Land use/cover change and driving force analysis of Lianyungang coastal zone
连云港海岸带土地利用/覆盖变化与驱动力分析

With the increase of population and economic development, Lianyungang coastal land use / cover change(LUCC) continues to accelerate, the study of land use / cover change on spatial pattern of coastal economic development is of some significance. Based on three TM / ETM remote sensing images (1987, 2000, 2009), the land use / cover classification maps were completed with the visual interpretation method and the analysis data of land use / cover change was performed with the ArcGIS software. The land use / cover change, the land use structure change and the landscape pattern of the coastal zone in Lianyungang were analyzed in detailed. Eleven analysis factors were selected in the principal component analysis , and with the statistical analysis software DPS9.5 of Zhejiang University, the correlation coefficient matrix, eigenvalue, and the contribution of each principal component and the total contribution rate were calculated. The analysis results show that the socio-economic driving forces of the coastal zone LUCC in Lianyungang were economic development, population, total port cargo throughput and aquatic production.