Main progress in the research on land use intensification
ZHU Huiyi1, SUN Minghui1,2
1. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing 100101, China; 2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Abstract：Land use intensification is an unimpeachable choice of human beings under the multiple pressures of food security, economic development, and ecological conservation. It is particularly important for the countries with less land resource per capita like China to foster a sustainable intensification in their use of land. The scienti fi c understanding of land- use change, however, is still insuf fi cient to characterise the conditions under which such a sustainable intensi fi cation can and will occur. The existing large knowledge gaps should be filled in the future. In this paper, we briefly review main progress in the research on land use intensification. The content is arranged in two sections. The first section focuses on four subtopics: (1) basic characters and their measuring indicators, (2) extremum and potential for input and output, (3) driving factors and limiting factors, (4) ecological effects and sustainable intensification. The second section is on current hotspots: monitoring and mapping land use intensity, land sharing & land sparing, policy premise and choice, and urban land "intensification" in China.
朱会义, 孙明慧. 土地利用集约化研究的回顾与未来工作重点[J]. 地理学报, 2014, 69(9): 1346-1357.
ZHU Huiyi, SUN Minghui. Main progress in the research on land use intensification. Acta Geographica Sinica, 2014, 69(9): 1346-1357.
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