Rapid urbanization creates new challenges and issues, and the smart city concept offers
opportunities to rise to these challenges, solve urban problems and provide citizens with a …

We performed a bibliometric analysis of published urbanization research from 1991 to 2009,
based on SCI and SSCI database. Our analysis reveals scientific outputs, subject categories …

China has experienced the most serious habitat degradation, especially in fast-growing
metropolis cities. Although increasing attentions have been brought to this issue, we still lack …

Land use/cover change (LUCC) is the result of interaction between human activities and
biophysical processes. Extensive researches have been done on LUCC in urban China, but …

This paper analyzes land use change, urbanization and their impact on the change in
landscape pattern in Tabriz metropolitan area (TMA) during the time period from 1996 to …

Beginning in the 21st century, the world entered a stage of the rapid development of land
urbanization. In general, land urbanization sacrifices ecosystem service value for economic …

China is experiencing a huge change in its social, economic and ecological development. It
has entered a transformational period of the “new normal” of its economy while its gravity …

Landscape pattern significantly impacts habitat quality, especially in cities undergoing rapid
urbanization, where landscape patterns are changing dramatically. However, the spatial and …

The visual landscape plays a pivotal role in urban planning and healthy cities. Recent
studies of visual evaluation focus on either objective or subjective approach, while …

The high population density and rapid urban expansion in China's coastal areas have
significantly changed the land-use structure and regional landscape pattern, causing a …