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Remote Sensing and GIS for Monitoring Land Use Change and Its Ecological Effects

A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Remote Sensing".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023)

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Key Laboratory of Regional Sustainable Development Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Interests: land use/cover change; land use monitoring and simulation; agricultural remote sensing; agricultural land use; rural human–earth system
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Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Interests: land use change and simulation; ecological effects of land use change; land use policy; rural land consolidation; land use planning
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Key Laboratory of Regional Sustainable Development Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Interests: land consolidation; rural geography; rural land use; agricultural remote sensing; land use policy
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School of Smart City, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China
Interests: land use/cover change; land use simulation; agricultural non-point source pollution; ecological function/risk assessment; remote sensing
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Key Laboratory of Regional Sustainable Development Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Interests: rural areal system; rural habitat; land consolidation; ecosystem service; Loess Plateau
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Key Laboratory of Regional Sustainable Development Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Interests: land use science; satellite image analysis; human geography; rural development
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Land use change (LUC) is a cause and a result of global changes in the environment. It provides essential food, feed, fuel, and ecosystem services for human social systems, while increasingly affects the biogeochemical processes of the Earth, such as material exchange, energy balance, carbon and water cycles, and climate change. In the current "Anthropocene" era, land use has undergone unprecedented changes and intensification to meet the demands of the growing population for goods and services, and has caused negative impacts such as deforestation, land degradation, habitat reduction, biodiversity loss, non-point source pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions. In order to alleviate these negative impacts and improve land use efficiency and sustainability, it is essential to optimize the structure, function, and pattern of land use. To achieve this goal, remote sensing (RS) and geographic information systems (GIS) can provide large-scale, real-time, accurate, and consistent ground information, as well as the high-performance capability to compute, analyze, and display multi-source data. These technologies have been widely used in monitoring LUC and its ecological effects. Therefore, it is imperative to integrate RS and GIS to reveal the spatiotemporal processes, driving mechanisms, multi-functions, and optimization patterns of LUC. This will support the scientific basis and practical implications necessary for sustainable land use planning, environmental quality improvements, and coordinated human–Earth system developments.

The aim of this Special Issue is to advance novel theories and methods that contribute new knowledge to various aspects of LUC. The results of this Special Issue are expected to provide scientific methodologies, systematic insights, and policy recommendations for effective land use management and regional sustainable development. By addressing these critical themes of LUC, this Special Issue will contribute to the advancement of knowledge and provide practical guidance for stakeholders and policymakers seeking to optimize land use for the benefits of society and the environment.

We look forward to receiving your original research articles and reviews that include, but are not limited to, the following themes:

  • Monitoring the spatiotemporal patterns and processes of typical LUCs, including cropland reclamation and abandonment, crop type adjustment, rural construction and restructure, urban sprawl and compactness, and ecological land protection;
  • Reveal the coupled natural and anthropogenic driving mechanisms of LUC;
  • Quantifying the multi-functions associated with LUC, such as economic benefits, resident livelihoods, food production, agricultural non-point source pollution, ecosystem services, and ecological risks, and analyze their trade-offs and synergies;
  • Assessing the vulnerability, resilience, and sustainability of different land use patterns in the human–Earth system;
  • Simulating and optimizing LUC under different development scenarios to create adaptation strategies for future challenges.

Dr. Yaqun Liu

Dr. Wei Song

Prof. Dr. Jieyong Wang

Dr. Kangwen Zhu

Dr. Xuanchang Zhang

Dr. Cong Ou

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Dr. Yaqun Liu
Dr. Wei Song
Dr. Jieyong Wang
Dr. Kangwen Zhu
Dr. Xuanchang Zhang
Dr. Cong Ou
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Keywords

  • • land use change
  • • cropland reclamation and abandonment
  • • rural land consolidation
  • • urban land expansion
  • • ecological land protection
  • • agricultural non-point source pollution
  • • ecosystem services
  • • food and ecological security
  • • sustainable land management
  • • human–Earth system.

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