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The relationship between human and environmental systems at the urban鄄rural interface faces many challenges from urbanization. Since the 1980s, the environmental effects caused by urbanization at the urban鄄rural interface have been studied intensively. In recent years research has focused on the detection of changes in land鄄cover and land鄄use, projections and driving force analysis, natural and agricultural ecosystem evolution and conservation, as well as environmental pollution at the urban鄄rural interface. Many researchers have proved that the environmental system at the urban鄄rural interface is vulnerable to disturbance by human activities and urbanization, and usually shows serious degradation and pollution. The feedback effects of the changes in the environmental systems on human, social and economic systems have also been the subject of research. Some research has proved that the loss of natural and agricultural ecosystems at the urban鄄rural interface not only affects the local residents忆 livelihoods, but also affects the local social capital, and can even cause social conflict. At present, researchers of the human鄄environment relationship at the urban鄄rural interface often take single鄄disciplinary approaches, which are inadequate to meet the demands of a comprehensive understanding of the intricate interaction between the human system and the environmental system at the urban鄄rural interface. A great deal of attention has been

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