With the expansion of economic activities in cities, the function of the urban system is
complex and the ecological environment is destructed gradually. Urban planning is one of …

High-density human activities have rapidly changed the pattern of urban land use/land cover
(LULC), affecting the supply of urban ecosystem services (ESs). This poses a challenge to …

The land use and land cover change (LUCC) associated with climate change and human
activities is supposed to exert a significant effect on ecosystem functions in arid inland …

Exploring future changes in land use and carbon storage (CS) under different climate
scenarios is important for optimizing regional ecosystem service functions and formulating …

Key ecological function areas are responsible for protecting and restoring ecosystems and
alleviating regional ecological deterioration. Revealing the inherent relationship between …

Nowadays, cities meet numerous sustainable development challenges in facing growing
urban populations and expanding urban areas. The monitoring and simulation of land use …

Social-economic development and urbanization greatly modify landscape patterns and their
associated ecological processes at regional scales, resulting in serious landscape …

A land use simulation model with coupling constraints of ecological security patterns (ESPs)
and multiple scenarios (MSs) was developed using the PLUS model. The research scale …

Abstract The Yellow River basin is an important area for China to implement ecological
protection policies. Studying the habitat quality of the Yellow River floodplain area is of great …

The improvement of habitat quality is of great significance to biodiversity conservation.
Irrational development activities lead to the degradation of habitat quality and loss of …