Spatial Pattern of Rural Settlements in the Upper Reaches of the Minjiang River——a Case Study in Maoxian County, Sichuan

作     者：FENG Werdan LI Ainong ZHOU Wancun 

作者机构：Chengdu Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment Chinese Academy of Sciences Chengdu 610041SichuanChina Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100039 China Chengdu Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment Chinese Academy of Sciences Chengdu 610041Sichuan China 

出 版 物：《Journal of Mountain Science》 (山地科学学报（英文）)

年 卷 期：2007年第4卷第2期

页      面：146-154页

核心收录：

学科分类：120301[管理学-农业经济管理] 12[管理学] 1203[管理学-农林经济管理] 

基　　金：Chinese Academy of Sciences,CAS: KZCX2-SW-319-01 Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment,IMHE: Y106023 Department of Science and Technology of Sichuan Province,SPDST:-172-140107 

主　　题：Rural settlement spatial pattern GIS Maoxian County China 

摘      要：A quantitative analysis of the spatial pattern of rural settlements in the upper reaches of the Minjiang River was made with the major data sources being the relevant ETM image and the national geographical database of China （including contour line, fiver and road） at the scale of 1：250000, and using image interpretation and field investigation to obtain spatial information on rural settlements. The results of the spatial analysis technique of GIS and correlation analysis showed that most settlements （78.2 %） were located in the mountain area at 1500-2700 m altitude, and almost half in the arid valley area. More than 80.0 % of settlements had their slopes above 15°. Most settlements had good access to water resources, roads and communications, and tended to cluster close to the road network rather than the fiver. About half of the rural settlements in the study area were relatively concentrated, while the others were decentralized. Those with higher altitude usually had land with steep slope, inconvenient water and road accesses, and were located far apart from each other. In view of such a situation, further research should be done to make reasonable countermeasures on these settlements for better living conditions and ecosystem stability.