Land, Volume 14, Issue 8

Land use change significantly affects regional carbon emissions and ecosystem service value (ESV). Under China’s Dual Carbon Goals, this study takes Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, experiencing rapid land use change, as the study area and counties as th...

This study employs Geographic Information Systems (GIS) combined with multivariate statistical techniques to evaluate soil contamination at two landfill sites in Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia. A total of 32 soil samples were collected and analyzed for heavy...

In 1982 a conservation project was initiated to restore glade communities in the Missouri Ozarks with a special emphasis on collared lizards (Crotophytus collaris), a state threatened species at the time. Starting in 1984, collared lizards were trans...

The Amazon rainforest, a vital global carbon sink, is experiencing extensive forest loss due to environmental pressures, particularly from livestock production. While research on this topic has grown, a comprehensive synthesis is needed to map the in...

Soil fertility is the essential attribute of soil quality. Large-scale coal mining has led to the continuous deterioration of the fragile ecosystems in arid and semi-arid mining areas. As one of the key indicators for land ecological restoration in t...

Rapid urbanization intensifies disturbances to the ecological environment, underscoring the urgent need for effective strategies to guide regional development towards sustainability. Functional zoning offers a promising approach to address this chall...

Global warming impacts agricultural production and food security, particularly in high-latitude regions with high temperature sensitivity. As a major grain-producing area in China and one of the fastest-warming regions globally, Northeast China (NEC)...

Rapid urbanization has intensified eco-economic trade-offs, necessitating integrated optimization frameworks that balance development with environmental conservation in land use planning. Traditional methods often fail to optimize both objectives sim...

While technologies like renewable energy and low-carbon transportation are known to mitigate carbon emissions from urban expansion, achieving carbon neutrality during this process remains a critical unresolved challenge. This issue is particularly pr...

Under the advancing urban–rural integration strategy, last-mile logistics, and their spatial accessibility, have become key indicators for measuring regional coordination. Focusing on Guangzhou as the case study area, this study constructs an u...

Driven by the Rural Revitalization Strategy, China has substantially increased its investment in rural infrastructure. Nevertheless, widespread issues such as underutilization and inadequate management persist. Recognizing rural infrastructure as a c...

China, facing severe saline–alkali land degradation, is grappling with the paradox of technically adequate but systemically deficient land consolidation. In response to the existing evaluation system’s over-reliance on physicochemical ind...

Optimizing the spatial pattern of water conservation services (WCSs) is essential for enhancing regional water retention and promoting sustainable water resource management. The Saihanba region, a critical ecological barrier in northern China, has ex...

There is increasing interest in the role of parks as potential cool refuges in the age of climate change. Such potential refuges result from the Park Cool Island (PCI) effect, reflecting the temperature differential between the park and surrounding u...

Centipedes (Chilopoda, Myriapoda) are crucial soil predators, yet their vulnerability to climate and land use change remains unexplored. We assess the impact of these drivers on Greek centipedes, identify current and future biodiversity hotspots, and...

As urbanization accelerates, a host of negative ecological impacts have become increasingly prominent. Green roofs, as a sustainable solution, can effectively mitigate the urban heat island effect and reduce carbon footprints. However, the lack of da...

The present study applied a GIS-based methodology for assessing soil diversity in a protected mountain area of Italy. Using QGIS, morphological (i.e., altitude and slope), lithological, climatic, and land use layers were intersected to delineate 16 l...

As a result of rapid urbanization, ecological and environmental problems have become increasingly severe. Sustainable regional development requires a balance between urbanization and the environment. With the intensification of economic globalization...

Urban green spaces (UGSs) are a vital component of urban landscapes nowadays, with an impact on energy distribution in cities and local climate regulation. This study aims to quantify the thermal and optical behavior of various materials in a small-s...

Understanding vegetation dynamics and climate variability in the vicinity of Internally Displaced Person (IDP) camps is critical due to the high dependency of displaced populations on local natural resources. This study investigates vegetation cover...

This article examines shifting practices of commoning among the Jola in the Casamance region of Senegal. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and a theoretical background of New Institutional Political Ecology as well as commoning, it explores how a col...

Urbanization, characterized by population growth and socioeconomic development, is a major driving factor of land use land cover (LULC) change. A spatio-temporal understanding of land cover change is crucial, as it provides essential insights into th...

This study develops an integrated analytical framework to examine the interplay of urbanization, energy consumption, and CO₂ emissions at the city level in China. Utilizing the Entropy-TOPSIS method for multidimensional urbanization measurement, the...

In response to the growing urban–rural dichotomy and escalating human–land conflicts in rural China, this study investigates the role of soundscapes as emotional mediators to enhance environmental satisfaction and foster sustainable human...

To elucidate the food–energy–water (FEW) nexus, in this paper, a food–energy–water–carbon (FEWC) measurement method is established, and the evolutionary mechanisms within the nexus are determined to optimize crop product...

