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 …

Economic growth is inseparable from the input of land elements, and built-up land is the
most important category of land elements. Its spatial distribution and influencing factors play …

Scale is a central concept in the geographical sciences and is an intrinsic property of many
spatial systems. It also serves as an essential thread in the fabric of many other physical and …

This three-decade long study was conducted in the Pearl River Delta (PRD), a rapidly
urbanizing region in southern China. Extensive soil samples for a diverse land uses were …

The rapid socioeconomic development has led to severe pollution of urban soils by heavy
metals. It is vital to identify and quantify the factors that affect trace-element pollution for …

Land use change are essential for sustaining human wellbeing, but empirical studies have
shown that the urban development requires built-up land, yet, the disorderly expansion of …

Air pollution is the result of a complex interaction between natural and anthropogenic
environmental conditions. Recently, what's the mutual correlation between air pollutants …

China's new urbanization (NU) plan prioritizes reducing urban-rural inequality (URI) and
promoting urban-rural integration. Although previous studies have examined the impact of …

Urbanization impacts ecosystem functions and services by fundamentally altering the
balances between precipitation, water yield (Q), and evapotranspiration (ET) in watersheds …

The evolution of hyperspectral remote sensing and artificial intelligence technologies has
led to a surge in their application for predicting Soil Heavy Metal Concentrations (SHMC) …