Disasters annually ravage numerous African countries. Flooding is the most severe and
prevalent adverse event and has serious implications for sustainable development. As the …

The outbreak of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) led to the widespread stagnation of
urban activities, resulting in a significant reduction in industrial pollution and traffic pollution …

Intensity Analysis has generally been applied as a top-bottom hierarchical accounting
method to understand regional dynamic characteristics of land use and land cover (LULC) …

Production–Living–Ecological Space (PLES) is a useful tool to identify land use status
patterns and optimize land resource allocation. In this study, the spatial econometric model …

Despite the recognized significance of coordinated land use transitions (LUTs) between
cultivated land (CL) and construction land (COL) in supporting food security and facilitating …

The study of land use and land cover (LULC) change and the evolution of ecosystem service
values (ESV) is important for optimizing the allocation of regional land resources and …

In this study, the changes in forest areas and land cover in the period of 2001–2011 and
2011–2021 in the Yenice Forestry Operation Directorate of Turkey were examined in time …

Urban growth, typified by conversion from natural to built-up impervious surfaces, is known
to cause warming and associated adverse impacts. Local climate zones present a …

Land use land cover change, particularly deforestation has significant implications for global
climate and socio-ecological systems as well as resulting ecosystem services from natural …

Forest loss, unbridled urbanisation, and the loss of arable lands have become contentious
issues for the sustainable management of land. Landsat satellite images for 1986, 2003 …