Spatial Coupling Pattern and Driving Forces of Rural Settlements and Arable Land in Alpine Canyon Region of the Maoxian County, China

• DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20054312
• Publication Date: 2023-02-28T11:09:52Z
• Authors: Lingfan Ju; Huan Yu; Qing Xiang; Wenkai Hu; Xiaoyu Xu
• Keywords: Arable land; Human settlement; Rural settlement

For mountainous areas in different regions, the study of spatial coupling relationship between rural settlements and arable land resources is a key aspect coordinated development. In this study, model Geodetector are introduced to explore driving factors alpine canyon region. The nearest neighbor index, Voronoi diagram, landscape pattern index system based on geographic grid used analyze differentiation characteristics region, land. Finally, detected Geodetector. results show that (1) distribution area “T-shaped” with relatively regular settlement shape; (2) population region small, conflict people not prominent most areas, so overall situation farming dominated by fewer more land; (3) mainly affected four types factors: terrain topography, meteorology, soil population, economy. interaction has synergistic enhancement effect. provide theoretical support for development