Nowadays, cities meet numerous sustainable development challenges in facing growing
urban populations and expanding urban areas. The monitoring and simulation of land use …

Human activities affect the Earth System with an unprecedented magnitude, causing
undesirable irreversible degradation. The United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals …

Land use land cover (LULC) has altered dramatically because of anthropogenic activities,
particularly in places where climate change and population growth are severe. The …

Evaluating urban-agriculture-ecological space is useful in optimizing land space and high-
quality socio-economic development. This study evaluated urban development and …

Urban sprawl refers to inefficient, disorderly, and low-density urban constructions that restrict
sustainable development, in the context of rapid urbanization and industrialization. For …

The rate of transformation of natural land use land cover (LULC) to the built-up areas is very
high in the peri-urban areas of Indian metropolitan cities. Delhi National Capital Region …

Air pollution is the result of a complex interaction between natural and anthropogenic
environmental conditions. Recently, what's the mutual correlation between air pollutants …

With rapid urbanization and population increase, cropland has received considerable
attention worldwide as a key factor for global food security. To a certain extent, cropland …

The rapid development of the urban city has led to great changes in the urban spatial
structure. Thus, analyses of polycentric urban spatial structures are important for …

Driving analysis of urban expansion (DAUE) is usually implemented to identify the driving
factors and their corresponding driving effects/mechanisms for the expansion processes of …