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Assessment of spatial change dynamics of land features upon short and long term scenarios for a vulnerable island in the Ganges Delta
The Sagar is the largest inhabited island in the Ganges delta in India. In the recent decades the island experiences severe stress and coastal...
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How does land consolidation affect rural development transformation?
China’s rural territory is entering a critical stage of transformation and development. Promoting rural development and transformation is an...
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Evaluation, simulation, and optimization of land use spatial patterns for high-quality development: A case study of Zhengzhou city, China
High-intensity land use and resource overloaded-induced regional land use spatial pattern (LUSP) are essential and challenging for high-quality...
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Coordinated development of land multi-function space: An analytical framework for matching the supply of resources and environment with the use of land space for ecological protection, agricultural production and urban construction
Based on the carrying capacity of the resources and the environment, this article defines the connotation of the land multifunctional space (LMFS)...
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Development of center pivot irrigation farmlands from 2009 to 2018 in the Mu Us dune field, China: Implication for land use planning
The Mu Us dune field in China has become a focal region for research of the prevention and control of desertification. Agricultural practices in this...
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Land-use planning in China: Past, present, and future
Under the framework of ecological civilisation, the formulation of territorial spatial planning (TSP) and improvement of spatial governance systems...
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Climate Change Impact on Land Use and Land Cover Change on Saint Martin's Island, Bangladesh
Coral islands like Saint Martin’s have long been recognized as being particularly vulnerable to the consequences of climate change. Based on this...
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Circulation of Development Factors Promoted by Innovation of Land Management Under Background of Rural Vitalization: A Case Study of Tengtou Village in Zhejiang Province, China
Land is the space carrier for the existence and flow of other development factors. Activating rural land and promoting the circulation of other...
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Driving forces behind the spatiotemporal heterogeneity of land-use and land-cover change: A case study of the Weihe River Basin, China
The impact of socioeconomic development on land-use and land-cover change (LUCC) in river basins varies spatially and temporally. Exploring the...
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Bangladesh Delta Plan: Anatomy of a Long-Term Development Strategy
The Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100 is formulated with a target of achieving a safer, secured, resilient and prosperous country by the end of the...
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Climatology of Long-Term Urban Warming
Temperatures in cities have been increasing over time with the development of the UHI. This chapter presents observational facts regarding urban...
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Studies on Impacts of Land Use/Land Cover Changes on Groundwater Resources: A Critical Review
Presently, enormous expansions of the built-up environment have been going on at the fastest rate overtime to fulfill the demand of the world...
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Spatial-temporal Evolution Analysis on Land Use Multifunctionality in the China-Vietnam Border Area
Exploring the spatial and temporal evolution characteristics of the border land use multifunctionality (LUMF) provides insights for taking advantage...
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Multi-Scenario Simulation of the Impact of Land Use Change on the Ecosystem Service Value in the Suzhou-Wuxi-Changzhou Metropolitan Area, China
As the most economically developed metropolitan area in China’s Yangtze River Delta, the rapid changing land use patterns of Suzhou-Wuxi-Changzhou...
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Effects of land-use patterns on soil microbial diversity and composition in the Loess Plateau, China
In the Loess Plateau of China, land-use pattern is a major factor in controlling underlying biological processes. Additionally, the process of...
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Hedging effect alleviates the impact of land use on mainstream hydrological regimes: Evidence from **sha River, China
Global extreme hydrological events pose considerable challenges to the sustainable development of human society and river ecology. Land use/cover...
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Land use change and its influencing factors along railways in Africa: A case study of the Ethiopian section of the Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway
Railways are a crucial part of the African transport network and have a significant impact on the socio-economy and urban development. Previous...
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Evaluating the effects of land use/land cover change on the emergence of hazardous dust sources in the Tigris-Euphrates Basin
Land use/land cover (LULC) change contributes significantly to the formation of hotspot dust sources (HDSs). The Tigris-Euphrates Basin (TEB), a...
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Investigating the critical influencing factors of snowmelt runoff and development of a mid-long term snowmelt runoff forecasting
Snowmelt runoff is a vital source of fresh water in cold regions. Accurate snowmelt runoff forecasting is crucial in supporting the integrated...
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Long-term passive restoration of severely degraded drylands — divergent impacts on soil and vegetation: An Israeli case study
Land degradation affects extensive drylands around the world. Due to long-term misuse, the Israeli Sde Zin dryland site has faced severe degradation....