Highlights•Multifunctional rural development (MRD) is of paramount significance for rural
sustainability.•Conceptual framework and assessment basis of MRD are established.•Spatio …

China's victory over poverty is globally felt, significantly contributing to global poverty
reduction. China has comprehensively promoted implementation the great project of …

The effective allocation of rural development rights is crucial for achieving the ambitious goal
of rural revitalization. However, China's current urban-rural spatial development rights …

Rural decline characterized by population loss, aging, and land abandonment, has become
a dilemma for sustainable development. The spatial optimization of rural settlements is …

Urban–rural integrated (URI) development strategy is designed to solve the accumulated
urban–rural gap of China in the rapid urbanization stage. As the significant link in the …

Rural governance has become a hot topic alongside rapid urbanization, especially in
several Global South countries. Under China's new-type urbanization, rural and suburban …

With the rapid advance of urbanization, the rural public space in China is undergoing a
drastic change. Studying the satisfaction of farmers with rural public space is of great …

China is gradually and directly making rural collective land available on the land market. It is
important to understand how stakeholders collectively treat and manage this land, and if this …

Introduction: The global demographic shift towards an aging population has created an
urgent need for high-quality elderly care services. This study focuses on “elder services” …

“Small, scattered and weak”, ie, small-scale arable land holdings, decentralized operation,
and weak effectiveness are common agricultural development problems that most …