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cje ›› 2005, Vol. ›› Issue (4): 428-432.

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Landscape pattern and their formation of urban ecosystems

LI Weifeng, OUYANG Zhiyun, WANG Rusong, WANG Xiaoke   

  1. Research Center for Eco-Environmental Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
  • Received:2003-12-10 Revised:2004-12-08 Online:2005-04-10

Abstract: This paper reviewed the concepts,research method and experience about urban landscape,the basic characteristics of urban landscape,and the main driving factors of urban landscape formation.The results showed that high human-dominance,fragmentation,instability and heterogeneity are the basic important characteristics of urban landscape.Regional physical conditions,development history and particular cultural features,transportation system and cities' functions are the major driving forces to affect urban landscape formation.Urban evolved landscape patterns would determine the various processes of urban ecosystem,such as the material cycling,energy flow and biological process.Sustainable urban landscape patterns might strengthen urban ecosystem's services,such as improving micro-climate,purifying urban air,reducing urban noise,changing urban surface hydrological conditions,degrading urban pollution,and providing various recreational functions for urban citizens.

Key words: Taklamakan Desert, Tamarix ramosissima, Populus euphratica, Water potential

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