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 7

Interaction of different factor pairs on urban expansion landscape pattern during 2008–2015.

Driving factors		Natural factors				Socio-economic factors
		DEM	Slope	DTR	DTC	DRH	PRG	GDPG	PCWG	FAIG	FIGR
Natural factors	DEM
	Slope	0.18
	DTR	0.19	0.11
	DTC	0.3	0.28	0.30^↗
Socio-economic factors	DRH	0.3	0.29	0.27	0.37
	PRG	0.34^↗	0.24	0.23^↗	0.50^↗	0.38
	GDPG	0.3	0.26	0.30^↗	0.42	0.36	0.65^↗
	PCWG	0.71	0.69	0.71^↗	0.81	0.73	0.83^↗	0.84
	FAIG	0.43	0.38	0.43^↗	0.56	0.47	0.53^↗	0.62^↗	0.81
	FIGR	0.27	0.2	0.22^↗	0.50^↗	0.32	0.58^↗	0.56^↗	0.82^↗	0.70^↗