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Green waste to green architecture: optimizing urban tree systems for renewable construction material supply chains
In this article, we share the prospect of using the lifecycle and growth advantages of urban trees as construction materials beyond the existing,...
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Land subsidence detection using sentinel-1 interferometer and its relation with environmental drivers: a case study for coastal Mumbai city
The study presents a comprehensive analysis of land subsidence for Mumbai region, employing interferometric synthetic aperture radar, and analyzing...
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Simulation of Urban Land Expansion Under Ecological Constraints in Harbin-Changchun Urban Agglomeration, China
Under the demand of urban expansion and the constraints of China’s ‘National Main Functional Area Planning’ policy, urban agglomerations are facing...
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How Does Urban Shrinkage Affect Land Use Efficiency? A Case Study of Shrinking Cities in Northeast China
The effect of urban shrinkage has gradually become a new topic. Theoretically, urban shrinkage may exert great influence on land use efficiency (LUE)...
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Wind-proof and sand-fixing effects of Artemisia ordosica with different coverages in the Mu Us Sandy Land, northern China
Wind erosion is a key global environmental problem and has many adverse effects. The Mu Us Sandy Land of northern China is characterized by an arid...
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Land use/land cover change responses to ecological water conveyance in the lower reaches of Tarim River, China
The Tarim River is the longest inland river in China and is considered as an important river to protect the oasis economy and environment of the...
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Using Spatial Time-Series and Field Data to Understand Cultural Drivers of Land Change: Connecting Land Conflict and Land Change in Eastern Amazonia
Since the initial alarm raised by Latin American researchers in the early 1970s, the Amazon has been the focus of many geographic information science...
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Spatio-temporal Dynamic Simulation of Land use and Ecological Risk in the Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration, China
Rapid urbanization leads to dramatic changes in land use patterns, and the land use/cover change (LUCC) can reflect the spatial impact of...
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Application of the InVEST model for assessing water yield and its response to precipitation and land use in the Weihe River Basin, China
With realizing the importance of ecosystem services to society, the efforts to evaluate the ecosystem services have increased. As the largest...
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Chinese Agricultural Investments in Uganda and the Paradox of “Idle Land”
This chapter attempts to think through the “paradox of idle land” in contemporary debates on land in Uganda and Africa at large. The idea that Africa...
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Land Use/Land Cover Changes in Coastal Districts of Karnataka
Coastal environment has an instrumental bearing over the economy of the nation. By virtue of its diverse and precious resources productive habitats,...
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Future flooding of the Volta Delta caused by sea level rise and land subsidence
The Volta Delta (Ghana, West Africa) is increasingly impacted by Sea Level Rise (SLR). SLR renders the Volta Delta mostly vulnerable to flooding,...
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Land Surface Temperature in an Arid City: Assessing Spatio-temporal Changes
The sprawl of urban areas and its consequent alteration of the Earth’s surface lead to problems with rising temperatures. This research aims to...
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Urban Land Use Efficiency and Contributing Factors in the Yangtze River Delta Under Increasing Environmental Restrictions in China
Evaluating urban land use efficiency (ULUE) provides insights into the interactions between land use systems and their external environment....
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The impacts of land cover spatial combination on nighttime light intensity in 2010 and 2020: a case study of Fuzhou, China
As human activities highly depend on the land resources and changed the land cover (LC) condition, the relationship between LC and nighttime light...
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The development of utility-scale solar projects on US agricultural land: opportunities and obstacles
By 2050, solar energy is expected to provide 45 percent of the electricity consumed in the USA. Most of this solar electricity is expected to come...
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Sustainable Intensification and Large-scale Operation of Cultivated Land Use at the Farmers’ Scale: A Case Study of Shandong Province, China
Sustainable intensification of cultivated land use (SICLU) and large-scale operations (LSO) are widely acknowledged strategies for enhancing...
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Understanding the change of land space utilization efficiency with different functions and its coupling coordination: A case study of Urban Agglomeration in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, China
Land spaces function in capacities of urban development, agricultural production, and ecological conservation, among many others. Research of land...
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Response of ecosystem service value to land use/cover change in the northern slope economic belt of the Tianshan Mountains, **njiang, China
Land use/cover change (LUCC) is becoming more and more frequent and extensive as a result of human activities, and is expected to have a major impact...