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Wenxiu Gao
School of Architecture & Urban Planning, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China

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Journal article
Published: 13 August 2020 in Remote Sensing
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The Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA) of China is one of the largest bay areas in the world. However, the spatiotemporal characteristics and driving mechanisms of urban expansions in this region are poorly understood. Here we used the annual remote sensing images, Geographic Information System (GIS) techniques, and geographical detector method to characterize the spatiotemporal patterns of urban expansion in the GBA and investigate their driving factors during 1986–2017 on regional and city scales. The results showed that: the GBA experienced an unprecedented urban expansion over the past 32 years. The total urban area expanded from 652.74 km2 to 8137.09 km2 from 1986 to 2017 (approximately 13 times). The annual growth rate during 1986–2017 was 8.20% and the annual growth rate from 1986 to 1990 was the highest (16.89%). Guangzhou, Foshan, Dongguan, and Shenzhen experienced the highest urban expansion rate, with the annual increase of urban areas in 51.51, 45.54, 36.76, and 23.26 km2 y−1, respectively, during 1986–2017. Gross Domestic Product (GDP), income, road length, and population were the most important driving factors of the urban expansions in the GBA. We also found the driving factors of the urban expansions varied with spatial and temporal scales, suggesting the general understanding from the regional level may not reveal detailed urban dynamics. Detailed urban management and planning policies should be made considering the spatial and internal heterogeneity. These findings can enhance the comprehensive understanding of this bay area and help policymakers to promote sustainable development in the future.

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Jie Zhang; Le Yu; Xuecao Li; Chenchen Zhang; Tiezhu Shi; Xiangyin Wu; Chao Yang; Wenxiu Gao; Qingquan Li; Guofeng Wu. Exploring Annual Urban Expansions in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area: Spatiotemporal Features and Driving Factors in 1986–2017. Remote Sensing 2020, 12, 2615 .

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Jie Zhang, Le Yu, Xuecao Li, Chenchen Zhang, Tiezhu Shi, Xiangyin Wu, Chao Yang, Wenxiu Gao, Qingquan Li, Guofeng Wu. Exploring Annual Urban Expansions in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area: Spatiotemporal Features and Driving Factors in 1986–2017. Remote Sensing. 2020; 12 (16):2615.

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Jie Zhang; Le Yu; Xuecao Li; Chenchen Zhang; Tiezhu Shi; Xiangyin Wu; Chao Yang; Wenxiu Gao; Qingquan Li; Guofeng Wu. 2020. "Exploring Annual Urban Expansions in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area: Spatiotemporal Features and Driving Factors in 1986–2017." Remote Sensing 12, no. 16: 2615.

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Published: 23 September 2019 in Remote Sensing
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The Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA) of China is one of the major bay areas in the world. However, the spatiotemporal characteristics and rationalities of urban expansions within this region over a relatively long period of time are not well-understood. This study explored the spatiotemporal evolution of 11 cities within the GBA in 1987–2017 by integrating remote sensing, landscape analysis, and geographic information system (GIS) techniques, and further evaluated the rationalities of their expansion using the urban area population elastic coefficient (UPEC) and the urban area gross domestic product (GDP) elastic coefficient (UGEC). The results showed the following: (1) Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Foshan, Dongguan, Zhongshan, and Zhuhai experienced unprecedented urbanization compared with the other cities, and from 1987 to 2017, their urban areas expanded by 10.12, 11.48, 14.21, 24.90, 37.07, and 30.15 times, respectively; (2) several expansion patterns were observed in the 11 cities, including a mononuclear polygon radiation pattern (Guangzhou and Foshan), a double-nucleated polygon pattern (Macau and Zhongshan), and a multi-nuclear urbanization pattern (Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Dongguan, Jiangmen, Huizhou, Zhaoqing, and Zhuhai); (3) with regard to the proportion of area, the edge-expansion and outlying growth types were the predominant types for all 11 cities, and the infilling growth type was the one of the important types during 2007–2017 for Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Dongguan, Zhongshan, and Foshan; (4) the expansion of most cities took on an urban-to-rural landscape gradient, especially for Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Foshan, Zhongshan, Dongguan, and Zhuhai; and (5) the rationalities of expansion in several time periods were rational for Guangzhou (1997–2007), Hong Kong (2007–2017), Foshan (1987–2007), Huizhou (1987–1997), and Dongguan (1997–2007), and the rationalities of expansion in the other cities and time periods were found to be irrational. These findings may help policy- and decision-makers to maintain the sustainable development of the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macau Greater Bay Area.

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Chao Yang; Qingquan Li; Tianhong Zhao; Huizeng Liu; Wenxiu Gao; Tiezhu Shi; Minglei Guan; Guofeng Wu. Detecting Spatiotemporal Features and Rationalities of Urban Expansions within the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macau Greater Bay Area of China from 1987 to 2017 Using Time-Series Landsat Images and Socioeconomic Data. Remote Sensing 2019, 11, 2215 .

