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Temporal and Spatial Changes of Rural Settlements and Their Influencing Factors in Northeast China from 2000 to 2020

open access: yesLand, 2022
Rural settlements in Northeast China have undergone significant changes in the process of rapid urbanization, which has profoundly affected food production and the process of sustainable rural development.
Jieyong Wang   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

RURAL SETTLEMENTS SEGMENTATION BASED ON DEEP LEARNING U-NET USING REMOTE SENSING IMAGES [PDF]

open access: yesThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2023
Accurate and efficient extraction of rural settlements from high-resolution remote sensing imagery is of paramount importance for rural government management. Unplanned rural settlements are quite common. Understanding the spatial characteristic of these
Z. Aamir   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dynamic changes and driving factors of rural settlements at the county level in a rapidly urbanizing province of China from 2000 to 2020

open access: yesFrontiers in Environmental Science, 2023
Urbanization and industrialization in developing countries has contributed to great changes in rural settlements, which presents an increasing threat to rural sustainability. Spatiotemporal changes in rural settlements at the county level are significant
Yan Xu   +6 more
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Distribution Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Rural Settlements in Metropolitan Fringe Area: A Case Study of Nanjing, China

open access: yesLand, 2022
Rural settlement is the core content of rural geography research. Exploring the spatial distribution characteristics and influencing factors of rural settlements can provide reference for the optimization of rural settlements. This paper selected Nanjing
Rongtian Zhang, Xiaolin Zhang
doaj   +1 more source

Identify Optimization Type of Rural Settlements Based on “Production–Living–Ecological” Functions and Vitality: A Case Study of a Town in Northern China

open access: yesLand, 2023
Rural settlements are developing in the direction of functional diversification, driven by rapid urbanization, but also leading to a decline in their vitality as a result of the rapid concentration of rural population in cities.
Yafeng Zou   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identifying conservation priorities and management strategies based on ecosystem services to improve urban sustainability in Harbin, China [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2018
Rapid urbanization and agricultural development has resulted in the degradation of ecosystems, while also negatively impacting ecosystem services (ES) and urban sustainability. Identifying conservation priorities for ES and applying reasonable management
Yi Qu, Ming Lu
doaj   +2 more sources

Rural Settlement Reconstruction Integrating Land Suitability and Individual Difference Factors: A Case Study of Pingba Village, China

open access: yesLand, 2022
Rural settlement reconstruction is an effective means of governance of rural planning. Traditional research on the reconstruction of rural settlements fails to fully consider individual differences in the utilization of rural space, which easily leads to
Guohua Bi, Qingyuan Yang, Yan Yan
doaj   +1 more source

Evolution of Rural Settlement Scale in Tunpu Settlement Gathering Area in the Last 20 Years: A Case Study of Xixiu District of Anshun City

open access: yesRedai dili, 2023
In the context of social transformation and urbanization, rural settlements have undergone drastic changes, and some rural settlements, including characteristic settlements, have been declining or even dying out.
Chen Zhenqin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Attitudes and perceptions about breastfeeding among female and male informal workers in India and South Africa

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2020
Background Worldwide, over 740 million women make their living in the informal economy and therefore lack formal employment benefits, such as maternity leave, that can improve infant feeding practices.
C. Horwood   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Simulating the Coupling of Rural Settlement Expansion and Population Growth in Deqing, Zhejiang Province, Based on MCCA Modeling

open access: yesLand, 2022
Analyzing the relationship between rural settlements and rural population change under different policy scenarios is key in the sustainable development of China’s urban and rural areas.
Zijuan Zhao   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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