Analysis on the Spatio-Temporal Characteristics of Urban Expansion and the Complex Driving Mechanism: Taking the Pearl River Delta Urban Agglomeration as a Case

Table 3

Changes of the urban landscape expansion index of the Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration during 2000–2008 and 2008–2015(%).

Region	2000–2008			2008–2015			△AWMEI
	Infilling	Edge-expansion	Outlying	Infilling	Edge-expansion	Outlying
Guangzhou	4.96	31.45	63.59	7.36	38.52	54.12	5.18
Shenzhen	2	53.72	44.28	6.09	43.67	50.24	1.94
Zhuhai	5.67	30.34	63.99	2.61	47.79	49.6	0.49
Foshan	5.52	16.78	77.7	6.2	49.91	43.9	4.95
Jiangmen	5.68	17.76	76.56	2.73	15.39	81.88	−2.25
Zhaoqing	0.4	9.54	90.06	0.92	7.92	91.16	0.25
Huizhou	0.17	14.84	84.99	2.34	15.85	81.81	2.76
Dongguan	0.19	11.08	88.74	4.56	58.61	36.83	14.44
Zhongshan	3.46	20.78	75.75	7.67	65.05	27.28	13.68
PRD	2.87	21.14	76	3.8	29.28	66.93	2.86