Food security concerns the economy, people's livelihood and social stability of a country or
region. Countries around the world always put food security on their high-priority political …

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 …

Abstract Knowledge of cultivated land conservation and construction land expansion in
China and its provincial scale is still insufficient due to the lack of accurate and reliable data …

China's rapid urbanization over the past decades triggered a growing structural conflict in
regional land use, and this conflict is particularly evident in urban-rural land systems. By …

Rapid urbanization areas face multifunctional allocation problems of cultivated land,
especially in spatial supply-demand mismatches. Deconstructing supply-demand …

Revealing multi-scale cascading change in land use is crucial for develo** urbanization
strategies and ecological restoration in China. This study used an integrated assessment of …

The unprecedented built-up area expansion in China has resulted in a significant
occupation of cropland. Yet, to date, we have not achieved continuous monitoring of the …

Coordinating multiple cultivated land functions (CLFs) has become a key challenge for land
system science. Identifying the dynamic evolution and mechanisms of multiple CLFs will …

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 …

Global carbon emissions have exacerbated the greenhouse effect, exerting a profound
impact on ecosystems worldwide. Gaining an understanding of the fluctuations in vegetation …