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Urban-Rural Integrated Development and Land Use Management

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Ecology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (4 April 2023) | Viewed by 3230

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Shijin Qu

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School of Public Administration, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
Interests: land use transition; urban land intensive use; urban-rural development
Dr. Quanfeng Li

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School of Public Administration and Law, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China
Interests: cultivated land transition; agricultural land protective use; rural sustainable development
Prof. Dr. Daojun Zhang

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School of Public Administration, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
Interests: spatial statistics and modeling; land use policy; vegetation restoration

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The widening urban–rural gap is an inevitable stage in the urbanization process, and many countries around the world, especially developing countries, are currently experiencing this stage. As an important factor of production and economic development, land resources have an essential influence on both urban and rural development. However, during the process of rapid urbanization, the urban–rural dichotomy and the ensuing land use problems, such as overexploitation, non-intensive use, and ecological destruction, have become increasingly serious. To solve these problems, urban–rural integrated development and sustainability are becoming part of the consensus, which not only includes strengthening the protection of cultivated land, promoting intensive land use, and optimizing the spatial allocation of the land, but also includes integrating new concepts and requirements, such as "green and low-carbon", into land use. More importantly, studies need to systematically explore the mutual feedback mechanism between urban–rural integrated development and land use management, and propose strategies to promote urban–rural integration through land use management. This Special Issue intends to collect recent diverse studies regarding urban–rural integrated development and land use management from different research perspectives, with the ultimate aim of contributing to the global challenges of sustainable urban and rural development in the rapidly urbanizing world.

Dr. Shijin Qu
Dr. Quanfeng Li
Prof. Dr. Daojun Zhang
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • urban–rural integrated development
  • land use transition
  • land use policy
  • cultivated land protection
  • land ecology
  • land intensive use
  • territorial spatial planning

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Responses of Soil Collembolans to Land Degradation in a Black Soil Region in China
by Chen Ma, Runze Nie and Guoming Du
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(6), 4820; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20064820 - 9 Mar 2023
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Land degradation in black soil regions has a significant effect on belowground systems, and Collembolans can adequately indicate environmental changes in the soil. However, there is currently a knowledge gap in the literature regarding the responses of soil Collembolans to land degradation. In [...] Read more.
Land degradation in black soil regions has a significant effect on belowground systems, and Collembolans can adequately indicate environmental changes in the soil. However, there is currently a knowledge gap in the literature regarding the responses of soil Collembolans to land degradation. In order to better understand this issue, in this study, a total of 180 soil Collembolan samples were collected from four habitats with varying degrees of land degradation in the Songnen Plain, namely a no land-degradation habitat (NLD), light land-degradation habitat (LLD), moderate land-degradation habitat (MLD) and severe land-degradation habitat (SLD). The results reveal that the different degrees of land degradation caused some differences in the taxonomic composition of the Collembolans; however, the majority of the Collembolan species are distributed relatively evenly. Proisotoma minima are always a dominant species during the study period. Seasonal variations are observed in the abundance, richness and diversity levels. In the severe land-degradation habitats (SLD), the abundance, richness, diversity and community complexity of the Collembolans are aways at the lowest levels. In addition, Proisotoma minima is negatively correlated with a majority of the species of Collembolans in the low levels of the land-degradation habitats, whereas they are positively correlated with most of the other species in the high levels. Epedaphic and euedaphic Collembolans responded to land degradation more obviously. The structural equation model (SEM) displays that soil Collembolan communities respond negatively to land degradation. Overall, our results provide implications that soil Collembolan communities are affected by land degradation, and that different taxa of soil Collembolans respond to degradation in numerous ways. Full article
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Study on the Relationship between Urban Street-Greenery Rate and Land Surface Temperature Considering Local Climate Zone
by Xinyue Wang, Zhengrui Li, Shuangxin Ding, Xiufeng Sun, Hua Qin, Jianwan Ji and Rui Zhang
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(4), 3294; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043294 - 13 Feb 2023
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Relationship exploration between the street-greenery rate (SGR) of different street types and land surface temperature (LST) is of great significance for realizing regional sustainable development goals. Given the lack of consideration of the local climate zone concept (LCZ), Chongqing’s Inner Ring region was [...] Read more.
Relationship exploration between the street-greenery rate (SGR) of different street types and land surface temperature (LST) is of great significance for realizing regional sustainable development goals. Given the lack of consideration of the local climate zone concept (LCZ), Chongqing’s Inner Ring region was selected as a case to assess the relationship between SGR and LST. Firstly, the LST was retrieved based on Landsat 8 imagery, which was calibrated by the atmospheric correction method; next, the street-greenery rates of different streets were calculated based on the semantic segmentation method; finally, street types were classified in detail by introducing LCZ, and the relationship between SGR and LST was investigated. The results showed that: (1) The LST spatial distribution pattern was closely related to human activity, with the high-temperature zones mainly concentrated in the core commercial areas, dense residential areas, and industrial cluster areas; (2) The average SGR values of expressways, main trunk roads, secondary trunk roads, and branch roads were 21.70%, 22.40%, 24.60%, and 26.70%, respectively. The level of SGR will decrease when the street width increases; (3) There is a negative correlation between the SGR and the LST in most streets. Among them, the LST of secondary trunk roads in low-rise and low-density built-up areas with a south-north orientation had a strong negative correlation with the SGR. Moreover, the wider the street, the higher the cooling efficiency of plants. Specifically, the LST of streets in low-rise and low-density built-up areas with south-north orientation may decrease by 1°C when the street-greenery rate is increased by 3.57%. Full article
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