Coastal areas provide various benefits through regulating, provisioning, and cultural ecosystem services, including carbon sequestration, protection from coastal erosion, recreation, and ecotourism [...]

With rapid urbanization, the development of Urban Underground Space (UUS) has become essential to addressing various urban challenges. However, the accelerated expansion of UUS has also introduced problems such as duplicated infrastructure, functiona...

Amid accelerating climate change, climate-related hazards—such as floods, wildfires, hurricanes, and sea-level rise—increasingly drive land transformations and pose growing risks to housing markets by affecting property valuations, insura...

Improving the agricultural carbon emission efficiency (ACEE) has important practical significance for the green development of agriculture (GDA). However, few studies have analyzed the impact of the national agricultural green development pilot zone...

Urban sprawl and suburbanization are reshaping peri-urban areas, challenging urban planning and community well-being. Our study investigates questions regarding the perception of Cultural Ecosystem Services (CES) and development preferences (DP) rela...

Amphibians are particularly vulnerable to hydric stress due to their permeable skin, biphasic life cycle, and strong dependence on aquatic and moist terrestrial environments. In the Northwestern Mediterranean Basin—one of Europe’s most cl...

Lebanon’s cereals production holds historical importance in the Bekaa region, which has served as Lebanon’s agricultural heartland for centuries. Today, this vital area for food security faces environmental challenges that threaten the vi...

Sandy desertification is a major ecological and environmental challenge worldwide, posing a severe threat to ecological security in arid regions. A systematic understanding of the spatial–temporal dynamics of sandy desertification and their dri...

The reduction of substantial agricultural greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions can make a significant contribution to climate change mitigation and regional sustainable development. Given that most of the current studies about eco-efficiency only consid...

Gully development is a significant geomorphological and environmental process that affects land degradation worldwide, with ephemeral gullies (EGs) and permanent gullies (PGs) being the two most common types. These two gully types are often spatially...

Urban sustainability has become the most important urban development issue globally. Facing the problem of spatial structure optimization during urbanization, how to effectively use public data access to promote urban polycentric development has beco...

The rural border areas of Serbia have been undergoing significant demographic shifts and transformations in land use. Between 2002 and 2022, these regions experienced a continuous population decline, an increase in the average age, and a growing shar...

Zoning is vital for balancing biodiversity conservation and sustainable development in protected areas, yet traditional approaches often lead to ecological overprotection and social conflict. This study introduces an integrative modeling framework to...

The rapid conversion of cropland into construction land in China poses an increasing threat to national food security. Using high-resolution (30 m) land-use data from 2000 to 2020, obtained from the Resource and Environment Science and Data Center, a...

This study addresses the effects of climate variability and land-use change on groundwater recharge in Major Groundwater Reservoir 406 (MGR 406) in southeastern Poland, a key strategic water resource. It focuses on how regional shifts in precipitatio...

Urbanization-induced ecological problems have affected China’s urban agglomerations since the beginning of rapid economic growth. The InVEST model can be used to study how land use changes affect carbon storage, while land simulation models hel...

This research investigates the implementation of multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) within the framework of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for the period of 2023–2027, focusing on optimizing agricultural sustainability and profitabil...

Establishing a sustainable framework for remediating environmental degradation caused by historical mining operations in the Sierra Minera of Cartagena-La Unión, southeastern Spain, is a critical imperative. When the reclamation requirements o...

In 2024, significant increases in surface temperature were recorded in Batam City and Bintan Regency, marking the highest levels observed in regional climate monitoring. The rapid conversion of vegetated land into residential and industrial areas has...

Holm oak groves of Quercus ilex subsp. ilex are one of the most characteristic environmental elements of the Cantabrian strip of the Iberian Peninsula. The Cantabrian holm oak forest does not have a clear origin. There is a possibility that it has a...

Equity in urban greenery is essential to improving residents’ well-being and contributing to environmental justice. Research on equity in street-scale urban greenery remains limited, but this study addresses it by employing the green view index...

Green space (GS) equity is a crucial component of environmental justice. From the perspective of environmental justice, this study focuses on the equity of GS across sub-districts with varying GDP levels in Guangzhou, quantitatively assessing and com...

The rapid expansion of urbanization and inadequate planning have triggered a water balance crisis in many cities, manifesting as both the need for artificial lake supplementation and frequent urban flooding. Using the Xuanwu Lake watershed in Nanjing...

The spatial distribution mechanism of industrial agglomeration has long been a central topic in urban economic geography. With the increasing availability of street view imagery and built environment data, effectively integrating multi-source spatial...

Securing the acceptance of nature-based solutions (NbS) in urban greening is central for addressing current social, environmental, and climate-related challenges. To achieve this, participatory planning processes are increasingly encouraged in NbS pr...