Research Article

Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of Rurality in Urban Suburb Town and Its Driving Factors Based on Land Use Transformation

Table 1

Rural evaluation indicators.

Rule hierarchyObject hierarchyIndicator meaningNature of indicatorsTotal weight

Rural production (0.693)Proportion of agricultural land (0.600)Proportion of agricultural land to total land area, including cultivated land, garden land, forest land, and pasture land.+0.416
Rate of change in cultivated land (0.247)Ratio of cultivated land area to initial cultivated land area at the end of the period.+0.171
Ratio of polyfarming (0.149)Cultivated land area/rural residential area; this index is usually used to measure the rural settlement occupation situation and its reasonable degree.+0.103
Rate of change in forest land (0.100)Ratio of forest land area to initial forest land area at the end of the period.+0.070

Rural life (0.101)Rural construction (0.571)Ratio of construction land other than urban land and rural residential land to total construction land.āˆ’0.058
Rural settlements (0.258)Proportion of rural settlements to total land area.āˆ’0.026

Rural ecology (0.206)Ratio of water area (0.564)Proportion of water area to total land area.+0.116
Rate of wetland conservation (0.321)Proportion of wetland to total land area.+0.066
Rate of forestland coverage (0.187)Proportion of forestland to total land area.+0.039