英文摘要 |
Land use and land cover changes (LUCCC) demonstrate the interactions between human beings and their environment. For several decades, along with rapid urbanization, the increasing demands on limited lands not only change land surfaces, but also increase the risk of disasters' impacts. In addition, land use and land cover changes are a hot topic in the field of geography. In the early years, field work was the widely accepted method to acquire data; however, it was laborious and time-consuming, so research depth and extension are limited. With the advances in Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographic Information System (GIS), researchers nowadays are able to acquire high-resolution satellite imagery to build land change models to simulate environmental changes. This study applied these technologies, RS and GIS, to examine land use and land cover changes. We chose the Keelung River in Taipei as the study area since its channel has fewer changes after two straitening of the channel curves project and more human activities influenced on this area. Starting in 2006, we used FORMOSAT-2 imagery and Markov Chains to analyze land cover changes in the Keelung River. Additionally, hot-spot analysis was used to characterize land change patterns. We expect this study will allow people to understand the impacts how human activities influence on the Keelung River after the second straightening project, and how land covers change over space and time. |