Hydrologic modeling plays a very important role in assessing the seasonal water availability,
which is necessary to take decisions in water resources management. Both climate and land …

Rapid urbanization and industrialization have largely promoted the transformation of urban
and rural space. In recent years, rural residential land expansion (RRLE) has also become a …

Land use change is one of the dominant driving factors of watershed hydrological change.
Thus, hydrological responses to land use changes require detailed assessments to ensure …

Since the turn of the new millennium, the Chinese central government has focused
significant attention on substantially improving rural residents' well-being and achieving the …

While recent developments have extended geographically weighted regression (GWR) in
many directions, it is usually assumed that the relationships between the dependent and the …

Based on the same data source of Landsat TM/ETM+ in 1990s, 2000s and 2010s, all urban
built-up areas in China are mapped mainly by human interpretation. Mapping results were …

Spatial–temporal analysis of land-use/land-cover (LULC) change as well as the monitoring
and modeling of urban expansion are essential for the planning and management of urban …

Abstract Multiple Criteria Evaluation (MCE) is a multi-attributes decision making tool often
used in land suitability analysis and land use simulation using Cellular Automata (CA) …

Rapid urban growth processes give rise to impervious surfaces and are regarded as the
primary cause of urban flooding or waterlogging in urban areas. The high rate of …

Sustaining cultivated land is critically important for food security, economic development,
and social stability in China. China has been developing rapidly since the adoption of the …