Analysis on Urban Land-Use Changes and its Impacts on Food Security in Different Asian Cities of Four Developing Countries Using Modified CA Model

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Title

Analysis on Urban Land-Use Changes and its Impacts on Food Security in Different Asian Cities of Four Developing Countries Using Modified CA Model

Project Item Type Metadata

Project Reference No.s

ARCP2010-14NMY
ARCP2011-06CMY-Li

Programme

ARCP

Project Leader

Prof. Jianlong Li
The Global Change Research Institute, College of Life Science, Nanjing University, CHINA

Email

jlli2008@nju.edu.cn; jianlongli@sina.com.cn.

Project Summary

Assessment of changes on urban expansion and land use to agricultural production and food security in the three core cities of three developing countries using the CA model which analyses different urban land use patterns and the mechanism leading to food shortages.

Countries Involved

China, Viet Nam, India, USA and Australia

Scientific Thematic Area

Ecosystems, Biodiversity and Land Use

Project Duration

2 years

APN Funds (US$)

60000

Year of Completion

2012

Project Output

Gan, X., Zhu, M., Li, J., Yang, Q. & Huang, J. (2009). Effects of sensor spatial resolutions and classification themes on urban landscape analysis: a case study in Shanghai, China. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 35 (4), 357-368.  (Doi: 10.5589/m09-031.)  Retrieved  from http://pubs.casi.ca/doi/abs/10.5589/m09-031.

Yang, F., Li, J., Gan, X., Qian, Y., Wu, X. & Yang, Q. (2010). Assessing nutritional status of Festuca arundinacea by monitoring photosynthetic pigments from hyperspectral data. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 70 (1), 52 - 59.  (Doi: 10.1016/j.compag.2009.08.010.)  Retrieved  from http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016816990900177X.

Yang, Q., Li, J., Gan, X., Zhang, J., Yang, F. & Qian, Y. (2012). Comparison of landscape patterns between metropolises and small-sized cities: a gradient analysis with changing grain size in Shanghai and Zhangjiagang, China. International Journal of Remote Sensing 33 (5), 1446-1464.  (Doi: 10.1080/01431161.2011.574161.)  Retrieved  from http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01431161.2011.574161.

Li, J. (2012). Remote Sensing Monitoring of Grassland Degradation. Beijing:Science Press.


Citation

Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN). (2012). Analysis on Urban Land-Use Changes and its Impacts on Food Security in Different Asian Cities of Four Developing Countries Using Modified CA Model. Retrieved from http://www.apn-gcr.org/resources/items/show/1587.