The environmental impacts of sprawl: Emergent themes from the past decade of planning research

B Wilson, A Chakraborty - Sustainability, 2013 - mdpi.com
This article reviews studies published in English language planning journals since 2001 that
focus on the environmental impacts of sprawl. We organise our analysis of the reviewed …

Impact of urbanization on cultivated land changes in China

X Deng, J Huang, S Rozelle, J Zhang, Z Li - Land use policy, 2015 - Elsevier
This article aims to evaluate the impact of urbanization and different urbanization modes on
cultivated land changes using an econometric model that incorporates socio-economic and …

Experiences and issues of using cellular automata for assisting urban and regional planning in China

X Li, Y Chen, X Liu, X Xu, G Chen - International Journal of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Since the late 1990s, there are growing studies on the development of cellular automata
(CA) as a simulation tool for assisting urban and regional planning in China. Rapid urban …

Identifying the contradiction between the cultivated land fragmentation and the construction land expansion from the perspective of urban-rural differences

Y Zhou, T Chen, Z Feng, K Wu - Ecological informatics, 2022 - Elsevier
Land use contradictions and conflicts between arable and construction land areas have long
been major topics in the field of land use research. However, few studies have explored the …

Emotional perceptions of people exposed to green and blue spaces in forest parks of cities at rapid urbanization regions of East China

H Wei, RJ Hauer, Y Sun, L Meng, P Guo - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2022 - Elsevier
Urbanization modifies the landscape with green and blue spaces (GBS), which further leads
to a functional change along an urban-rural gradient. Emotional improvement is a critical …

How does urbanization affect farmland protection? Evidence from China

Z Huang, X Du, CSZ Castillo - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2019 - Elsevier
China's urbanization and farmland protection problem has attracted attention from around
the world. However, the relationship and mechanism between urbanization and farmland …

Construction land expansion and cultivated land protection in urbanizing China: Insights from national land surveys, 1996–2006

T Liu, H Liu, Y Qi - Habitat International, 2015 - Elsevier
The remarkable construction land development in urbanizing China has been rarely
investigated within the context of the multi-track urbanization process and its relationship …

Tele-connecting China's future urban growth to impacts on ecosystem services under the shared socioeconomic pathways

Y Chen, X Li, X Liu, Y Zhang, M Huang - Science of the total environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Land change, especially urban land expansion, is increasingly triggered by remote
demands for goods and services rather than by purely local drivers, exerting pressure on …

Does cropland threaten urban land use efficiency in the peri-urban area? Evidence from metropolitan areas in China

Y Lu, T He, W Yue, M Li, Z Shan, M Zhang - Applied Geography, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent decades, cropland policies have been recognized as crucial tools for ensuring food
security and managing urban growth. However, whether cropland conservation undermines …

The impacts of cropland balance policy on habitat quality in China: A multiscale administrative perspective

W Zheng, S Li, X Ke, X Li, B Zhang - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cropland protection policies are implemented to guarantee food security, especially the
cropland balance policy in China. Although these policies alleviate the quantitative loss of …