Rural settlement spatial patterns and effects: Road traffic accessibility and geographic factors in Guangdong Province, China
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DOI: 10.1007/s11442-019-1593-2
Abstract: Based on land use classification data of remote sensing images, using kernel density, the minimal cumulative resistance model of road traffic accessibility, and a logistic regression model, the characteristics of the spatial pattern and the… read more here.
Keywords: road traffic; traffic accessibility; road; rural settlements ... See more keywords
Measuring the area of cultivated land reclaimed from rural settlements using an unmanned aerial vehicle
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DOI: 10.1007/s11442-019-1632-z
Abstract: Investigating and monitoring the area of cultivated land reclaimed from rural settlements is important to optimize rural land use and understand spatial patterns. Measuring cultivated land area is costly and inefficient, however, as this land… read more here.
Keywords: cultivated land; rural settlements; land; reclaimed rural ... See more keywords
Productive functional evolution of rural settlements: analysis of livelihood strategy and land use transition in eastern China
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DOI: 10.1007/s11629-016-4042-z
Abstract: In China, rural settlements are usually multifunctional complex of natural societies and they also play important productive function. This study explored the spatiotemporal evolution of the productive function of three rural settlements, i.e., Hetaoyuan, Dawengshan,… read more here.
Keywords: eastern china; livelihood strategy; evolution; rural settlements ... See more keywords
Spatial evolution characteristics of urban and rural settlements in Inner Mongolia
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DOI: 10.1007/s12517-020-06167-z
Abstract: When analyzing the spatial evolution characteristics of urban and rural settlements with traditional methods, there is a problem of incomplete characteristic analysis results. For this reason, a GIS analysis method of spatial evolution characteristics of… read more here.
Keywords: characteristics urban; rural settlements; spatial evolution; evolution characteristics ... See more keywords
Institutional changes, land use dynamics, and the transition of rural settlements in suburban China: A case study of Huishan District in Wuxi city
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DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2017.09.011
Abstract: Abstract The significant impacts of restructuring on the transition and land use dynamics of rural settlements in China has long been a subject of academic inquiry. We applied a conceptual framework encompassing relations between institutional… read more here.
Keywords: rural settlements; transition; land; institutional changes ... See more keywords
Spatial optimization of rural settlements based on the perspective of appropriateness–domination: A case of Xinyi City
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DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2020.102148
Abstract: Abstract Rural settlements represent rural production patterns and social culture in rural territorial systems. This system reflects the interaction processes between human activities and the geographical environment. Exploring the spatial optimization of rural settlements is… read more here.
Keywords: spatial optimization; rural settlements; appropriateness domination; perspective appropriateness ... See more keywords
Evolution and transformation mechanism of the spatial structure of rural settlements from the perspective of long-term economic and social change: A case study of the Sunan region, China
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2019.03.005
Abstract: Abstract Being the world's largest developing country and having a vast rural population and large swaths of rural areas, China has experienced complex historical periods. However, few studies provide general summaries of spatial evolution of… read more here.
Keywords: spatial structure; rural settlements; structure rural; sunan region ... See more keywords
Assessing the suitability of urban-oriented land cover products for mapping rural settlements
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DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2022.2075877
Abstract: Abstract In recent years, new settlement mapping products have become available at the global and continental scale. Although accuracy assessments have indicated the high quality of these products, assessments were performed mainly on urban areas.… read more here.
Keywords: suitability urban; assessing suitability; mapping rural; settlement ... See more keywords
The role of the rural settlements in the Brazilian savanna deforesting process
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DOI: 10.1080/1747423x.2016.1254687
Abstract: ABSTRACT Although the drivers of deforestation in Brazil are relatively well known, there is still limited understanding of the role of family farm-based rural settlements in land cover changes, particularly in the Brazilian savanna. This… read more here.
Keywords: brazilian savanna; settlements brazilian; role rural; rural settlements ... See more keywords
Viable and Nonviable Rural Settlements in the Non-Chernozem Zone of Russia: Plans and Reality
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DOI: 10.1134/s2079970520030132
Abstract: Abstract— For the first time in the geographical literature, an attempt is made to review the results of the rural settlement pattern reconstruction policy carried out in the 1960s–1970s. This policy involved the division of… read more here.
Keywords: rss; population; rural settlements; viable rss ... See more keywords
Human-raptor conflict in rural settlements of Colombia
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227704
Abstract: In human-transformed landscapes, predators may feed on domesticated animals, and thus affect human well-being, creating negative perceptions and leading to conflict with people that can result in the persecution of the predator. We studied the… read more here.
Keywords: settlements colombia; conflict; rural settlements; conflict rural ... See more keywords