Reconciling carbon emissions and GDP development is a challenge for most Chinese cities
in the sustainable development process. Taking the Yangtze River Delta of China as an …

Recent decades have witnessed rapid global urban land (UL) expansion, which has caused
severe ecological and environmental issues. As major contributors to carbon emissions …

Land use optimization (LUO) first considers which types of land use should exist in a certain
area, and secondly, how to allocate these land use types to specific land grid units. As an …

Prediction of urban ecological risk, which is increasing with the rapid development of
China's economy, has become more complex and difficult, resulting in great damage to the …

In-depth research on the spatiotemporal patterns and evolution trend of urban land use
carbon emission intensity (ULUCEI) can reveal the internal relationship between urban land …

Megacities exploit enormous amounts of lands from outside of the city boundary. However,
there is a large knowledge gap in the impact of socioeconomic activities associated land …

The rational land use allocation is of great significance to the construction of low-carbon
cities. The optimization model of land use allocation is an important tool that helps urban …

A composite index based on selected indicators is a widely used tool for guiding, monitoring,
and evaluating a society's level of sustainability. However, determining the weight of each …

The urban land-use allocation problem is a spatial optimization problem that allocates
optimum land-uses to specific land units in urban areas. This problem is an NP …