City and Regional Planning Professor Emeritus Jean-Michel Guldmann published “Simulation of Land-Use Spatiotemporal Changes under Ecological Quality Constraints: The Case of the Wuhan Urban Agglomeration Area, China, over 2020–2030” in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. The lead author, Dr. Jingye Li, was a visiting scholar at the Knowlton School.

Human activities coupled with land-use change pose a threat to the regional ecological environment. Therefore, it is essential to determine the future land-use structure and spatial layout for ecological protection and sustainable development. Land use simulations based on traditional scenarios do not fully consider ecological protection, leading to urban sprawl. Timely and dynamic monitoring of ecological status and change is vital to managing and protecting urban ecology and sustainable development.

“Simulation of Land-Use Spatiotemporal Changes under Ecological Quality Constraints: The Case of the Wuhan Urban Agglomeration Area, China, over 2020–2030”
Jingye Li, Jian Gong, Jean-Michel Guldmann, Jianxin Yang, Zhong Zhang

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