Abstract The Three-North Shelter Forest Program (TNSFP) region of China is an important
ecological region covering more than 42.4% of China's land area. Several ecological …

The suitability evaluation of rural settlements is the core foundation of planning and layout
optimization. Settlements in a farming-pastoral ecotone are migrative, dynamic, and diverse …

Drastic urbanization has resulted in numerous problems worldwide, and many studies were
devoted to individual cities. There is an urgent need to quantify urbanization patterns and …

Global climate change is continuing to occur at an alarming rate. In addition to increases in
global weather extremes, melting of polar ice caps, and subsequent sea level rises, climate …

Nighttime light (NTL) data have become an essential tool for urban remote-sensing research
in the past 25 years because of its ability to intuitively detect human activities. With new data …

This study aims to ascertain the uncertainties related to the spatiotemporal estimation of net
radiation, and its components, using remote sensing data. Geographical focus is an irrigated …

The accuracy of training samples used for data classification methods, such as support
vector machines (SVMs), has had a considerable positive impact on the results of urban …

Land-cover change, a major driver of the distribution and functioning of ecosystems, is
characterized by a high diversity of patterns of change across space and time. Thus, a large …

Global greening and its eco-environmental outcomes are getting mounting international
focus. The important contribution of China to the global greening is highly appreciated …

Pampa biome in the last years has gone through a process of change in land use, chiefly
due to the conversion of grassland vegetation for agriculture of grains and silviculture. The …