Table 6 Conversion cost matrix.

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

Contextualization

Conversion cost

Natural trends

Land use type

a

b

c

d

e

f

a

1

1

0

0

0

1

b

0

1

0

0

0

1

c

0

1

1

0

0

1

d

0

1

0

1

0

1

e

1

1

1

1

1

1

f

0

1

0

0

0

1

Economic development

Land use type

a

b

c

d

e

f

a

1

1

1

1

0

1

b

1

1

1

1

0

1

c

1

1

1

0

0

1

d

1

1

1

1

0

1

e

1

1

1

1

1

1

f

0

0

0

0

0

1

Social progress

Land use type

a

b

c

d

e

f

a

1

1

1

1

0

1

b

0

1

1

1

0

0

c

0

1

1

1

0

0

d

0

1

1

1

0

1

e

1

1

1

1

1

1

f

0

0

0

0

0

1

Resource and environmental protection

Land use type

a

b

c

d

e

f

a

1

1

1

1

0

0

b

0

1

1

1

0

0

c

0

1

1

1

0

0

d

0

1

1

1

0

0

e

1

1

1

1

1

1

f

1

1

1

1

0

1

Coordinated development

Land use type

a

b

c

d

e

f

a

1

1

1

1

0

1

b

0

1

1

1

0

1

c

0

1

1

1

0

1

d

0

1

1

1

0

1

e

1

1

1

1

1

1

f

0

0

0

0

0

1

  1. a, b, c, d, e and f represent cultivated land, forest land, grassland, water area, construction land, and unused land, respectively; 1 means it can be converted, and 0 means it cannot be converted.