Carbon sink in terrestrial ecosystems is critical for achieving carbon neutrality; however, its
environmental sensitivity and potential remain uncertain. A comprehensive framework was …

In our rapidly urbanizing world, many hazard-prone regions face significant challenges
regarding risk-informed urban development. This study addresses this issue by investigating …

The creation of an accurate simulation of future urban growth is considered to be one of the
most important challenges of the last five decades that involves spatial modeling within a …

Africa has been a hotspot of rapid urban growth since 2000, yet no review exists that
describes the current state of urban growth modeling. This review aims to fill this gap by …

Most contemporary urban cellular automata (CA) models primarily focus on the simulation of
urban land expansion, and cannot effectively simulate vertical urban growth. This study …

Climate change and land use/cover (LULC) changes are considered as main agents of soil
erosion by water. Hence, evaluating both the past and future trends in rainfall and LULC …

In scientific literature there is a wide agreement on the negative consequences of urban
sprawl for some decades. Quantifying these negative consequences of urban sprawl can be …

Accurate predictions of land-use change are important for supporting planning. Cellular
automata (CA) models are widely used to simulate real-world urban land-use change but …

Research on the uncertainty of Land Use Cover Change (LUCC) models is still limited.
Through this paper, we aim to globally characterize the structural uncertainty of four common …

Rapid land use/cover changes (LUCC) have triggered severe habitat degradation over
recent decades. Existing studies mainly focus on how LUCC per se affects habitat quality …