The construction of the urban ecological network has a comprehensive effect on urban
aesthetics, society and economy, and provides the driving force for urban sustainable …

Regional land use change affects eco-environmental quality by altering ecosystem structure
and function. The primitive ecosystem and environment of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) …

Urbanization towards the expansion of the city area causes urban sprawl and changes in
space use. Furthermore, urban agglomeration towards urban spatial integration causes a …

Addressing urban challenges with nature-based approaches can improve and protect
ecosystem services. Yet, urban planning has not efficiently integrated such approaches to …

Land change models are important tools for land systems analysis, but their potential for
causal inference using a counterfactual approach remains underdeveloped. This paper …

The middle reaches of the Yellow River represent an important area for the protection and
development of the Yellow River Basin. Most of the area of the river basin is within the Loess …

The urban problems have clearly incorporated into the global sustainable development
agenda and the scientific urban expansion model has won credibility for urban research and …

Land change modeling (LCM) is a complex GIS procedure aiming at predicting land cover
changes in the future, contributing thus to the design of interventions that help maintain …

Abstract Evaluation of carbon sequestration in various land cover types is a valuable tool for
environmental policies targeting towards minimization of CO 2 emissions and climate …

Under the political dominance of urbanization, the policy of increasing versus decreasing
balance (IVDB) between urban and rural construction land has had a profound influence on …