The role of urban green space (UGS) in mitigating the urban heat island (UHI) effect has
been demonstrated in a growing body of literature. However, the potential influence of the …

Global urbanization and urban sprawl have made urban land efficiency (ULE) a significant
issue for sustainable development. The Yangtze River Delta (YRD), the largest globalizing …

Shenzhen is one of the world's cities with the fastest urbanization and the most astonishing
changes, and it is also a typical benchmark of Chinese rapid urbanization miracle. Under the …

Metropolitan has progressively emerged as a new form of urban governance.
Understanding the urban expansion process and its determinants at metropolitan level …

The 21st century has been a period characterized by the rapid development and utilization
of underground space together with urbanization. Shenzhen is the model city of rapid …

The significant economic development witnessed in China in recent decades has been
accompanied by the increasing expansion of urban areas. Although a growing literature has …

Land-use/cover change (LUCC) caused by urbanization has impacted environment and
become an important factor driving global change. Karst is a very fragile environment and …

China is undergoing an unprecedented urbanization process in which massive amounts of
rural land has been converted to urban use. Indeed, rapid urban land expansion in China …

Intensive human activity has led to dramatic land changes in coastal watersheds, which in
turn cause landscape pattern changes and threaten the valuable but fragile ecosystem. This …

The distinct urbanization process of China has attracted worldwide attention because of its
impressive speed, massive scale, and policy intervention. However, the interrelationship …