Special Issue "Sustainable Land Use Change"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Geography and Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Changhe LU
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Guest Editor
1. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China;
2. College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Interests: land change;crop productivity and yield gaps; regional agricultural development; land degradation and rehabilitation; food security; sustainable land management
Prof. Dr. Wenjiao Shi
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Guest Editor
Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Interests: land ecosystem; land use change; ecosystem services; sustainable land management; optimal layout; sustainable agriculture

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Unsustainable land use, such as the cultivation of marginal lands, over-grazing of grasslands, over-use of chemicals, and over-exploitation of groundwater, is recognized as the main cause of land degradation and ecosystem deterioration. To alleviate the adverse impacts of this, a series of agrotechnical measures, policies, and eco-rehabilitation programs have been adopted, and thus have promoted the sustainable transformation of land use during recent decades. Many studies have addressed this issue and identified their effects, particularly their contribution to ecological restoration and agricultural sustainability. However, there is still a need to characterize sustainable land use change and to further clarify their consequences in a wider context, including their impacts on food production and ecosystems services, by integrated analyses or modeling using long-term data series from field observation, remote sensing, and statistics, servicing the improvement and development of land use policies, and the refinement and adoption of sustainable land use to achieve ecological and food security.

This Special Issue on the topic of “Sustainable Land Use Change” invites new works that address the identification, dynamics and consequences of sustainable land use change. Specific subjects are focused on identifying the amplitude and rate of land use changes aimed to improve the ecological security and agricultural sustainability, and their effects on ecological restoration, soil and water conservation, ecosystems service, and net primary plant productivity, as well as their impacts on crop and animal production.

Prof. Dr. Changhe LU
Prof. Dr. Wenjiao Shi
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • sustainable transformation of land use
  • ecological protection policy
  • conversion of marginal cropland and grazing land
  • cropping system restructuring
  • ecological/land restoration
  • ecosystems service
  • crop and animal production impact

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The Spatial–Temporal Changes of the Coupling Relationship among Agricultural Labor Force, Agricultural Economy, and Farmland in Chongqing
Sustainability 2021, 13(16), 8780; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13168780 - 05 Aug 2021
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Agricultural labor force, agricultural economy, and farmland use are momentous components of sustainable development in rural areas, as well as essential causes of drastic changes in the urban–rural transformation. This paper studies the spatial–temporal characteristics of the labor–farmland–economy coupling structure from 2000 to [...] Read more.
Agricultural labor force, agricultural economy, and farmland use are momentous components of sustainable development in rural areas, as well as essential causes of drastic changes in the urban–rural transformation. This paper studies the spatial–temporal characteristics of the labor–farmland–economy coupling structure from 2000 to 2018 in rural areas of Chongqing using spatial analysis technology. The study has four main results. First and foremost, not only has the average annual rate of the agricultural labor force in Chongqing reduced by 3.73%, but the reduction rates in Jiangbei District, Dadukou District, Nan’an District, Shapingba District, and Yubei District have exceeded 15%. Then, the average annual rate of the agricultural economy has increased by 9.32%, but it has been in a downward trend in Dadukou District, Jiangbei District, and Shapingba Districts. Furthermore, the average annual decline rate of farmland area is 0.34% with larger reduction occurring in the nine of the central urban districts, Chengkou County and Wushan County. Ultimately, there have been 33 districts and counties with the temporal–spatial characteristics of labor–farmland–economy coupling above primary coordination, which includes 16 districts and counties reaching a high coordination. This provides theoretical and methodical supports for the coordinated development of human and land industries in different regions. Full article
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