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Land Use

Land use is a multidisciplinary academic concept denoting the functional designation and management of land by human societies, distinguished by its integration of biophysical, legal, economic, and planning frameworks to allocate land resources among competing uses such as urban development, agriculture, conservation, and infrastructure within defined spatial and regulatory contexts.

37.3K

Publications

2.4M

Citations

80.1K

Authors

9.3K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

15K

Variants

Land Use History

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Publications

37.3K

Global food demand and the sustainable intensification of agriculture

David Tilman, Christian Balzer, Jason Hill et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2011 · 7.5K citations · Full text

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The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways and their energy, land use, and greenhouse gas emissions implications: An overview

Keywan Riahi, Detlef P. van Vuuren, Elmar Kriegler et al. · Global Environmental Change · 2016 · 6.5K citations · Full text

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A land use and land cover classification system for use with remote sensor data

James R. Anderson, E. E. Hardy, John T. Roach et al. · USGS professional paper · 1976 · 4.8K citations

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Global forecasts of urban expansion to 2030 and direct impacts on biodiversity and carbon pools

Karen C. Seto, Burak Güneralp, Lucy R. Hutyra · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2012 · 4.8K citations · Full text

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Our Ecological Footprint: reducing human impact on the earth

Gene Bazan · Electronic Green Journal · 1997 · 4.7K citations · Full text

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Authors

80.1K

  1. PH
    Peter H. Verburg

    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

    187 publications · 28.8K citations

    95

    h-index

  2. TK
    Tobias Kuemmerle

    Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany

    89 publications · 12.6K citations

    60

    h-index

  3. ÉF
    Éric F. Lambin

    UCLouvain, Belgium

    68 publications · 27.6K citations

    51

    h-index

  4. YL
    Yansui Liu

    Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, China

    73 publications · 10.9K citations

    46

    h-index

  5. MR
    Mark Rounsevell

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    69 publications · 12.6K citations

    46

    h-index

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Institutions

9.3K

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    166 h-index

    5.5K publications

    420.5K citations

  2. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research

    Beijing, China

    133 h-index

    2.5K publications

    203.4K citations

  3. Wageningen University & Research

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    124 h-index

    1.4K publications

    202K citations

  4. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    113 h-index

    1.8K publications

    115.7K citations

  5. Beijing Normal University

    Beijing, China

    103 h-index

    1.5K publications

    112.6K citations

  6. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    102 h-index

    624 publications

    170.3K citations

  7. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    102 h-index

    676 publications

    93.7K citations

  8. Joint Research Centre

    Ispra, Italy

    97 h-index

    641 publications

    101.3K citations

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Venues

  1. Land Use Policy

    1.7K publications · 121.6K citations

    154

    h-index

  2. The Science of The Total Environment

    527 publications · 43.2K citations

    113

    h-index

  3. Remote Sensing of Environment

    214 publications · 49K citations

    110

    h-index

  4. Landscape and Urban Planning

    397 publications · 41.1K citations

    106

    h-index

  5. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment

    335 publications · 36.5K citations

    102

    h-index

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