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 …

Since the late twentieth century, rural areas in China have experienced a rapid and far-
reaching transformation of social and economic structures. Residential land in rural areas …

China has undergone a dramatic transition echoed the unprecedented urbanization and
economic growth since the late 1970s. The current research on urbanization has overlooked …

This paper aims to investigate the spatial patterns, temporal processes and driving
mechanisms of urban-rural land use transformation (URLUT). Empirical study of Xuanhua …

Diversity, complexity and change have become the hallmarks of contemporary Chinese rural
settlements. However, the literature so far has paid insufficient attention to this phenomenon …

Since the early 1990s, China has experienced rapid industrialization and urbanization. As
cities have expanded rapidly, the spatial patterns of rural settlements also changed …

This paper reveals spatiotemporal features and dynamic mechanisms of rural settlements in
different geomorphological areas, which is of great theoretical and practical value to the …

Rural settlements, a type of rural locality where residents live and engage in production,
always face significant changes and transitions when meeting the demands of rural …

The change in urban construction land (UCL) and rural residential land (RRL) and their
coupling relationship are the main manifestation of urban-rural construction land transition …

With significant economic development over the last several decades in China, urban land
has increasingly sprawled and encroached upon arable land and rural settlements. In this …