Mountains are an essential component of the global life-support system. They are
characterized by a rugged, heterogenous landscape with rapidly changing environmental …

Context Spatial planning system needs the support of approaches toward achieving
sustainability, with sustainable landscape pattern (SLP) for one potential spatial approach …

China has experienced the most serious habitat degradation, especially in fast-growing
metropolis cities. Although increasing attentions have been brought to this issue, we still lack …

Exploring future land use changes and assessing the habitat quality remains a challenging
topic for watershed ecological sustainability. However, most studies ignore the effects of …

Landscape fragmentation due to urban sprawl and industrialization has caused habitat loss
and threatened global biodiversity. However, the magnitude, spatial pattern, and …

Anthropogenic pressures have caused spatial and temporal patterns of Land-Use Land
Cover (LULC) change. The LULC change has a significant influence on the quality of natural …

Understanding the spatiotemporal characteristics of land use, ecosystem services, and their
relationship provides a basis for the sustainable development of ecosystems. However, the …

Establishing ecological security patterns provides new ideas for maintaining regional
ecological security. Methods for establishing these patterns have been extensively …

Ecological security is premised on ecosystem services (ESs) provided by ecosystems to
humans. The construction of ecological security patterns (ESPs) is an effective measure to …

Anticipating future land use and land cover (LULC) changes can improve our knowledge of
the complexity of human-environment interactions that lead to transformations in the …