The article aims to provide an overview of China's agricultural development and its
sustainability by focusing on the agriculture–environmental nexus. We first review literature …

Kolkata is one of the cities located in the eastern parts of India and experiences rapid urban
growth. Because of the rapid urbanization, land use and land cover are changing very …

The temporal and spatial characteristics of landscape pattern change can reflect the spatial
impact of urbanization on the ecological environment. Studying the relationship between …

Abstract The Huang-Huai-Hai Plain (HHH) is typical of China's farming area, and was
predicted as one of the fastest growing areas of urbanization in the world. Since the turn of …

Public green spaces (PGSs) play a critical role in enhancing human well-being and urban
quality of life. Characterizing the inequalities in PGSs provision can provide essential …

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 …

China faces the challenge of using limited farmland to feed more than 1.3 billion people.
Accelerated urbanization has exacerbated this challenge by consuming a large quantity of …

Intensive human activity has led to dramatic land changes in coastal watersheds, which in
turn cause landscape pattern changes and threaten the valuable but fragile ecosystem. This …

The purpose of this study was to analyze the spatial and temporal patterns of farmland loss
and fragmentation and to explore factors that may influence that loss and fragmentation. The …

Urbanization constitutes a key issue for global economic development, especially in
developing countries, not least because this process is placing increasing pressure on the …