Global projections of future urban land expansion under shared socioeconomic pathways

G Chen, X Li, X Liu, Y Chen, X Liang, J Leng… - Nature …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Despite its small land coverage, urban land and its expansion have exhibited profound
impacts on global environments. Here, we present the scenario projections of global urban …

Territory spatial planning and national governance system in China

Y Liu, Y Zhou - Land Use Policy, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Spatial planning refers to the long-term planning and overall arrangement of land resources
and space layout under the jurisdiction of a country or region government, aiming to achieve …

Scenario-based flood risk assessment for urbanizing deltas using future land-use simulation (FLUS): Guangzhou Metropolitan Area as a case study

W Lin, Y Sun, S Nijhuis, Z Wang - Science of the Total Environment, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Preparing cities for sea-level rise is one of the critical challenges of the twenty-first century.
Extreme weather events, natural hazards, and the failure of climate mitigation and …

Enhancing landscape connectivity through multifunctional green infrastructure corridor modeling and design

Z Zhang, S Meerow, JP Newell, M Lindquist - Urban forestry & urban …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Landscape connectivity is critical for ecosystem health and biodiversity conservation, yet
urbanization is increasing habitat fragmentation. Green corridors that connect isolated …

Evaluating cities' vitality and identifying ghost cities in China with emerging geographical data

X **, Y Long, W Sun, Y Lu, X Yang, J Tang - Cities, 2017‏ - Elsevier
With the rapid urbanization of China, plenty of new urban lands have been developed with
the great expectation to deal with all kinds of issues in old urban areas such as high …

Shrinking cities in growing China: Did high speed rail further aggravate urban shrinkage?

T Deng, D Wang, Y Yang, H Yang - Cities, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Despite the fact that China is becoming increasingly urbanised, some Chinese cities have
witnessed a loss of urban population. In recent years, with the extensive expansion of the …

Quantifying spatiotemporal patterns of shrinking cities in urbanizing China: A novel approach based on time-series nighttime light data

Y Yang, J Wu, Y Wang, Q Huang, C He - Cities, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The shrinking of cities has become an increasingly global phenomenon, posing challenges
for sustainable urban development. However, most focus remains on Europe and North …

Exploring the industrial land use efficiency of China's resource-based cities

W Chen, W Chen, S Ning, E Liu, X Zhou, Y Wang… - Cities, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Resource-based cities (RBCs) are cities that have emerged from the utilization of natural
resources and are dominated by resource-based industries. Industry is the leading …

1 km land use/land cover change of China under comprehensive socioeconomic and climate scenarios for 2020–2100

M Luo, G Hu, G Chen, X Liu, H Hou, X Li - Scientific data, 2022‏ - nature.com
In the past decades, China has undergone dramatic land use/land cover (LULC) changes.
Such changes are expected to continue and profoundly affect our environment. To navigate …

Spatial and temporal distribution characteristics of carbon emissions and their drivers in shrinking cities in China: Empirical evidence based on the NPP/VIIRS …

S Yang, X Yang, X Gao, J Zhang - Journal of Environmental Management, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Shrinking cities are a category of cities characterized by population loss, and the
environmental problems of these cities are often neglected. Using panel data from 2012 to …