China's urban land reform is a gradualist process of transforming a planned land allocation
system to an open land market system, while the ownership of the land remains under the …

Farmland use transition (FUT) is indispensable to understand land use transition in urban-
rural planning and development. Employing a complementary evaluation framework, this …

China's urbanization has attracted many scholars' attention due to its significant impact on
socioeconomic sustainability. Many studies have explored the spatial pattern and effects of …

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 …

Urban-rural integration is an ideal urban-rural relationship that balances and coordinates
urban and rural development. Suburbs, as transitional zones between urban and rural …

Rural regional system is a geographical perspective to understand rural development and
land use change. Identifying the structure of rural regional system has been the key issue in …

A series of negative effects of urban development have emerged owing to the imbalance of
population, industry, and built-up land spatial agglomeration. This study proposes an …

Land development and redevelopment (LDR) is essential to economic growth and the
advancement of urbanization in urban China. Moreover, various factors affect LDR. Based …

Rural in situ urbanization (RISU) indicates that rural settlements transfer into urban land
within the original rural settlements area from the perspective of land use. A quantitative …

Delimiting the urban growth boundary (UGB) is important for limiting urban sprawl and
improving urban sustainability. However, the future UGB delimitation for the entire China is …