Rapid urbanization and industrialization have largely promoted the transformation of urban
and rural space. In recent years, rural residential land expansion (RRLE) has also become a …

The conversion of population and land from rural to urban areas has been widely explored;
however, the spatial change in rural settlements and its relations to population changes …

Rural settlements transition (RST) is one of the most significant indices for understanding the
phenomena of rural reconstruction and urban-rural transformation in China. However, a …

Rural-urban transformation is a process of morphological and functional change of rural
system consisting of three dimensions: population, land and industry. Gansu Province is …

This paper establishes the analytical framework of the driving mechanism of land use
transitions on urban-rural integrated development. The evolution rules and spatio-temporal …

With the rapid development of urbanization and the widening gap between urban and rural
areas, how to effectively enhance the balanced development of urban and rural areas as …

In 2015, the United Nations (UN) adopted the 2030 agenda for sustainable development
and established 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs), aiming at completely solving the …

A better understanding of the spatio-temporal characteristics and driving mechanism of
population and residential land change in urban and rural China under rapid urbanization …

Existing studies have intensively discussed urban expansion, while relatively less attention
has been paid to the impacts of the land supply structure. The aim of this study is to discuss …

Integrated development in urban and rural areas has led to a new form of urban–rural
interdependence, which promotes rural territorial functional evolution and land use changes …