Assessment of Night-Time Lighting for Global Terrestrial Protected and Wilderness Areas

doi:10.3390/rs11222699

	Assessment of Night-Time Lighting for Global Terrestrial Protected and Wilderness Areas
	Fan, Liangxian 1,2; Zhao, Jianjun 1,2; Wang, Yeqiao 3; Ren, Zhoupeng 4; Zhang, Hongyan 1,2; Guo, Xiaoyi 1,2
刊名	REMOTE SENSING
	2019-11-02
卷号	11 期号:22 页码:20
关键词	Protected areas Night-time light Global lightscape assessment Human disturbance
DOI	10.3390/rs11222699
通讯作者	Zhao, Jianjun(zhaojj662@nenu.edu.cn) ; Wang, Yeqiao(yqwang@uri.edu)
英文摘要	Protected areas (PAs) play an important role in biodiversity conservation and ecosystem integrity. However, human development has threatened and affected the function and effectiveness of PAs. The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program/Operational Linescan System (DMSP/OLS) night-time stable light (NTL) data have proven to be an effective indicator of the intensity and change of human-induced urban development over a long time span and at a larger spatial scale. We used the NTL data from 1992 to 2013 to characterize the human-induced urban development and studied the spatial and temporal variation of the NTL of global terrestrial PAs. We selected seven types of PAs defined by the International Union for Conversation of Nature (IUCN), including strict nature reserve (Ia), wilderness area (Ib), national park (II), natural monument or feature (III), habitat/species management area (IV), protected landscape/seascape (V), and protected area with sustainable use of natural resources (VI). We evaluated the NTL digital number (DN) in PAs and their surrounding buffer zones, i.e., 0-1 km, 1-5 km, 5-10 km, 10-25 km, 25-50 km, and 50-100 km. The results revealed the level, growth rate, trend, and distribution pattern of NTL in PAs. Within PAs, areas of types V and Ib had the highest and lowest NTL levels, respectively. In the surrounding 1-100 km buffer zones, type V PAs also had the highest NTL level, but type VI PAs had the lowest NTL level. The NTL level in the areas surrounding PAs was higher than that within PAs. Types Ia and III PAs showed the highest and lowest NTL growth rate from 1992 to 2013, respectively, both inside and outside of PAs. The NTL distributions surrounding the Ib and VI PAs were different from other types. The areas close to Ib and VI boundaries, i.e., in the 0-25 km buffer zones, showed lower NTL levels, for which the highest NTL level was observed within the 25-100 km buffer zone. However, other types of PAs showed the opposite NTL patterns. The NTL level was lower in the distant buffer zones, and the lowest night light was within the 1-25 km buffer zones. Globally, 6.9% of PAs are being affected by NTL. Conditions of wilderness areas, e.g., high latitude regions, Tibetan Plateau, Amazon, and Caribbean, are the least affected by NTL. The PAs in Europe, Asia, and North America are more affected by NTL than South America, Africa, and Oceania.
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[41771450] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41871330] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41630749] ; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities[2412019BJ001] ; Foundation of the Education Department of Jilin Province in the 13th Five-Year project[JJKH20190282KJ] ; Science and Technology Development Project of Jilin Province[20190802024ZG]
WOS关键词	URBANIZATION DYNAMICS ; CONSERVATION ; POLLUTION ; BIODIVERSITY ; BEHAVIOR ; TRENDS ; IMPACT ; POWER ; LAND ; BATS
WOS研究方向	Remote Sensing
语种	英语
出版者	MDPI
WOS记录号	WOS:000502284300104
资助机构	National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities ; Foundation of the Education Department of Jilin Province in the 13th Five-Year project ; Science and Technology Development Project of Jilin Province
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/131039]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Zhao, Jianjun; Wang, Yeqiao
作者单位	1.Northeast Normal Univ, Sch Geog Sci, Key Lab Geog Proc & Ecol Secur Changbai Mt, Minist Educ, Changchun 130024, Jilin, Peoples R China 2.Northeast Normal Univ, Sch Geog Sci, Urban Remote Sensing Applicat Innovat Ctr, Changchun 130024, Jilin, Peoples R China 3.Univ Rhode Isl, Dept Nat Resources Sci, Kingston, RI 02881 USA 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, State Key Lab Resources & Environm Informat Syst, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Fan, Liangxian,Zhao, Jianjun,Wang, Yeqiao,et al. Assessment of Night-Time Lighting for Global Terrestrial Protected and Wilderness Areas[J]. REMOTE SENSING,2019,11(22):20.
APA	Fan, Liangxian,Zhao, Jianjun,Wang, Yeqiao,Ren, Zhoupeng,Zhang, Hongyan,&Guo, Xiaoyi.(2019).Assessment of Night-Time Lighting for Global Terrestrial Protected and Wilderness Areas.REMOTE SENSING,11(22),20.
MLA	Fan, Liangxian,et al."Assessment of Night-Time Lighting for Global Terrestrial Protected and Wilderness Areas".REMOTE SENSING 11.22(2019):20.