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 …

Understanding the changes and coupling characteristics between rural population (RP) and
rural residential land (RRL) provides a theoretical basis for sustainable rural land use …

Rapid urbanization accompanied with socioeconomic transformation in China has resulted
in significant changes in urban–rural construction land and human–land relationships …

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 …

Analyzing the relationship between rural settlements and rural population change under
different policy scenarios is key in the sustainable development of China's urban and rural …

The rural settlement is one of important aspects to understand regional human-environment
relationships. Zhangjiakou city, located in the poverty belt around Beijing and Tianjin, was …

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 …

In China, changes in rural settlement patterns are crucial because they may affect
agricultural sustainability through encroachment on productive cropland and water …

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

Abstract “Population decline and land expansion (PDLE)", as the general phenomenon in
rural residential areas, which is viewed as an unfavorable issue in human-land interaction …