Research Article

Impact of Urbanization and Land-Use Change on Surface Climate in Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River, 1988–2008

Table 2

Land-use conversion from non-built-up to built-up area, 1988–2008 (area unit: ten thousand hectares).

Period/land-use conversionCU2BUFO2BUGR2BU WA2BUUN2BU

1988–1995Area
Proportion
147.62
6.84%
16.12
0.84%
1.65
1.02%
12.08
3.30%
0.30
1.47%

1995–2000Area
Proportion
134.27
6.33%
12.53
0.65%
0.85
0.52%
7.70
2.12%
0.13
0.66%

2000–2005Area
Proportion
161.13
7.62%
18.62
0.97%
1.81
1.12%
11.40
3.04%
0.18
0.88%

2005–2008Area
Proportion
170.91
8.28%
26.71
1.39%
2.48
1.54%
19.09
4.93%
0.37
2.11%

Note: the data was calculated according to land-use conversion matrix introduced in Table 1.