Abstract: Terrain niche was used to describe the terrain difference of the Longhua area in Shenzhen special economic zone, and nondimensional distribution index was used to semiquantitatively analyze the spatial distribution characteristics based on the remotely sensed interpretation maps of landscape elements.Distribution index can describe the difference between the actual distribution and the standard distribution of a landscape element, excluding the disturbance of the area therefore availing kinds of comparative analyses.The complexity of holistic distribution pattern on the terrain niche gradient of the landscape elements significantly increased from 1988 to 1996.Land use and structure regulation activities on Meso-scale are the main human transformation activities, which contribute to finer division of land use of different terrain conditions.The different terrain conditions frame the landscape pattern in the large scale.