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35 Citations
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12 March 2023

Urban green space has a critical impact on the urban ecological environment, residents’ health, and urban sustainability. Quantifying residential exposure to green space and proposing targeted enhancement strategies in urban areas is helpful to...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Remote Sensing Applications for Interaction between Urbanization and Eco-Environment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,872 Views
21 Pages

17 March 2022

Space utilization and climate change are related to human survival and development. Identifying the relationship between development and conservation is the foundation of sustainable development. We used the kernel density curve, spatial analysis, an...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Land Use Change and Anthropogenic Disturbances: Relationships, Interactions, and Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
6,789 Views
17 Pages

25 July 2019

It is necessary to examine cultural space in tourism destinations, including World Heritage Sites, for the long-term sustainable development of these destinations. Existing studies on cultural space mainly concentrate on the conceptual and textural e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,082 Views
26 Pages

31 March 2022

In accordance with the ecological civilization strategy, it is necessary to conduct in-depth analyses and provide a systematic elaboration of the characteristics of territorial-space structure (TSS). In the present paper, we examine Shandong Province...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Trends in Land Change Monitoring)
  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
6,295 Views
17 Pages

19 January 2019

Many cities in China have opened a subway, which has become an important part of urban public transport. How the metro line forms the metro network, and then changes the urban traffic pattern, is a problem worthy of attention. From 2005 to 2018, 10 m...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,455 Views
24 Pages

29 June 2018

As an important national strategy infrastructure, the Space Information Network (SIN) is a powerful platform for future information support, and it plays an important role in many aspects such as national defense, people’s livelihood, etc. In this pa...

(This article belongs to the Section Information Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,903 Views
19 Pages

18 January 2023

With the vigorous development of industrialization and urbanization, rural space faces many difficulties in achieving sustainable development, such as the spatial structure being unbalanced. To explore the sustainable development of rural space, this...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
2,762 Views
25 Pages

10 December 2023

Based on the “Production-Living-Ecological Space” evaluation system, we hereby form its functional index and take the results of corresponding functional measurement to analyze the spatial pattern, functional evolution, and coupling chara...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,341 Views
21 Pages

The precise simulation of urban space evolution and grasping of the leading factors are the most important basis for urban space planning. However, the simulation ability of current models is lacking when it comes to complicated/unpredictable urban s...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Land Use Changes and the Corresponding Ecological Risks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,554 Views
22 Pages

6 February 2023

Evolution and influencing factors of manufacturing production spaces in the global city regions of China are diverse from the West, attracting attention to accurately identify and analyze the real and continuous distribution of manufacturing producti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,406 Views
26 Pages

16 November 2022

In the 21st century, China’s economic development has made great achievements, and at the same time, it has brought about the problem of distribution of production–living–ecology space (PLES). As an important region of population ac...

(This article belongs to the Section Resources and Sustainable Utilization)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,163 Views
27 Pages

22 January 2026

With the continuous expansion of high-density urban forms, residents’ opportunities for daily contact with natural environments have been increasingly reduced, making the equity of urban green space allocation a critical challenge for sustainab...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Ecosystem Services in the Planning and Sustainable Development of Urban Green Spaces)
  • Article
  • Open Access
891 Views
27 Pages

1 January 2026

The evolution of “Production–Living–Ecological” spaces (PLESs) in mountainous rural areas is shaped by complex interactions between terrain gradients and socio-economic factors. However, existing research lacks a targeted expl...

(This article belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,237 Views
21 Pages

29 September 2024

Since 1998, comprehensive housing marketization has led to a more complex urban residential space structure in China, as evidenced by the changes in new commercial housing. The current stage is critical for China in its pursuit of high-quality and su...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,452 Views
17 Pages

19 February 2021

This study focuses on investigating the changing export patterns, evolution characteristics, and influencing trade mechanisms of countries on a global scale. Based on comprehensive customs data, our study found that core location and export types, in...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
411 Views
21 Pages

Investigating the spatial correlation characteristics and configurational pathways of ecological space service value (ESSV) is of importance for alleviating urban ecological pressure. This study, focusing on the northern slope of the Tianshan Mountai...

