Status and prospect of ecological environment in the belt and road initiative regions

X Du, Y Qin, C Huang - … Journal of Environmental Research and Public …, 2022 - mdpi.com
With the widespread recognition and in-depth implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative
(BRI), especially in the context of global climate change, the ecological environment of Belt …

Long-term trends of vegetation greenness under different urban development intensities in 889 global cities

Q Zhong, Z Li - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2024 - Elsevier
Long-term trends in urban vegetation greenness were systematically analyzed. However,
long-term trends in vegetation greenness under different urban development intensities …

Intensive land-use is associated with development status in port cities of Southeast Asia

Y Dong, Y Zhou, L Zhang, Y Gu… - Environmental Research …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Port cities in Southeast Asia (SEA) have been undergoing intensive land use and
land cover change (LUCC) because of rapid socio-economic development in recent …

Assessment of coastal sustainable development along the maritime silk road using an integrated natural-economic-social (NES) ecosystem

J Zuo, L Zhang, B Chen, J Liao, M Hashim, D Sutrisno… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Understanding spatial change and its driving factors behind coastal development is
essential for coastal management and restoration. There is an urgent need for quantitative …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial patterns and driving forces of urban vegetation greenness in China: A case study comprising 289 cities

Y Jin, F Wang, Q Zong, K Jin, C Liu, P Qin - Geography and Sustainability, 2024 - Elsevier
Urban vegetation in China has changed substantially in recent decades due to rapid
urbanization and dramatic climate change. Nevertheless, the spatial differentiation of …

[HTML][HTML] Improved urbanization-vegetation cover coordination associated with economic level in port cities along the Maritime Silk Road

Y Dong, Y Li, L Zhang, M Yan, W Shao, Q Zhang… - Ecological …, 2024 - Elsevier
The sustainability of port cities affects the competitiveness of their hinterland in international
shipping and maritime trade, however, the coordinated relationship between urbanization …

Has the Maritime Silk Road Initiative promoted the development and expansion of port city clusters along its route?

C Li, L Zhang, S Chen, T Zhang, J Zhou, J He, W Xu… - Cities, 2024 - Elsevier
Over the past decade, rapid urbanization and significant regional population migration have
led to profound changes in the urban geography along the Maritime Silk Road (MSR) route …

[HTML][HTML] Correlation between catchment land use/cover and macrophyte assessment of lake ecological status

M Grzybowski, G Furgała-Selezniow, J Koszałka… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Water Framework Directive (WFD) provides the basis for developing a system
to protect and restore the aquatic environment. Macrophytes are one of the groups of …

Multiple Sources Forcing Driving Changes in Spatial Patterns of Coastal Wetland Vegetation

J Sun, Z Liu, B Zhao, W Luo, Z Yu… - Ocean-Land-Atmosphere …, 2024 - spj.science.org
Vegetation evolution is an important indicator of regional ecosystems and sea–land
interactions. In this study, we investigated the evolution of coastal wetland vegetation …

Geospatial analytics for multi-decadal morphodynamics along Gwadar coastal zone

F Faizi, F Mushtaq, K Mahmood - Journal of coastal conservation, 2022 - Springer
The identification of morphological changes in coastal areas plays a fundamental role in
assessment of their spatio-temporal evolution. The focus of this research is to analyze the …