The growing population, intensified anthropogenic pressures and climate variability have
increased the demands on available water resources, and water reuse has become a high …

Over the past several decades, land investments have dramatically increased to meet global
food and biofuel demands, produce industrial commodities, protect environments and …

This paper provides an overview of the Special Issue on water supply and water scarcity.
The papers selected for publication include review papers on water history, on water …

Policy-makers are interested in knowing the relative importance and combined effects of
land use and climate change on ecosystem services. However, knowledge of how to identify …

As a result of economics and policy, land-use/land-cover change (LUCC) in China has
undergone a series of complicated changes over the past three decades. However, the …

Ecosystem services value has decreased rapidly caused by land use/land cover changes
driven by urbanization during the past decades. Expanding urbanization not only changes …

It is urgent and important to explore the regional differences and dynamic evolution of urban
land green use efficiency (ULGUE) in the context of green development. The SBM …

Technological progress is widely recognized as a method of reducing carbon emissions.
However, many studies have shown that it can also lead to increased energy consumption …

Ecosystem service value (ESV) refers to the value of benefits provided by the ecosystem to
people, and can reflect the quality of regional ecological environment. There have been few …

The ecosystems provide a range of material as well as non-material services that contribute
to human well-being as well as supply necessary resources for the organisms. The land …