(This article belongs to the Topic Advances in Multi-Scale Geographic Environmental Monitoring: Ecosystem Differences and Multi-Scale Comparisons)
  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
5,768 Views
35 Pages

6 May 2023

The Grand Canal of China, as a traffic artery in ancient China, has exerted profound influence on the development of the cities, towns and rural settlements along it. Now, with China’s rapid urbanization, numerous settlements along the canal ar...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Preservation, Reuse and Reveal of Cultural Heritage through Sustainable Land Management, Rural and Urban Development II)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,668 Views
19 Pages

13 October 2021

For megacities, they are in a period of transformation from extensive development to smart growth. Recognizing new characteristics and new changes of the residential space in megacities under the backdrop of new development has great practical signif...

(This article belongs to the Topic Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
2,183 Views
3 Pages

In the perspective of information philosophy, this paper discusses Cursive script space-time evolution from a series of all-round information in calligraphy evolution about history tradition which based in keep often and knew change. In this paper, D...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of Proceedings of the IS4SI 2017 Summit DIGITALISATION FOR A SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY, Gothenburg, Sweden, 12–16 June 2017.)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,262 Views
22 Pages

Spatial–Temporal Evolution and Driving Force Analysis of Blue–Green Space in the Chengdu–Chongqing Economic Circle, China

  • Guangshun Zhang,
  • Yi Su,
  • Ziming Wang,
  • Ying Chen and ,
  • Jiangjun Wan and
  • Haichao Bai
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

23 October 2024

In the rapid process of urbanization, revealing the patterns and driving forces behind the evolution of blue–green spaces holds significant value for optimizing urban blue–green environments. This study systematically investigates the spa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
963 Views
29 Pages

21 January 2026

The precise identification of territorial space conflicts (TSCs) and their driving mechanisms is key to enhancing spatial security governance. Taking Jinan City as a case study, this research evaluates territorial space suitability across production,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Land Cover/Use Dynamics and Its Implications for Regional Sustainable Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
5,227 Views
17 Pages

Unlike previous regionalized studies on a worldwide crisis, this study aims to analyze spatial distribution patterns and evolution characteristics of the COVID-19 pandemic, using space-time aggregation and spatial statistics from a global perspective...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
3,505 Views
26 Pages

Evolution Characteristics, Eco-Environmental Response and Influencing Factors of Production-Living-Ecological Space in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

  • Shuaibing Zhang,
  • Kaixu Zhao,
  • Shuoyang Ji,
  • Yafang Guo and ,
  • Fengqi Wu,
  • Jingxian Liu and
  • Fei Xie
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

6 July 2022

The Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP) is a major “river source” and “ecological source” in China, as well as South Asia and Southeast Asia, and is a typical plateau region. Studying the evolution characteristics and ecological...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Selected Papers from the 1st International Electronic Conference on Land (IECL2022))
  • Review
  • Open Access
162 Views
27 Pages

Urban green space accessibility is a key indicator for evaluating the rationality of green space distribution, service equity, and residents’ well-being. To examine the thematic structure and recent developments of urban green space accessibili...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,122 Views
16 Pages

29 June 2023

Understanding the spatial–temporal evolution of the blue–green space (BGS) is crucial for urban planning and ecological security protection. However, the evolutionary patterns and driving factors of the BGS in new urban districts remain u...

