China's long-term sustainability faces socioeconomic and environmental uncertainties. We
identify five key systemic risk drivers, called disruptors, which could push China into a …

Global climate change and rapid urbanization, mainly driven by anthropogenic activities,
lead to urban flood vulnerability and uncertainty in sustainable stormwater management …

The sustainable development of China has been challenged by the misalignment of water
demand and supply across regions under varying climate change scenarios. Here we …

Promoting the formation of the green lifestyle (GL) is a crucial step in achieving
comprehensive green transformation of urban economic and social development. The …

China has responded to the sustainability challenges via a range of policies with evolving
objectives in the Yangtze River Economic Belt (YEB) since the 1990s. However, the multi …

Water security is of great significance in social development, ecosystem sustainability, and
environmental management. The Upper Yangtze River Basin (UYRB), which feeds more …

Based on historical land use for eight periods from 1980 to 2020 and the projected land use
under seven Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs: SSP1-1.9, SSP1-2.6, SSP2-4.5 …

Twenty-seven CMIP6 models were grouped into three ensembles based on the simulated
performance of heatwaves in North China during present-day (1995–2014), and future …

Abstract Study region The Yangtze River basin. Study focus Clean water scarcity is one of
the major constraints for human sustainable development. Previous diagnosis of water …

Advancements in transportation networks have induced a spatial-temporal convergence
effect, accelerating socio-economic elements flow and dismantling the conventional" core …