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Integrated eco-economic zoning and carbon neutrality zoning into the PLUS model to simulate land use change in the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area [PDF]

PeerJ
Numerous studies have simulated land use dynamics in megacity regions for sustainable development and urban planning. However, many existing studies apply uniform transition rules across entire regions, ignoring the spatial heterogeneity among subregions.
Mingsong Zhan, Yinyin Xu, Yue Yu, Chong Liu, Fan Wang   +4 more
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Land use changes in Zhangjiakou from 2005 to 2025 and the importance of ecosystem services [PDF]

PeerJ, 2021
Changes in local land use affect regional ecological services, development planning, and optimal use of space. We analyzed the effects of changes in land use from 2000 to 2025 on the spatial distribution of ecosystem services using CLUS-S modeling to ...
Kaipeng Xu, Yanyan Chi, Rongfeng Ge, Xiahui Wang, Siyang Liu   +4 more
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Effectiveness of protection areas in safeguarding biodiversity and ecosystem services in Tibet Autonomous Region

Scientific Reports, 2022
The Tibet Autonomous Region of China constitutes a unique and fragile ecosystem that is increasingly influenced by development and global climate change. To protect biodiversity and ecosystem services in Tibet, the Chinese government established a system
Kaipeng Xu, Xiahui Wang, Jinnan Wang, Jingjing Wang, Rongfeng Ge, Rensheng Tian, Huixia Chai, Xin Zhang, Le Fu   +8 more
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Water erosion in the middle reaches of the Brahmaputra in Tibet: Characteristics and driving factors in the recent 30 years

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2020
The fragile ecological environment is one of the core reasons for the sustainable development of society in the Brahmaputra River of Tibet. Ecological restoration is one of the main means for human beings to effectively curb ecological degradation.
Rongfeng Ge, Kaipeng Xu, Xiahui Wang, Jinjing Wang   +3 more
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Planejamento ambiental de ecossistemas lacustres litorâneos em áreas protegidas: o caso da Área de Proteção Ambiental do Lagamar, litoral norte fluminense, Brasil

Confins, 2021
Coastal lake ecosystems are important environmental, social, and economic value environments, but volatile and sensitive to human activities. In Brazil, these environments are governed by a broad and complex legal framework that, although it exists, does
Luana Aparecida Castro Firmino, Eduardo Manuel Rosa Bulhões.   +1 more
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Edaphoclimatic Zoning: Methodology and Application to Apple Cultivation in a Brazilian Watershed

Revista Brasileira de Cartografia, 2020
The planning of land use and occupation is essential when it comes to seeking the best results in view of socioeconomic and environmental sustainability.
Geise Macedo dos Santos, Gisele Cemin, Taison Anderson Bortolin, Vania Elisabete Schneider   +3 more
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Environmental Zoning in a Context of Strong Pressure from Productivist Agriculture in Brazil’s Northeast: The Case of the Ipojuca River, Pernambuco, Brazil

Land, 2022
The purpose of this work was the conceptual elaboration of a proposed zoning based on the concepts of recovery, rehabilitation, and restoration, for the Ipojuca watershed, located in the state of Pernambuco, in the north-eastern region of Brazil. It also
Anderson Gomes Oliveira, Ricardo Augusto Souza Machado, Rubén Camilo Lois González   +2 more
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Environmental Assessment of Urban Areas using Plants of Different Taxa as Indicators

Юг России: экология, развитие, 2020
Aim. Study of existing phytoindication approaches in order to determine how they can be optimally integrated and applied to the environmental assessment of urban areas.Material and Methods.
Y. A. Mandra, A. N. Esaulko, P. V. Klyushin, E. E. Stepanenko, T. G. Zelenskaya   +4 more
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The environmental vulnerability and the territorial planning of the sugarcane cultivation [PDF]

Ambiente & Sociedade, 2015
Environmental vulnerability is crucial to understanding the sustainability and feasibility of human activities. In light of this, a problem is now emerging in Brazil, specifically in the state of São Paulo.
Carolina de Oliveira Jordão, Evandro Mateus Moretto   +1 more
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AN EXPLORATION OF LAND ZONING OF CORAL ISLAND OF BANGLADESH FOR REDUCING THE VULNERABILITY OF CLIMATE CHANGE [PDF]

Earth Science Malaysia, 2020
Saint Martin is an only tropical island of Bangladesh having coral and adjacent rich biodiversity which is built of organic material derived from associate organism of coral ecosystem.
Prabal Barua, Syed Hafizur Rahman, Abhijit Mitra, Sufia Zaman   +3 more
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