(This article belongs to the Topic Urban Land Use and Spatial Analysis)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,680 Views
21 Pages

23 November 2022

The void of the cracked rock mass of the goaf is the main water storage space of underground reservoirs, which is in a time-space dynamic evolution process. Before the formation of the underground reservoir, the water storage space was primarily affe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,000 Views
39 Pages

5 November 2025

The coordinated development of Production-Living-Ecological (PLE) spaces has emerged as a core challenge for regional sustainability amid rapid urbanization processes. This study examines the Guanzhong Plain Urban Agglomeration (2001–2021) usin...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Untangling Urban Analysis Using Geographic Data and GIS Technologies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
471 Views
28 Pages

4 June 2026

The sustainable development of human settlements in mountainous Southwest China hinges on the coordinated evolution of their production–living–ecological spaces (PLES). This study investigated the distribution evolution and coupling chara...

  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
4,454 Views
22 Pages

The division of the territorial space functional area is the primary method to study the rational exploitation and use of land space. The research on the Production–Living–Ecological Space (PLES) change and its motivating factors has majo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,569 Views
25 Pages

21 September 2024

The Ili River Basin (IRB) is located in the northwest of China. With its large-scale zone and abundant resources, it is believed to be a “wet island” and a biotic resource storehouse in the dry regions of Eurasia. The IRB has stable ecolo...

(This article belongs to the Section Land Use, Impact Assessment and Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,067 Views
22 Pages

29 January 2026

As a core city in central China and a key node of the Changsha–Zhuzhou–Xiangtan (CZT) Metropolitan Area, Changsha has experienced profound territorial space restructuring amid rapid urbanization and high-quality development. This study fo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Land Use Transition and Its Economic, Ecological, and Environmental Effects)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
959 Views
32 Pages

2 February 2026

Traditional villages, as carriers of agricultural civilization and ecological wisdom, represent important sites for fostering new-quality productive forces. In the context of rapid urbanization, they function as key spaces for rural development while...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,932 Views
14 Pages

On Special Kinds of Involute and Evolute Curves in 4-Dimensional Minkowski Space

  • Muhammad Hanif,
  • Zhong Hua Hou and
  • Kottakkaran Sooppy Nisar

2 August 2018

Recently, extensive research has been done on evolute curves in Minkowski space-time. However, the special characteristics of curves demand advanced level observations that are lacking in existing well-known literature. In this study, a special kind...

  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
7,140 Views
17 Pages

25 October 2016

The multi-index comprehensive evaluation method is used in this paper to estimate the urban–rural integration development level of the Qinling-Daba Mountains in China and build an evaluation index system that is composed by five subsystems and 18 bas...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,555 Views
20 Pages

11 July 2025

As the global urbanization process accelerates, rural settlements in China are facing the challenges of rural hollowing and widening urban–rural disparities. The establishment of the national scenic area system has made scenic settlements a pri...

(This article belongs to the Section Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate)
  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,994 Views
17 Pages

Adaptive Evolution of Marine Organisms: A Bibliometric Analysis Based on CiteSpace

  • Ning Mao,
  • Ye Zhu,
  • Junyue Wang,
  • Xin Shen and ,
  • Jun Hou and
  • Lingzhan Miao
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

30 November 2023

(1) Background: The increasing complexity of marine organism habitats and the impact of climate change on the marine environment have garnered global attention towards the adaptive evolution of marine organisms. However, there still remains a lack of...

(This article belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
  • Article
  • Open Access
351 Views
30 Pages

3 September 2026

Urban green spaces are an integral part of urban ecosystems and play a crucial role in improving the urban ecological environment and promoting sustainable urban development. This study aimed to quantify the spatiotemporal evolution of urban green sp...

