Study on landuse planning based on GIS and CLUES models

CLUES model is considered as a good model in researching on regional landuse in large and small scales based on the analysis of the theory and method used in current land use planning spatially. It is established on the basis of deeply understanding of landuse system, the characteristics of association to land use, competition, stability and localizition, and political restrictiveness. A case of Bole City in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region was studied, and the results illustrate that CLUES model is a better model for simulating of landuse change, and the CLUES model has good efficiency in enhancing assistant decisionmaking of land use planning.