Urban sprawl in provincial capital cities in China: evidence from multi-temporal urban land products using Landsat data

作     者：Linlin Lu Huadong Guo Christina Corbane Qingting Li 

作者机构：Key Laboratory of Digital Earth Science Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100094 China European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC) Directorate for Space Security & Migration Ispra I-21027 Italy 

出 版 物：《Science Bulletin》 (科学通报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2019年第64卷第14期

页      面：955-957页

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学科分类：07[理学] 08[工学] 

基　　金：supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA19030502) the National Key Research & Development Program of China (2017YFE0100800) the International Partnership Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (131C11KYSB20160061) the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41471369) 

主　　题：urban development populations world 

摘      要：The onset of global urbanization has led to a population shift from rural to urban areas and the expansion of urban development [1-3]. Urban land areas are growing at faster rates than their populations in most parts of the world [4]. The urban sprawl process refers to dispersed land development characterized by low-density, unplanned, and uneven patter ns of growth duri ng urban expansion. This process can result in inefficient use of land resources contradictory to the principle of sustainable development [5]. Additionally, urban sprawl has various environmental, economic, and social consequences, including the following: loss of agricultural land, higher costs for transportation infrastructure, increased landscape fragmentation, degeneration of soil ecological functions, and reduced ecosystem resilience. It is crucial to understand the trends and patterns of urban sprawl to implement a framework for sustainable urban development in developing regions.