Accurate wildfire prediction and identification of key environmental drivers are critical for effective wildfire management. We propose a spatiotemporally adaptive framework integrating ST-DBSCAN clustering with GTWR-RFR. In this hybrid model, Random...
Clarifying the spatiotemporal evolution and driving mechanisms of bike-sharing-to-metro feeder trips (BSMF) is key to optimizing urban public transport’s first-and-last-mile connectivity and advancing low-carbon development. Existing studies on...
29 October 2016
Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is considered a globally distributed infectious disease which results in many deaths annually in Hubei Province, China. In order to conduct a better analysis and accurately predict HFRS incidence in Hubei...
Natural environmental factors and human activity intensity factors, the two main factors that affect the spatial and temporal distribution of PM2.5 concentration near the surface, have different mechanisms of action on PM2.5 concentration. In this pa...
The clarification of the impact of human activities on vegetation in mining areas contributes to the harmonization of mining and environmental protection. This study utilized Geographically and Temporally Weighted Regression (GTWR) to establish a qua...
There is an increasing demand for a land surface temperature (LST) dataset with both fine spatial and temporal resolutions due to the key role of LST in the Earthās landāatmosphere system. Currently, the technique most commonly used to meet the deman...
Against the backdrop of intensifying global climate change and deepening sustainable development goals, the low-carbon transformation of agriculture, as a major greenhouse gas emission source, holds significant strategic importance for achieving Chin...
By promoting financial agglomerations to support green development in a region is a keyway for China to resolve the sharp contradiction between economic growth and environmental protection. However, existing research only considered the promotion eff...
Precisely identifying the key drivers of regional carbon emissions and their spatiotemporal heterogeneity is critical for formulating differentiated strategies under China’s “Dual Carbon” goals. To address the limitations of traditi...
New-type urbanization (NTU) is a key driver of high-quality development and progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in China. While existing studies acknowledge the multidimensional nature of this process, they often measure it as a...
Promoting green utilization of cultivated land is the key to balancing resource use and ecological capacity. However, its working mechanisms are still unclear. This study attempts to address this empirical research gap through a three-stage cyclic sy...
Amid accelerating global warming, surface albedo is a key indicator and regulator of how Earth’s surface reflects solar radiation, directly affecting the planetary radiation balance and climate. In this paper, we combined MODIS shortwave albedo...
14 December 2019
Objective: This study investigated the relationships between PM2.5 and 5 criteria air pollutants (SO2, NO2, PM10, CO, and O3) in Heilongjiang, China, from 2015 to 2018 using global and geographically and temporally weighted regression models. Methods...
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) swept the world at the beginning of 2020, and strict activity control measures were adopted in China’s concentrated and local outbreak areas, which led to social shutdown. This study was conducted in southwes...
Regional haze episodes have occurred frequently in eastern China over the past decades. As a critical indicator to evaluate air quality, the mass concentration of ambient fine particulate matters smaller than 2.5 Ī¼m in aerodynamic diameter (PM2.5) is...
Precision in discerning the spatiotemporal dynamics of municipal solid waste (MSW) production and its drivers is pivotal for informing the seasonal management and recycling of urban waste streams. This investigation zeroed in on Hefei’s central...
29 November 2020
Because of fast-paced industrialization, urbanization, and population growth in Indonesia, there are serious health issues in the country resulting from air pollution. This study uses geospatial modelling technologies, namely land-use regression (LUR...
An in-depth comprehension of the spatial–temporal characteristics of land-use carbon emissions (LUCE), along with their potential influencing factors, is of high scientific significance for the realization of low-carbon land use and sustainable...
As China’s urbanization deepens, the spatial structure of residential areas and land use patterns has undergone profound transformations, with the differentiation of housing prices emerging as a key indicator of urban spatial dynamics and socio...
Research on spatiotemporal characteristics and influencing factors of industrial carbon emissions intensity is crucial to the efforts of reducing carbon emissions. This paper measures the industrial carbon emissions intensity (CI) by energy consumpti...
15 September 2022
Particulate matter (PM) degrades air quality and negatively impacts human health. The spatial–temporal heterogeneity of PM (PM2.5 and PM10) concentration in Heilongjiang Province during 2014–2018 and the key impacting factors were investi...
Understanding the spatiotemporal dynamics of resource–environment carrying capacity (RECC) is essential for balancing ecological protection and socioeconomic development in river basins. This study applied various methodologies, including Panel...
Background and Objectives: It is important to understand the temporal and spatial distributions of standing wood carbon storage in forests to maintain ecological balance and forest dynamics. Such information can provide technical and data support for...
Urban vibrancy contributes towards a successful city and high-quality life for people as one of its vital elements. Therefore, the association between service facilities and vibrancy is crucial for urban managers to understand and improve city constr...
1 March 2021
With the rapid development of the social economy, factors of social and economic development in Chinaās rural areas have been continuously reorganized, and the pattern and distribution of rural residential areas have undergone significant changes. In...
