摘要：This paper seeks to analyse the present and future land-use change transition intensity (using Pontius intensity model) and landscape pattern using landscape metrics to investigate the relationship between the land cover regions, landscape pattern and the changes in the size of Bojiang lake in Ordos basin from 1987-2017. The accelerated changes in each land use region from 1987 and 2017 subsequently led to changes in landscape pattern. The changes experienced within 1987 and 2017 including the future changes indicated that the grassland and sparsely vegetated region increased significantly, dominating the study region which however indicated an increase in anthropogenic activities like agricultural activities in the study region. Based on our observation in this study, the change in each land use region although showed a significant relationship with the change in water region including Bojiang lake, other external factors also contributed to the changes in the size of the lake.
