The global population has rapidly urbanized over the past century, and the urbanization rate
is projected to reach about 70% by 2050. In line with these trends and the increasing …

In recent years, urban pluvial flooding caused by extreme rainfall has increasingly occurred
across China. This paper reviews the challenges faced by China in addressing urban pluvial …

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 …

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 …

Timely and accurate extraction of urban built-up areas is crucial to addressing
environmental problems related to fast changes in urban land cover, which is fundamental …

Land use/cover change is an important theme on the impacts of human activities on the
earth systems and global environmental change. National land-use changes of China …

Studying the spatiotemporal distribution pattern of carbon storage, balancing land
development and utilization with ecological protection, and promoting urban low-carbon …

Cropland redistribution to marginal land has been reported worldwide; however, the
resulting impacts on environmental sustainability have not been investigated sufficiently …

Humans benefit from multiple ecosystem services of wetlands, but massive wetland loss has
occurred worldwide due to rapid urbanization. To assess the problem, it is necessary to …

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 …