During the past decades, multiple remote sensing data sources, including nighttime light
images, high spatial resolution multispectral satellite images, unmanned drone images, and …

With the rapid development of urbanization and population migration, since the 20th century,
the natural and eco-environment of coastal areas have been under tremendous pressure …

A large proportion of Africa's infrastructure is yet to be built. Where and how these new
buildings are constructed matters since today's decisions will last for decades. The resulting …

The rapid development of the urban city has led to great changes in the urban spatial
structure. Thus, analyses of polycentric urban spatial structures are important for …

Under the background of urban expansion, ecological protection cannot be delayed. The
construction of ecological networks is of considerable significance to ecosystem services …

With current decentralization trends and polycentric planning efforts, the urban spatial
structures of Chinese cities have been changing tremendously. To detect the true urban …

The worldwide development of multi-center structures in large cities is a prevailing
development trend. In recent years, China's large cities developed from a predominantly …

A better understanding of the relationship between land surface temperature (LST) and its
influencing factors is important to the livable, healthy, and sustainable development of cities …

As the fourth pole of China's economic growth, the Chengdu-Chongqing urban
agglomeration plays a significant role in reinforcing the ecological barrier in the upper …

The study demonstrated that the rate of spatial development is correlated with its fractal
dimension. The presented results indicate that the fractal dimension can be a useful tool for …