The peri‑urban area possesses mixed characteristics of rural and urban areas, ie,
agricultural, and built-up land. This review explains various themes and concepts of peri …

Rapid urbanization and industrialization have largely promoted the transformation of urban
and rural space. In recent years, rural residential land expansion (RRLE) has also become a …

Farmland landscape fragmentation has become one of the main manifestations of global
land use changes during the last century. Since the reform and opening-up in China, the …

The impact of urban spatial form on infrastructure investment and ecological environment is
as important as that of urban social and economic factors. It is of great significance to study …

Urban land surface temperature (LST) is dependent on many factors, including land cover,
building materials, urban density, and other human activities. The current study evaluated …

Context Urban-rural gradients are useful tools when examining the influence of human
disturbances on ecological, social and coupled systems, yet the most commonly used …

Due to new urbanization patterns, where cities' edges are becoming increasingly difficult to
delimit, a better understanding of urban-rural gradients has become a key issue for urban …

Understanding of cropland dynamics in a large geographical extent is mostly based on
observations of area change, while the changes in landscape pattern are hardly assessed …

Suburban food production (SFP) is important in meeting urban residents' diversified food
needs and contributing to farmers' livelihoods. However, the relationship between food …

Knowledge of landscape fragmentation is known to be important in ecological integrity,
hydrological processes, urban planning, sustainable land management, and policymaking …