Research Article

Study on the Response of Ecological Capacity to Land-Use/Cover Change in Wuhan City: A Remote Sensing and GIS Based Approach

Table 4

The transfer matrix of ecological capacity from 1990 to 2010 in Wuhan city (unit: 102 ghm2).

PeriodsLULC typesPastureArable landBuilt-up landForestWater areaUnused landTotal

1990–1995Pasture1.312.020.425.690.009.45
Arable land−5.48−155.52−18.54365.11−43.02148.03
Built-up land−0.053.38−0.020.160.003.52
Forest−1.0534.901.036.79−0.5742.16
Water area−8.20−135.48−75.25−5.69−38.10−254.53
Unused land0.000.740.780.0029.6731.19

1995–2000Pasture1.004.751.063.800.0010.60
Arable land−1.49−114.12−31.53246.61−4.1696.79
Built-up land−1.6453.39−0.7214.83−0.7866.73
Forest−1.716.922.569.940.0019.41
Water area−0.23−145.83−134.99−0.16−1.60−282.59
Unused land0.0039.183.240.01189.33231.76

2000–2005Pasture21.805.855.8963.01−0.0196.54
Arable land−24.92−455.48−172.62644.40−28.35−12.04
Built-up land−1.85186.28−3.8462.20−1.66242.98
Forest−5.04168.689.1474.54−0.66251.70
Water area−33.13−509.70−238.17−54.94−57.03−859.84
Unused land0.0230.886.510.8662.01100.26

2005–2010Pasture12.754.607.243.760.0028.34
Arable land−2.83−325.26−0.53201.81−2.76−126.74
Built-up land0.0011.64−0.15118.28−1.85127.93
Forest0.0031.440.505.14−0.2136.87
Water area−22.76−179.04−164.540.00−9.41−352.99
Unused land0.0814.076.762.9285.68109.42