Urbanization refers to a process in which an increasing proportion of an entire population lives in cities and the suburbs of cities. A primary goal of urbanization is to develop a harmonious region between natural landscapes and human habitation. However, urbanized ecosystems and urban human populations are expanding around the world, causing many negative environmental effects, such as traffic jams, resource shortage, environmental pollution, and ecological degradation. Therefore, urban landscape changes and their eco鄄environmental effects have been received lots of attentions from researchers, managers, and the public. This paper presents a comprehensive review of researches on urban landscape changes and their eco鄄environmental effects. These eco鄄environmental effects identified in this study include urban heat island effect, air pollution, water issues, destruction of habitats, ecosystem service changes, and so on. The paper points out problems in current studies of urban landscape patterns: (1) Current studies are mainly implemented on the development and application of quantitative indices to quantify landscape pattern changes, whereas few has focused on the
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