Food system resilience has multiple dimensions. We draw on food system and resilience
concepts and review resilience framings of different communities. We present four questions …

Food security concerns the economy, people's livelihood and social stability of a country or
region. Countries around the world always put food security on their high-priority political …

When cropland expansion encroaches on ecological land (eg, forest, grassland, wetland), it
seriously affects carbon storage which plays an important role in global climate change …

Grasping cropland abandonment patterns in China can help protect croplands, thereby
ensuring the perpetuation of nationwide food security. However, the pattern of long-term …

Urbanization often results in agricultural expansion but can also lead to farmland
abandonment. However, it remains unclear about the extent, exact timing and determinants …

Understanding the impacts of urban expansion on ecosystem services (ESs) is important for
sustainable development on regional and global scales. However, due to the uncertainty of …

Scientists have paid attention to the evaluation of the risk of ecosystem service degradation
under rapid urbanization; yet the performance of the existing frameworks could be improved …

Rapid urbanisation causes large urban conversions of natural and agricultural land to non-
agricultural use. Research on urban expansion has typically disregarded gradient …

Urbanization, an unavoidable global process, has driven land use change, impacted
ecosystem services, and induced serious environmental problems. As a result, urban …

Land use and land cover patterns in mainland China have substantially changed in the
recent decades under the economic reform policies of the government. The terrestrial …