Human activities drive spatio-temporal changes in land use that in turn lead to changes in
land use functions. Land use in China is highly dynamic and particularly important for global …

Cultivated land multifunction, defined as the private and public goods and services provided
by the land uses, is usually developed based on the interaction between the cultivated land …

Land use function (LUF) has sparked widely attention of researchers and policymakers who
are focusing on sustainable development. Identifying the interrelations among multiple LUFs …

The increasing scarcity of cultivated land resources necessitates the continuous change in
cultivated land functions. Cultivated land has gradually changed from being used for a …

Land-use changes under the shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs) and the
representative concentration pathways (RCPs) have been analyzed globally, but how …

After decades of rapid development, there exists insufficient and contradictory land use in
the world, and social, economic and ecological sustainable development is facing severe …

China has adopted policies, such as the Grain for Green program (GFGP) and China's
Western Development Strategy, to maintain ecosystem sustainability and the rational use of …

Land use/land cover changes (LULCC) have been affected by ecological processes as well
as socioeconomic and human activities, resulting in several environmental problems. The …

Government policy is a major human factor that causes changes in land use. Thus,
simulating the dynamics of land-use systems provides important information to support …

Shaanxi Province connects the eastern and western parts of China. Hence, its rational land-
use planning is crucial to promote high-quality regional development. Guided by land …