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Land-use Change

Land-Use Change is a spatial-temporal transformation in the human management and purpose of land, distinguished from broader environmental dynamics by its focus on deliberate modifications of land cover and resource use driven by socio-economic, political, and ecological factors across rural and urban landscapes.

13.5K

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918.8K

Citations

33.8K

Authors

5.5K

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Publications per year

2017–2026

5.7K

Variants

Land Use ChangeUrban Land Use Change

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Publications

13.5K

Global effects of land use on local terrestrial biodiversity

Tim Newbold, Lawrence N. Hudson, Samantha L. L. Hill et al. · Nature · 2015 · 4.2K citations · Full text

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The causes of land-use and land-cover change: moving beyond the myths

Éric F. Lambin, B. L. Turner, Helmut Geist et al. · Global Environmental Change · 2001 · 3.7K citations

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Global land use change, economic globalization, and the looming land scarcity

Éric F. Lambin, Patrick Meyfroidt · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2011 · 3.1K citations

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Good practices for estimating area and assessing accuracy of land change

Pontus Olofsson, Giles M. Foody, Martin Herold et al. · Remote Sensing of Environment · 2014 · 2.9K citations · Full text

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Dynamics of Land-Use and Land-Cover Change in Tropical Regions

Éric F. Lambin, Helmut Geist, Erika Lepers · Annual Review of Environment and Resources · 2003 · 2.9K citations · Full text

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Authors

33.8K

  1. PH
    Peter H. Verburg

    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

    129 publications · 23.4K citations

    83

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  2. TK
    Tobias Kuemmerle

    Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany

    48 publications · 8.2K citations

    41

    h-index

  3. ÉF
    Éric F. Lambin

    UCLouvain, Belgium

    41 publications · 23.2K citations

    36

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  4. YL
    Yansui Liu

    Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, China

    47 publications · 8K citations

    36

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  5. LS
    Luca Salvati

    Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Italy

    68 publications · 4.7K citations

    35

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Institutions

5.5K

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    127 h-index

    2.4K publications

    201.3K citations

  2. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research

    Beijing, China

    110 h-index

    1.3K publications

    122.2K citations

  3. Wageningen University & Research

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    95 h-index

    503 publications

    76.6K citations

  4. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    87 h-index

    838 publications

    60.7K citations

  5. Beijing Normal University

    Beijing, China

    69 h-index

    658 publications

    46.9K citations

  6. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

    Berlin, Germany

    66 h-index

    301 publications

    36.6K citations

  7. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    64 h-index

    212 publications

    25.8K citations

  8. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    61 h-index

    278 publications

    37.9K citations

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Venues

  1. Land Use Policy

    654 publications · 54.8K citations

    122

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  2. Landscape and Urban Planning

    228 publications · 25.2K citations

    82

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  3. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment

    151 publications · 21.9K citations

    80

    h-index

  4. The Science of The Total Environment

    203 publications · 19.9K citations

    79

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  5. Applied Geography

    195 publications · 19.3K citations

    77

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