Correlative comparison of pedodiversity and land use diversity between case areas from the developed east and less developed central China

Twotypicalprovincialcapitals(NanjingandZhengzhou)andtwocounties(RugaoandYuanyang)ineast(JiangsuProvince)andcentral(HenanProvince)Chinawerechosenrespectivelyasthedevelopedandlessdevelopedcomparativecasesforpedodiversityandlandusediversitycorrelativeanalysisbyborrowingtherecentlybetterdevelopedpedodiversitymethodology.Landuseclassificationwasworkedoutusingremotesensingimagesinthreedifferentperiods(1986-1988,2000-2001and2004-2006)forthesestudiedcaseareasbeforethecalculationoftheconstituentdiversityindexandspatialdistributiondiversityindexmodifiedafterShannonentropyin2km×2kmgridscaleofthesoilandlandusepatternwereconductedandthenaconnectionindexwasproposedtoevaluatetherelationshipbetweensoilandlandusediversity.Resultsshowthatduringtheyearsfrom1986to2006,thecompositionandspatialdistributionofregionallandusepatternhadchangedgreatly.TheagriculturallandareaofallthestudiedcaseareasdecreasedobviouslyinwhichNanjinghasthehighestdecrementof895.98km2mainlyintourbanusewhiletheotherlandusetypeareachangesshowthesametrend.Theconnectionindexoffourtypicalsoilfamilytypesandtypicalurbanlandusetypes,i.e.,urbanconstructionland,transportationlandandindustrialandminingareaallincreasedinthisperiod.Inthestudiedcaseareas,thereisthehighestsoilconstituentdiversityinZhengzhouat0.779whilethesimplestsoilconstituentdiversityinRugaoat0.582.MeanwhilewehavehigherlandusediversityinthemoreurbanizedJiangsuProvincethanHenanProvince,Nanjingisrankingthefirstthathasbeengettinghigherandhigherinthethreeperiodsat0.366in1986-1988,0.483in2000-2001and0.545in2004-2006.Finally,theconnectionindexfigurestoevaluatetherelationshipbetweensoilandlandusediversityofthestudiedareaswerecomparedtoshowthesimilarphenomenonthatthisfiguregrowsfastestinNanjingfollowedb