Correlation between land use pattern and regional ecological carrying capacity of Foshan City, Guangdong Province

Land use/cover change(LUCC) is a heated research on global climate change.Based on land use data(1996 and 2002) and other related statistical data on Foshan,dynamic spatial-temporal analysis of LUCC was conducted using land use models,including land use degree,regional difference,etc.Factor analysis was then applied to quantitatively evaluate the regional ecological carrying capacity(RECC) of Foshan City. Correlations between land use patterns and RECC are revealed in the study.