Review of Research on Land Use and Land Cover Change in Coastal Zone

The environmental characteristics of coastal zone are intricate and variable for it is the interaction area of the land,the ocean and the atmosphere.The research on land use and land cover change in coastal zone is the key parts of the Land and Ocean Interaction of Coastal Zone(LOICZ) research.The status of land use and land cover change research,especially in coastal zone is very important in global change research.This paper reviewed the research on land use and land cover change in coastal zone home and abroad.The aims and contents of land use and land cover change research in coastal zone have been stated and introduced in this paper.Finally,the existing problems in the process of research on land use and land cover change in coastal zone is discussed,such as the shortage of the research areas of environmental friability,superficiality of modeling and driving force mechanism research,the dynamic ambiguity of climate and water environment,and so on.So the trend and perspective of land use and land cover change in coastal zone in future are identified:1) strengthening the research of land use and land cover change in coastal zone;2) the response patterns between land use and land cover change and the coastal environment should be studied in future;and 3) deepening the relationship pattern research between coastal sustainable development and land use and land cover change.