying the wetlands of the Pearl River Delta, and the total classifica- tion resolution reaches 94.94% with a Kappa coefficient exceeding 0.94, higher than other comparable analysis methods. Our results show that wetland areas were reduced by 36.9% during the past twenty years. The change detection analysis method shows that there was a 95.58% intertidal zone change to other land-use types, most of which （57.12%） was converted to construction land. In addition, farmland was reduced by 54.89% during the past twenty years, 47.19% of which was changed to construction land use. The inland water area increased 19.02%, but most of this growth （18.77%） was converted from the intertidal zone.
