Impacts of Land Use and Land Cover on Regional Sustainable Development
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Urban and Rural Development".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025 | Viewed by 21135
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Interests: urban development and management; sustainable development; rural-urban relations; regional and urban economy
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Interests: land economy and policy; territorial space governance
Interests: urban development and management; sustainable development; ecological and green cities
Interests: urban–rural integration; sustainable development; land economy and policy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Land is a part of the natural ecosystem. Changes in land use and land cover can affect the geobiochemical cycle by altering ecosystem structure and function, thus, affecting ecosystem services and ecological environment quality, which has long been a frequently researched topic of interest in academic circles. Of course, the research around this topic is mainly focused on the field of natural science.
On the other hand, in the field of social science, land also plays an important role. As is known to all, land acts as the spatial carrier of urban–rural regional systems and one of the main production factors. Urban and rural social and economic development always take land as the "intersection point", to interact and shape the relationship between each other. As a driving factor of social and economic development, changes in land use and land cover can affect various aspects of regional social and economic development, such as the distribution of labor factors, capital factors and information technology, and, thus, affect the state of urban–rural regional sustainable development.
Therefore, research around the impact of changes in land use and land cover on regional sustainable development and regional-factor distribution is of great importance. In this Special Issue, we invite conceptual, empirical, review or exploratory papers, which contribute to our understanding of the relationships between land use/cover and regional sustainable development. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Impacts of land use and land cover on regional planning;
- Land use/cover and urban–rural integration development;
- Land use/cover and regional sustainable environment;
- Land use/cover and regional-factor distribution.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Kind regards,
Dr. Kaifeng Duan
Dr. Jiajia Li
Dr. Jianing Zhou
Dr. Lei Chen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- land use
- land cover
- urban–rural integration development
- sustainable development
- factor distribution
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