Estonia mainly experienced urban expansion after regaining independence in 1991.
Employing the CORINE Land Cover dataset to analyze the dynamic changes in land …

Accelerated urbanization and population expansion present substantial pressures on the
built environment, particularly in terms of inadequate space and pronounced inequality of …

Sustainable developments in water treatment systems are challenges in the 21st century.
More industrial-scale drinking water treatment plants are using ultrafiltration (UF) membrane …

Since the launch of economic reform and openness policy in the late 1970s, Chinese cities
have witnessed significant growth and sprawl, resulting in a large amount of farmland …

Land resources and water resources are the important material basis of economic and
social development, and their pattern determines the pattern of development. Based on the …

Under the current rapid urbanization and industrialization in China, competition for
production, living, and ecological spaces is becoming fierce. Improving production–living …

The change of urban construction land is most obvious and intuitive in the change of global
land use in the new era. The supply and allocation of construction land is an important policy …

A wide variety of settlement systems exist, ranging from small villages to large metropolises.
However, spatial analyses are typically confined to the mere presence or absence of built-up …

Urban green corridors are the vital link connecting urban blue-green space and provide
ecosystem services. Although numerous studies have been carried out to identify urban …

Spatiotemporal analysis of urban growth patterns and dynamics is important not only in
urban geography but also in landscape and urban planning and sustainability studies …