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 6

Interaction of different factor pairs on urban expansion landscape pattern during 2000–2008.

Driving factors		Natural factors				Socio-economic factors
		DEM	Slope	DTR	DTC	DRH	PRG	GDPG	PCWG	FAIG	FIGR
Natural factors	DEM
	Slope	0.01
	DTR	0.04^↗	0.03^↗
	DTC	0.26^↗	0.23^↗	0.36^↗
Socio-economic factors	DRH	0.16^↗	0.14^↗	0.17^↗	0.38^↗
	PRG	0.04^↗	0.03^↗	0.12^↗	0.63^↗	0.18^↗
	GDPG	0.19^↗	0.17^↗	0.25^↗	0.69^↗	0.35^↗	0.35^↗
	PCWG	0.09^↗	0.08^↗	0.11^↗	0.30^↗	0.39^↗	0.24^↗	0.55^↗
	FAIG	0.07^↗	0.06^↗	0.14^↗	0.25	0.26^↗	0.18^↗	0.41^↗	0.32^↗
	FIGR	0.17^↗	0.15^↗	0.25^↗	0.33	0.35^↗	0.68^↗	0.69^↗	0.23^↗	0.26^↗