Terrestrial ecosystem services (ES) are vulnerable to land use and land cover changes
(LULCC). These changes are triggered by different drivers of change (eg, economic, social …

Recently, the advancement of agriculture in Brazil has caused very serious problems, such
as deforestation and an increase in the amount of pesticides and suspended sediment that …

The rapid development of productivity and economy has led to a substantial change in
global land use/land cover (LULC), which has caused a series of environmental problems …

Anticipating future land use and land cover (LULC) changes can improve our knowledge of
the complexity of human-environment interactions that lead to transformations in the …

Effective land use and land cover (LULC) change assessment requires tools to measure
past, current, and based on them to create a future scenario. LULC changes are …

Land-use suitability analysis is of significance for the planning and management of cities.
The main objective of this study was to develop a spatial model for land suitability …

Urban land-use change simulations without considering the sustainable planning policies,
especially in special economic park highly concerned by planners, might lack the reliability …

Desertified regions face considerable vulnerability due to the combined effects of climate
change and human activities, which threaten regional ecological security and societal …

Urban growth is a dynamic and evolutionary spatial and social process. Urban development
can be considered as a function of strategic behavior of the involved agents, which is …

This study performed a coupled modeling approach to assess the past-to-future distribution
of white mangrove trees (Avicennia marina) along an intertidal zone in the Strait of Hormuz …