Land-use cover is undergoing intense change under global climate change and rapid urbanization, especially in the Loess Plateau, where ecological restoration policies like Green for Grain Project (GFGP) have been vigorously implemented since the 1980...
The traditional linear regression model of mass appraisal is increasingly unable to satisfy the standard of mass appraisal with large data volumes, complex housing characteristics and high accuracy requirements. Therefore, it is essential to utilize...
8 April 2017
An increasing number of fires are occurring with the rapid development of cities, resulting in increased risk for human beings and the environment. This study compares geographically weighted regression-based models, including geographically weighted...
Taxis are an important component of the urban public transportation system, with wide geographical coverage and on-demand services characteristics. Thorough understanding of the built environment affecting taxi ridership can enable transportation aut...
People in central-eastern China are suffering from severe air pollution of nitrogen oxides. Top-down approaches have been widely applied to estimate the ground concentrations of NO2 based on satellite data. In this paper, a one-year dataset of tropos...
As industrial and urban growth advances, the challenge of rural population shrinkage has grown more pronounced, impacting rural functions. Northeast China is an example in this study, and a rural function evaluation index system is constructed based...
The Three Gorges Reservoir Area (TGRA) faces mounting pressures from urbanization and hydrological regulation, threatening the sustainability of its ecosystem services (ESs). The InVEST model, coupled with optimal parameter geographical detector (OPG...
Soil erosion is a significant global environmental issue and a crucial aspect of global change. Exploring the interactive effect of ecological land agglomeration and habitat quality on soil erosion can effectively guide the positive intervention of e...
17 November 2022
Rapid urbanization has reshaped land cover and the ecological environment, potentially improving or deteriorating soil organic carbon (SOC). However, the response of SOC to urbanization has not yet been fully exploited. Herein, by using the land-use...
Human societal growth has greatly pressured available land resources. The key to reducing land pressure and fostering regional synergistic development is revealing the transmission effect of land pressure. We used a modified gravity model to construc...
In the context of pursuing high-quality development, the coupling and coordination of the ecosystem and economy has become the fundamental goal and inevitable choice for achieving the sustainable development of urban agglomerations. Based on remote s...
In order to cope with global climate warming, measurement of the low-carbon utilization efficiency (LCUE) of cultivated land, considering carbon sink and carbon emission effects, is proposed. To address this, based on the data of 30 provinces in Chin...
Against the global push for “carbon peak and carbon neutrality” and Xinjiang’s role as a major arid-region agricultural base in China, balancing agricultural development with low-carbon transitions remains challenging due to its fra...
CO2 emissions from fossil energy have caused global climate problems and threatened human survival. However, there are few studies on the spatiotemporal distribution and driving factors of carbon emissions. This paper takes the Yangtze River Delta (Y...
The development of inner harbors has been accompanied by the destruction of natural landscapes, which in turn has led to numerous ecological problems. However, the temporal and spatial relationships between changes in the inner harbor landscape and e...
In recent years, air pollution in Xinjiang, the core region of the Silk Road Economic Belt, has become increasingly severe, posing a more significant threat to human health. This paper selects the tropospheric ozone, nitrogen dioxide, and formaldehyd...
In regional development studies, GDP serves as an important indicator for evaluating the developing levels of a region. However, due to statistical methods and possible human-induced interfering factors, GDP is also a commonly criticized indicator fo...
With the growing emphasis on running in urban health initiatives, understanding the spatiotemporal dynamics of running behavior has become essential for smart city development. This study harnesses multi-source big data—including running trajec...
For several decades, warming-induced fires have been widespread in many forest systems. A forest fire could be a potential indicator, since the Great Xing’an Range is susceptible to global climate changes and frequent extreme events. This regio...
Urban vibrancy is an important indicator of the attractiveness of a city and its potential for comprehensive, healthy and sustainable development in all aspects. With the development of big data, an increasing number of datasets can be used to analys...
The Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) appeared in Wuhan, China, at the end of 2019, spreading from there across China and within weeks across the whole world. In order to control the rapid spread of the virus, the Chinese government implemented a...
All over the world, Industrial agglomeration has become a key to improve the efficiency of urban land use and regulate the process of urbanization. Industrial agglomeration, as a universal economic geographical phenomenon, has been extensively studie...
Understanding the effects of climate change on agricultural land green use efficiency (AGUE) is vital for shaping adaptive technologies and agricultural policies. Utilizing data from 30 Chinese provinces (2003–2022), this study applies the Geog...
30 August 2022
Hydraulic fracturing or fracking has led to a rapid growth of oil and gas production in the United States, but the impact of fracking on public health is an important but underresearched topic. We designed a methodology to study spatiotemporal correl...
One of the key elements influencing carbon emissions is changes in land use, which affects the roles of carbon sources and sinks. We calculated the carbon emissions from land use in Xinjiang, constructed a Geographically and Temporally Weighted Regre...
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