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The landscape pattern is affected by human activities and the natural environment. China's urbanization has been a great achievement in the past 30 years, but also it has caused a variety of environmental problems. The landscape of the mountain valley area is particularly affected by human activities and the natural environment. The rise of remote sensing technologies has promoted a better understanding of ecological process, and the quantitative study on landscape dynamics has received more and more considerable attention. In this paper, four years from 2000, 2005, 2010, and 2015 were selected as the research time. Using Landsat TM/ETM remote sensing image, DEM, and socioeconomic data, we calculated the landscape pattern indices in four districts (Lishi, Fangshan, Liulin, and Zhongyang) of Luliang City on patch scale, land cover scale and landscape scale respectively. Thus, the change of landscape pattern in four districts from 2000 to 2015 were obtained. The results showed that: 􀃦 the landscape in the mountain valley area has become more and more fragmented in the past 15 years (2000-2015); 􀃧 the landscape dynamics of the main and tributary catchment areas of the Sanchuan River were different from that of urban development, which is closely related to the development stages of urban and rural areas; 􀃨 there were differences in landscape changes between different topographic and landform units, and the landscape at higher altitudes was more vulnerable to disturbance. This study can provide some reference for the ecological restoration and management on landscape scale in the mountain and valley areas of the north and northwest China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]