A systematic review and gap analysis of drivers, impacts, and restoration options for abandoned croplands in Nepal

RB Ojha, K Atreya, P Kristiansen, D Devkota, B Wilson - Land use policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Cropland abandonment is an emerging human-induced land use and is a growing national
problem in Nepal. It is a key, current concern for local governance bodies and restoration …

Quantitative evaluation of China's cultivated land protection policies based on the PMC-Index model

B Kuang, J Han, X Lu, X Zhang, X Fan - Land Use Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
The evaluation of cultivated land protection policies (CLPP) is the main basis for reducing
the deviation of policy implementation and ensuring the sustainable and efficient operation …

Assessment of landscape ecological risk for a cross-border basin: A case study of the Koshi River Basin, central Himalayas

B Wang, M Ding, S Li, L Liu, J Ai - Ecological Indicators, 2020 - Elsevier
Developing a reasonable landscape ecological risk (LER) assessment is crucial to
establishing LER alert mechanisms and promoting ecological protection, environmental …

Understanding vitality of public space: A review with an example of capital city Kathmandu in Nepal

U Paudel, KP Pant - Land Use Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
By definition, public spaces are areas or locations that are open and accessible to all
people, and in cities they are open space that is specifically concerned with public health …

Agricultural land abandonment in the hill agro-ecological region of Nepal: Analysis of extent, drivers and impact of change

YR Subedi, P Kristiansen, O Cacho… - Environmental …, 2021 - Springer
Despite widely reported trends of agricultural land abandonment across many parts of the
globe, this land use change phenomenon is relatively new in the context of Nepal. In recent …

Contradiction or coordination? The spatiotemporal relationship between landscape ecological risks and urbanization from coupling perspectives in China

Y Shi, CC Feng, Q Yu, R Han, L Guo - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Rapid urbanization in developing countries has been shown to have higher intensities of
development and more frequent human-ecosystem interactions. Urbanization in China is …

[HTML][HTML] Land Use and Land Cover Changes in the Diversity and Life Zone for Uncontacted Indigenous People: Deforestation Hotspots in the Yasuní Biosphere …

M Heredia-R, B Torres, F Cabrera-Torres, E Torres… - Forests, 2021 - mdpi.com
Land use and land cover change (LULC) is an essential component for the monitoring
environmental change and managing natural resources in areas of high natural and cultural …

[HTML][HTML] Ecological risk assessment of transboundary region based on land-cover change: a case study of gandaki river basin, himalayas

B Cui, Y Zhang, Z Wang, C Gu, L Liu, B Wei, D Gong… - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Land-cover change is a major cause of global ecosystem degradation, a severe threat to
sustainable development and human welfare. In mountainous regions that cross national …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing changes in land use/land cover and ecological risk to conserve protected areas in urban–rural contexts

ID Wolf, P Sobhani, H Esmaeilzadeh - Land, 2023 - mdpi.com
Land use/land cover (LULC) changes in response to natural factors and human activities
constitute a pressing issue for the conservation of Protected Areas in urban–rural …

Multi-spectral remote sensing and GIS-based analysis for decadal land use land cover changes and future prediction using random forest tree and artificial neural …

QB Pham, SA Ali, F Parvin, V Van On, LM Sidek… - Advances in space …, 2024 - Elsevier
The integration of multi-spectral remote sensing and GIS-based analysis is significant for
studying land cover changes, providing valuable insights for informed land management …