Spatial-Temporal Evolution of Composition of Urban Development Land of Wuhan City Circle

This paper has researched the temporal characters and space configuration differences that are associated with the composition of urban development land between 2002 and 2012 of Wuhan city circle based on the shift- share model. The analysis shows that land for public facilities, external communication, and green is competitive structure which has signifi cant effect of offset supply; while warehouse land, land for road and squares, and land for special use represent recessional structure, which has evident crowding out effect. There are signifi cant spatial differences in the competitiveness and the rates of changeamong various cities for different types of construction land. And temporal change and spatial confi guration differences of the structure of urban construction land around Wuhan city is affected synthetically by urban-based economic growth, industrial structure, population and regional policy.