Assessing the impacts of rural depopulation and urbanization on vegetation cover: Based on land use and nighttime light data in China, 2000–2020

Since the 21st century, China has shown dramatic rural depopulation and rapid urbanization, and surface vegetation has been affected by this urban–rural development pattern. Using remote sensing and population data from 2000 to 2020, we investigated the spatial and temporal evolution of terrestrial...

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Main Authors: Shengdong Yang, Xu Yang, Jingxiao Zhang, Xin Gao, Jia Zhou, Xiangli Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-02-01
Series:Ecological Indicators
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X24000967