LI Deren, YU Hanruo, LI Xi. The Spatial-Temporal Pattern Analysis of City Development in Countries along the Belt and Road Initiative Based on Nighttime Light Data[J]. Geomatics and Information Science of Wuhan University, 2017, 42(6): 711-720. DOI: 10.13203/j.whugis20170100
Citation: LI Deren, YU Hanruo, LI Xi. The Spatial-Temporal Pattern Analysis of City Development in Countries along the Belt and Road Initiative Based on Nighttime Light Data[J]. Geomatics and Information Science of Wuhan University, 2017, 42(6): 711-720. DOI: 10.13203/j.whugis20170100

The Spatial-Temporal Pattern Analysis of City Development in Countries along the Belt and Road Initiative Based on Nighttime Light Data

Funds: 

The National Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province 2014CFB726

Open Research Fund Program of Key Laboratory of Spatial Data Mining and Information Sharing of the Ministry of Education (Fuzhou University) 2016LSDMIS03

Special Scientific Research Fund of Public Welfare Profession on Surveying, Mapping and GeoInformation 201512026

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities 2042016kf0162

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  • Author Bio:

    LI Deren, PhD, professor, academician of Chinese Academy of Science, Chinese Academy of Engineering, and Eurasian Academy of Sciences, specialize in photogrammetry and remote sensing. drli@whu.edu.cn

  • Corresponding author:

    LI Xi, associate PhD, professor. E-mail:lixi@whu.edu.cn

  • Received Date: April 10, 2017
  • Available Online: July 26, 2023
  • Published Date: June 04, 2017
  • Based on the DMSP/OLS nighttime light data for the years 1993-2012 and spatial analysis methods including standard deviational ellipse and rank-size distribution, this paper systematically analyzes the spatial structure and spatiotemporal dynamics of the urban system in countries along B & R (The Belt and Road Initiative). We found that nighttime light increased in most countries along B & R. These fast growing countries are undergoing economic reforms and post-war reconstruction, while nighttime light reduction occurs in areas of social and economic unrest. The trend of size distribution of nighttime light in B&R is continuous spatial expansion, and the center of the nighttime light is moving to southeast Asia. The nighttime light distribution in the top 2000 urban places in B&R follows the rank-size distribution, thus urban land distribution is more concentrated than the past. The high rank cities are fairly well developed, but the development of the small cities is lagging behind. The general distribution trend toward, concentration is stronger than decentralization in B&R.
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