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Chao Yang, Qingquan Li, Tianhong Zhao, Huizeng Liu, Wenxiu Gao, Tiezhu Shi, Minglei Guan, Guofeng Wu. Detecting Spatiotemporal Features and Rationalities of Urban Expansions within the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macau Greater Bay Area of China from 1987 to 2017 Using Time-Series Landsat Images and Socioeconomic Data. Remote Sensing. 2019; 11 (19):2215.

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Chao Yang; Qingquan Li; Tianhong Zhao; Huizeng Liu; Wenxiu Gao; Tiezhu Shi; Minglei Guan; Guofeng Wu. 2019. "Detecting Spatiotemporal Features and Rationalities of Urban Expansions within the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macau Greater Bay Area of China from 1987 to 2017 Using Time-Series Landsat Images and Socioeconomic Data." Remote Sensing 11, no. 19: 2215.

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Published: 16 April 2019 in Remote Sensing
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Accurate and up-to-date tidal flat mapping is of much importance to learning how coastal ecosystems work in a time of anthropogenic disturbances and rising sea levels, which will provide scientific instruction for sustainable management and ecological assessments. For large-scale and high spatial-resolution mapping of tidal flats, it is difficult to obtain accurate tidal flat maps without multi-temporal observation data. In this study, we aim to investigate the potential and advantages of the freely accessible Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) imagery archive and Google Earth Engine (GEE) for accurate tidal flats mapping. A novel approach was proposed, including multi-temporal feature extraction, machine learning classification using GEE and morphological post-processing. The 50 km buffer of the coastline from Hangzhou Bay to Yalu River in China’s eastern coastal zone was taken as the study area. From the perspective of natural attributes and unexploited status of tidal flats, we delineated a broader extent comprising intertidal flats, supratidal barren flats and vegetated flats, since intertidal flats are major component of the tidal flats. The overall accuracy of the resultant map was about 94.4% from a confusion matrix for accuracy assessment. The results showed that the use of time-series images can greatly eliminate the effects of tidal level, and improve the mapping accuracy. This study also proved the potential and advantage of combining the GEE platform with time-series Landsat images, due to its powerful cloud computing platform, especially for large scale and longtime tidal flats mapping.

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Kangyong Zhang; Xuanyan Dong; Zhigang Liu; Wenxiu Gao; Zhongwen Hu; Guofeng Wu. Mapping Tidal Flats with Landsat 8 Images and Google Earth Engine: A Case Study of the China’s Eastern Coastal Zone circa 2015. Remote Sensing 2019, 11, 924 .

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Kangyong Zhang, Xuanyan Dong, Zhigang Liu, Wenxiu Gao, Zhongwen Hu, Guofeng Wu. Mapping Tidal Flats with Landsat 8 Images and Google Earth Engine: A Case Study of the China’s Eastern Coastal Zone circa 2015. Remote Sensing. 2019; 11 (8):924.

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Kangyong Zhang; Xuanyan Dong; Zhigang Liu; Wenxiu Gao; Zhongwen Hu; Guofeng Wu. 2019. "Mapping Tidal Flats with Landsat 8 Images and Google Earth Engine: A Case Study of the China’s Eastern Coastal Zone circa 2015." Remote Sensing 11, no. 8: 924.

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Published: 06 December 2017 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Urban parks provide important environmental, social, and economic benefits to people and urban areas. The literature demonstrates that proximity to urban parks is one of the key factors influencing people’s willingness to use them. Therefore, the provision of urban parks near residential areas and workplaces is one of the key factors influencing quality of life. This study designed a solution based on the spatial association between urban parks and buildings where people live or work to identify whether people in different buildings have nearby urban parks available for their daily lives. A building density map based on building floor area (BFA) was used to illustrate the spatial distribution of urban parks and five indices were designed to measure the scales, service coverage and potential service loads of urban parks and reveal areas lacking urban park services in an acceptable walking distance. With such solution, we investigated the provision of urban parks in ten districts of Shenzhen in China, which has grown from several small villages to a megacity in only 30 years. The results indicate that the spatial provision of urban parks in Shenzhen is not sufficient since people in about 65% of the buildings cannot access urban parks by walking 10-min. The distribution and service coverage of the existing urban parks is not balanced at the district level. In some districts, the existing urban parks have good numbers of potential users and even have large service loads, while in some districts, the building densities surrounding the existing parks are quite low and at the same time there is no urban parks nearby some high-density areas.

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Wenxiu Gao; Qiang Lyu; Xiang Fan; Xiaochun Yang; Jiangtao Liu; Xirui Zhang. Building-Based Analysis of the Spatial Provision of Urban Parks in Shenzhen, China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2017, 14, 1521 .

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Wenxiu Gao, Qiang Lyu, Xiang Fan, Xiaochun Yang, Jiangtao Liu, Xirui Zhang. Building-Based Analysis of the Spatial Provision of Urban Parks in Shenzhen, China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2017; 14 (12):1521.

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Wenxiu Gao; Qiang Lyu; Xiang Fan; Xiaochun Yang; Jiangtao Liu; Xirui Zhang. 2017. "Building-Based Analysis of the Spatial Provision of Urban Parks in Shenzhen, China." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 14, no. 12: 1521.