Table 1 Context setting description table.

From: Optimization of Chinese land spatial pattern in the transformation process of resource-based cities: a case study in Tongling City, China

Contextualization

GDP growth rate

Urbanization rate

Social factor

Natural factor

Pollution control factor

Technological progress factor

Natural trends

Natural

Natural

Natural

Natural

Natural

Natural

Economic development

Superior

Natural

Natural

Natural

Natural

Superior

Social progress

Natural

Superior

Superior

Natural

Natural

Natural

Resource and environmental protection

Natural

Natural

Natural

Superior

Superior

Natural

Coordinated development

Average

Average

Average

Average

Average

Average