Abstract Knowledge of cultivated land conservation and construction land expansion in
China and its provincial scale is still insufficient due to the lack of accurate and reliable data …

The rapid urbanization in central and eastern China has posed a major threat to the green
sustainable development of the ecological environment. However, the understanding of the …

Using more than three million Landsat satellite images, this research developed the first
global impervious surface area (GISA) dataset from 1972 to 2019. Based on 120,777 …

China is prone to broad land degradation and thus has been implementing ecological
restoration projects (ERPs) since the reform and opening up. The extent of ERPs, as well as …

Eutrophication of the eastern plain lake (EPL) region has a significant impact on the
sustainable economic development and is closely related to the shortage of water resources …

As the most biodiversity-rich part of the protected areas system, habitats within the pilot
national parks have long been threatened by drastic human-induced land use and land …

Accurate, detailed, and up-to-date information on cropland extent is crucial for provisioning
food security and environmental sustainability. However, because of the complexity of …

Documenting the spatiotemporal changes in vegetation cover and hydrological cycle of the
Earth system and understanding how they interact are important especially under climate …

Context Characterized by intensive urban sprawl and continuous cropland shrinkage, the
unprecedented urbanization process has profoundly reshaped China's landscape over the …

Land use and land cover (LULC) changes may occur due to natural and anthropogenic
activities. The present study area is situated in the Himalayan foothill region of north-eastern …