During the past decades, multiple remote sensing data sources, including nighttime light
images, high spatial resolution multispectral satellite images, unmanned drone images, and …

A rural settlement is a socio-ecological system (SES) characterized by multiple systemic
attributes, including natural, socio-economic, morphological, and locational elements …

Cultivated land protection is an important way to ensure food security, social stability and
sustainable development. As one of the main causes of cultivated land loss, the spatio …

The paper aimed to express the cognitive and intellectual structure of research executed in
the field of GIS-based land use change modeling. An exploration of the Web of Science …

The scientific production on rural depopulation has grown in recent years. However, a global
picture of the research carried out on this topic does not exist. The aim of this study is to …

It remains unclear on how industrial structure adjustment interacts with urban land use
efficiency and how urbanization affects their interaction, despite its significance for urban …

The spatial structure and function of Xi'an city is significantly affected by urbanization, a
factor which can be considered as the main driver of landscape pattern and ecosystem …

Optimizing industrial structure plays an important role in changing urban land use structure
and redistributing land resources among various industrial sectors, further impacting urban …

Food security was not only an important cornerstone of China's national rejuvenation, but
also a matter of achieving the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. The spatial explicit and …

With the increase in climate change and increasing social concerns about environmental
deterioration, sustainability has become a hot topic in both natural and social research …