(This article belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,635 Views
15 Pages

13 July 2022

In order to analyse the dynamic evolution characteristics of soil arching during sliding processes, we conducted a series of model push-pile and direct shear tests. The tests’ results were used to design a relative displacement monitoring syste...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Slope Stability Analysis and Landslide Disaster Prevention)
  • Article
  • Open Access
456 Views
22 Pages

2 July 2026

Resource-based cities face complex land-use pressures. Examining the evolution of production–living–ecological spaces (PLESs) and the spatial conflicts associated with this evolution provides an important basis for reducing land-use tensi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
673 Views
22 Pages

3 June 2026

As China’s urban renewal shifts comprehensively toward stock optimisation, everyday micro spaces in high-density old districts have emerged as critical yet underexplored carriers for rebuilding grassroots social capital. However, existing resea...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advancing Urban–Rural Community Empowerment Through Participatory Planning and Collaborative Co-Creation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,171 Views
24 Pages

Spatiotemporal Evolution and Proximity Dynamics of “Three-Zone Spaces” in Yangtze River Basin Counties from 2000 to 2020

  • Jiawuhaier Aishanjiang,
  • Xiaofen Li,
  • Fan Qiu,
  • Yichen Jia and ,
  • Kai Li and
  • Junnan Xia
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

30 June 2025

As the world’s third-longest river supporting 40% of China’s population, the Yangtze River Basin exemplifies the critical challenges of balancing riparian development and ecological resilience for major fluvial systems globally. This stud...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Regional Sustainable Development of Yangtze River Delta, China (3rd Edition))
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,349 Views
14 Pages

7 November 2022

Different disciplines need specialized spaces to ensure the smooth conduct of research, and the laboratory plays an important role as the physical carrier of knowledge production today. Reviewing history, it is found that the image of the laboratory...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Computational Analytical Methods for Buildings and Cities: Space Syntax and Shape Grammar)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,561 Views
15 Pages

3 July 2023

The rapid development of industrialization and urbanization aggravates the tension of human–land relationships, leading to increasingly prominent contradictions and a serious imbalance in the relationship among production–living–eco...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,194 Views
13 Pages

Repeated mining under insufficiently collapsed gobs is a complex process in underground mining and is associated with safety hazards such as ground collapse and subsidence. The effect of layer spacing on the fracture network evolution and fluid trans...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractal Analysis and Its Applications in Rock Engineering, Second Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
594 Views
26 Pages

From Temple to Assembly: The Historical Evolution of Catholic Sacred Space

  • Sara Nácher-Salcedo,
  • Jose Miguel Molines-Cano,
  • Jaime Llinares Millán and
  • Ana Almerich-Chulia

3 September 2026

The historical evolution of Catholic sacred space has traditionally been examined through architectural, liturgical, or theological perspectives considered largely in isolation. Comparatively little attention, however, has been paid to ecclesiastical...

(This article belongs to the Section Cultural History)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,278 Views
26 Pages

2 February 2023

Controllability is a basic problem in the study of stochastic generalized systems. Compared with ordinary stochastic systems, the structure of stochastic singular systems is more complex, and it is necessary to study the controllability of stochastic...

(This article belongs to the Section E2: Control Theory and Mechanics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,790 Views
20 Pages

31 March 2025

Urban renewal faces critical challenges in balancing heritage protection and functional upgrades, particularly in dual-attribute cities like Tianjin that preserve industrial legacy while cultivating emerging functions. Existing studies exhibit three...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Research towards the Green and Sustainable Buildings and Cities)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,779 Views
11 Pages

31 August 2021

Coherent wave groups are not only characterized by the intrinsic shape of the wave packet, but also by the underlying phase evolution during the propagation. Exact deterministic formulations of hydrodynamic or electromagnetic coherent wave groups can...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Free Surface Hydrodynamics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
638 Views
34 Pages

Rapid urbanization and stringent ecological protection policies in China have reshaped spatial competition among urban, agricultural, and ecological spaces. However, existing studies often overlook how this competition evolves across different slope...

(This article belongs to the Section Agricultural Economics, Policies and Rural Management)
  • Review
  • Open Access
38 Citations
6,233 Views
54 Pages

19 September 2019

The mechanisms governing the evolution of the wind-wave field in time and in space are not yet fully understood. Various theoretical approaches have been offered to model wind-wave generation. To examine their validity, detailed and accurate experime...

(This article belongs to the Section Biosphere/Hydrosphere/Land–Atmosphere Interactions)

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