By the 2050s, more than 120 million people are predicted to settle in the Pearl River Delta
(PRD), which covers large coastal cities such as Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hong Kong …

Sustainable flood risk management (SFRM) has become popular since the 1980s. Many
governmental and non-governmental organisations have been keen on implementing the …

Although research on population carrying capacity has made significant progress, research
on urban carrying capacity still has a weak theoretical basis and uses, imperfect regulation …

The intensive and sustainable way of land use is one of the most important approaches to
solve the issue of contradiction between human activities and land resource. In this paper …

In recent decades, rapid economic growth and urbanization have driven significant
livelihood transitions in rural China, which raised diverse climate and environmental …

As the land ecosystem provides the necessary basic material resources for human
development, land ecological security (LES) plays an increasingly important role in …

Land carrying capacity is an important factor for urban sustainable development. It provides
essential insights into land resource allocation and management. In this article, we propose …

Increasing numbers of studies are investigating the phenomenon of social resistance,
particularly instances of stability or prosperity in the face of climatic–environmental stresses …

China announced a target of achieving carbon neutrality by 2060. As one of the most
promising pathways to minimize carbon emissions, the low-carbon electricity supply is of …