Definitions and measures of rurality are important to researchers and policymakers as they
have implications for policy and practice. By conducting a systematic review, we provide a …

Since the 1950s, noteworthy farmland abandonment has been occurring in many developed
countries and some develo** countries. This global land use phenomenon has …

Wildfire risks to homes are increasing, especially in the wildland-urban interface (WUI),
where wildland vegetation and houses are in close proximity. Notably, we found that more …

Rural production–living–ecological (PLE) space is the essential carrier of China's rural land
resource planning and management. However, the pattern identification, optimal prediction …

Farmland abandonment is a universal socio-economic phenomenon in various countries in
the world. However, there is a lack of the large-sample empirical research on rural …

In August 2017, the Gulf of Mexico's hypoxic zone was declared to be the largest ever
measured. It has been estimated that a 60% decrease in watershed nitrogen (N) loading …

The incidence of tick-borne diseases has increased in recent decades and accounts for the
majority of vector-borne disease cases in temperate areas of Europe, North America, and …

A map of ecological regions of the conterminous United States, first published in 1987, has
been greatly refined and expanded into a hierarchical spatial framework in response to user …

Urban landscapes are spatially constrained, and vegetative land uses that provide
beneficial ecosystem services are difficult to maintain. Urban agricultural (UA) systems …

Cultivation of corn and soybeans in the United States reached record high levels following
the biofuels boom of the late 2000s. Debate exists about whether the expansion of these …