Quantifying the dynamics and driving forces of the coastal wetland landscape of the Yangtze River Estuary since the 1960s

In this study, the land use/cover vector data for 1960, 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2015 were used to calculate and characterize the landscape metrics and dynamics of the Yangtze Estuary. The hypsometric 6 m curve was first delineated and considered in the research of the Yangtze Estuary wetlands landscape patterns. The associated landscape-changing driving forces were then analyzed through correlation analyses using socioeconomic variables....