%0 Journal Article
%T A GIS-based research on the distribution of rural settlements in Yulin of northern Shaanxi<br>
%A ZHAO Mu-dan
%A TANG Guo-an
%A SHI Wen-zhong
%A LIU Yong-mei
%A <br>
%J 地理学报
%D 2002
%I 
%X The development and distribution pattern of rural settlements was greatly limited by their natural and social environment. Taking Yulin prefecture in northern Shaanxi’s Loess Plateau area as an example, 1:250,000 map-scale national geographical database as a major information source, a GIS-based research was conducted to investigate the spatial distribution of the rural settlements. In this paper, many significant characteristics of the rural settlement distribution are reviewed by means of a series of GIS-based information processing methodology. The results obtained in this study should be helpful for the urban and rural settlements reconstruction planning in this area.
%K GIS
%K rural settlement distribution
%K Yulin prefecture<br>
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