China's land resources and land-use change: insights from the 1996 land survey

Accelerated restructuring in rural China fueled by ‘increasing vs. decreasing balance’ land-use policy for dealing with hollowed villages

“…China has experienced drastic changes in land use since the initiation of economic reforms in 1978, especially through the loss of farmland to construction, driven primarily by urbanization and industrialization (Lin and Ho, 2003;Liu et al, 2008;Long et al, 2007;Qu et al, 1995;Xie et al, 2005;Zhong et al, 2011). Between 1996 and 2008, total farmland in China decreased by approximately 8.32 Mha, or about 6.4% (MLRC, 2009), whilst during the same period China's population increased from 1224 million to 1328 million, with the proportion living in urban areas rising from 30.5% to 45.7% (NBSC, 2009).…”

The construction of higher temporal and spatial resolution land use/land cover database of China: From 1911 to 2010

“…Many different perspectives research, to some extent, the conclusion is consistent under natural systems and social system change. For example, urban construction land expansion has a strong relationship with the cropland decrease, land reclamation phenomenon, the pressure of economic growth, the impact of macroeconomic policies and so on [16][17][18].…”

Opportunities and challenges in the use of coal fly ash for soil improvements – A review

“…Worldwide, nearly 2 Â 10 9 ha of land is considered to be degraded to some degree (Oldeman and Vanengelen, 1993) and reclamation of such a vast land mass is necessary to meet the increasing food production demand (Lin and Ho, 2003) and for ecosystem restoration and functionality. In this regard, considerable research efforts have led to the development of practices which rely on the use of amendments such as lime, gypsum and organic materials for degraded land reclamation purposes.…”