A STUDY ON THE URBANIZATION OF HARBIN AND SHANGHAI BY LANDSAT TM DATA

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to make clear the change of urban environment through Landsat TM data of Harbin and Shanghai. In this paper, some examinations were performed. First, we created the maps of the land cover classification, and found the actual situation of the land cover. Second, we investigated the secular change of the land cover, calculated the rate of the natural cover according to distance and direction from the city center, and discussed the feature's urbanization of the two cities. Finally, we estimated the maps of land cover in 2010 year, and expected the future situation of urbanization.