**About the Editors**

#### **Jinyan Zhan**

Dr. Jinyan Zhan is a professor at the School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, where her research centers on methods and case studies of ecosystem change and human–land relationship regulation. She has published over one hundred publications, including highly cited papers. She is an associate editor, editor, and reviewer of some domestic and international journals.

#### **Xinqi Zheng**

Dr. Xinqi Zheng, a professor at China University of Geosciences (Beijing), has professional expertise in geography and GIS and has long been engaged in teaching and researching land information technology and its application, land intensive use technology and engineering. He is the executive director of the China Society of Natural Resources and the director of the Resource Big Data Branch, the executive director of the China Geographic Information Association, etc.

#### **Shaikh Shamim Hasan**

Dr. Shaikh Shamim Hasan is a professor at the Dept. of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU), Gazipur, Bangladesh. His general research interests include LUCC, climate change impact assessment, sustainable development in agriculture, agricultural education, technology transfer, and community and rural development. His ongoing research projects include cash crop extension and changes in ecosystem services and their driving mechanisms.

#### **Wei Cheng**

Dr. Wei Cheng is an assistant professor at the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and a member of the CAS Key Laboratory of Simulation Land Surface and Pattern. After completing his Ph.D., he conducted postdoctoral research at Cornell University. His research focuses on land surface environmental management, land use systems and resources carrying capacity, climate dynamics and carbon cycles, and solar radiation modification and mitigation strategies.
