Research on land use change during urbanization in suburbs of Beijing

This paper focuses on the process of urban land use change based on the data of land use change at various stages of rapid urbanization.The results show that different urban development stages in the study area present different characteristics.From 1990 to 1995,the construction area increased dramatically.From 1995 to 2000,the urban land use was internally restructured.Blind expansion of urban land was in effective control.Urban area had changed a little and arable land restored.From 2000 to 2006,the focus of urban land development shifted from construction area to the suburbs,and the area of urban land use increased.Spatial analyses indicate that the change of construction area distribution and urban expansion intensity around 5 km of expressway,which explains the land use space variation during the urbanization process.