Exploring land use structure and dynamics is critical for urban planning and management.
This study attempts to understand the Wuhan development mode since the beginning of the …

Landscape transformations in rapidly urbanizing Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao
(GHKM) regions of South China represent the most complex and dynamic processes …

China aims to end absolute poverty by 2020. In pursuit of this goal, a series of poverty
reduction policies and measures have been proposed. As a vital element of poverty …

Land use land cover (LULC) transition analysis is a systematic approach that helps in
understanding physical and human involvement in the natural environment and sustainable …

There are widespread concerns about urban sprawl in China. In response, modeling and
assessing urban expansion and subsequent land use and land cover (LULC) changes have …

Urbanization changes urban landscapes and results in ecological and environmental
problems. To solve these problems, it is essential to quantify the dynamics of urban …

Urban expansion is probably the most drastic form of land conversion and its impacts far
transcend city's physical boundaries. Many studies have documented China's rapid urban …

High-resolution mapping and monitoring of national land use/cover changes contribute
significantly to the knowledge of the interaction between human activities and environmental …

During the past decades, land use land cover change (LUCC) has taken place around most
Chinese cities at unprecedented rates. During this process, many rural lands, such as …

Land use/cover change (LUCC) is the result of interaction between human activities and
biophysical processes. Extensive researches have been done on LUCC in urban China, but …