EII of construction land in provinces/cities in the Yangtze River economic belt from 2000 to 2006.

EII of construction land in provinces/cities in the Yangtze River economic belt from 2000 to 2006.</p

Classification standard of construction land expansion.

Classification standard of construction land expansion.</p

ESI of construction land in provinces/cities in the Yangtze River economic belt from 2012 to 2017.

Source: Figs 3–8 are all based on Fig 1 and obtained by using Arcgis mapping software according to the analysis results.</p

Elasticity coefficient of driving forces in construction land expansion.

Elasticity coefficient of driving forces in construction land expansion.</p

Indexes used in this research and their data source.

Indexes used in this research and their data source.</p

EII of construction land in provinces/cities in the Yangtze River economic belt from 2012 to 2017.

EII of construction land in provinces/cities in the Yangtze River economic belt from 2012 to 2017.</p

Map of the Yangtze River economic belt.

Map of the Yangtze River economic belt.</p

Degree of interpretation of original variables by comprehensive variables and KMO test value.

Degree of interpretation of original variables by comprehensive variables and KMO test value.</p

EII of construction land in provinces/cities in the Yangtze River economic belt from 2006 to 2012.

EII of construction land in provinces/cities in the Yangtze River economic belt from 2006 to 2012.</p

ESI of construction land in provinces/cities in the Yangtze River economic belt from 2000 to 2006.

ESI of construction land in provinces/cities in the Yangtze River economic belt from 2000 to 2006.</p