The landscape pattern and its dynamical change of the 13 provinces in the North China during 1989~1999 have been analyzed in the paper by using RS

GIS and FRAGSTATS

which are based on the 1 km NDVI images in 1989 and 1999.The results show that grasslands

unable land and forests are the main landscape types in the research areas.During 1989~1999

the landscape pattern become diversification and evenness.As a whole

the fragmentation of arable land

forests and cities and residential areas are bigger than other landscape types.Human seriously disturbs forests

grasslands and water areas.Grasslands become more and more fragmentized

the fragmentation of grassland increases from 19.23% to 41.69%.The transition between the landscape types is mainly the changes between forests

grasslands and arable land and grasslands changing to unable land.The ecological environment in the area is obviously degenerated due to the human activities.