Plastic has created a new man-made ecosystem called plastisphere. The plastic pieces
including microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) have emerged as a global concern …

Global changes have significant impacts on changes in ecosystem services (ESs) and their
interrelationships. The Yellow River Basin (YRB) is an important ecological barrier in China …

Ecosystem service is widely acknowledged as a mainstream and valuable concept for the
sustainability-oriented decision-makings on meeting the fundamental needs for improving …

Urban ecosystem services (UES) are indispensable for life. Stakeholders are improvising
strategies for a more sustainable provisioning of UES. For this purpose and for identifying …

Understanding how urban compactness is linked to ecosystem services is crucial for
sustainable spatial planning and allows decision–makers to better assess the strengths and …

Cultivated land multifunction, defined as the private and public goods and services provided
by the land uses, is usually developed based on the interaction between the cultivated land …

The land systems in global urban agglomerations have undergone profound changes in
today's rapidly urbanizing world and have produced huge impacts on the ecological …

Alleviating the contradiction between land use change and natural ecosystem protection is
an urgent problem that needs to be solved in the context of rapid urbanization. Urban …

The land use planning and management of urban fringe areas have become major
governmental agendas under the background of continuing periurbanization processes …

Peri-urban ecosystems especially peri-urban agriculture play an important part in multiple
dimensions of both rural and urban sustainability and resilience. Yet such ecosystems on …