Bulletin of Surveying and Mapping ›› 2020, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (7): 70-75.doi: 10.13474/j.cnki.11-2246.2020.0217

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Analysis of urban spatial structure based on spatial coupling between POI and nighttime data: a case study of main urban region in Wuhan

CHEN Bin1,2, XU Shangzhao1, ZHOU Yangyang1, XU Fengliang1, WANG Hongzhi2   

  1. 1. Research Institute No. 290, CNNC, Shaoguan 512026, China;
    2. Hubei Province Key Laboratory for Analysis and Simulation of Geographical Process, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
  • Received:2019-10-14 Published:2020-08-01

Abstract: Urban points of interest (POI) and luminous remote sensing images can visually reflect the spatial distribution characteristics of urban social and economic entities, and play an important role in the study of urban spatial structure. Firstly, this paper selects the typical city representative of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River-Wuhan as the research area, selects the 2016 POI and NPP/VIIRS luminous remote sensing data of the study area as the basic research data, and uses the GIS analysis tool to carry out the spatial nuclear density analysis of the POI data. Then the POI nuclear density analysis results and NPP/VIIRS luminous remote sensing data are spatially meshed. Finally, the two-factor mapping and grid overlay analysis methods are used to explore the spatial coupling relationship between the two data, and further analysis is carried out the spatial structure of the city. The research shows that the spatial coupling of the POI data and the luminous remote sensing data in Wuhan is better overall, and the spatial coupling is consistent with the proportion of 82.15%. However, there are some differences in the spatial coupling between the two in the Yangtze River, such as the Qiaokou district. The remote sensing data and POI data of Hanyang district are mainly based on the low-medium spatial coupling mode, while the Qingshan district, Wuchang district and Hankou district are dominated by the medium-low spatial coupling mode. As one of the core cities of the central plains urban agglomeration, Wuhan's internal spatial structure is closely related to the development of the Yangtze River economic belt. Through the spatial coupling relationship between POI and luminous remote sensing data, the spatial structure characteristics of Wuhan spatial entity elements can be learn more deeply. This study can provide a new perspective for the study of the internal spatial structure of cities along the Yangtze River.

Key words: nighttime light data, POI, NPP/VIIRS, urban spatial structure, spatial coupling

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