Mapping the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Cropland Abandonment and Recultivation across the Yangtze River Basin

• Published in: Remote sensing (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 16; no. 6; p. 1052
• Main Authors: Long, Yuqiao, Sun, Jing, Wellens, Joost, Colinet, Gilles, Wu, Wenbin, Meersmans, Jeroen
• Format: Journal Article Web Resource
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.03.2024
• Subjects: Abandonment; Accuracy; Agricultural industry; Agricultural land; Agriculture; Carbon sequestration; China; Classification; Crop rotation; cropland; cropland abandonment; Earth sciences & physical geography; Environmental aspects; Environmental sciences & ecology; Farming systems; Food security; General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Land abandonment; Land cover; Land use; land use change; Life sciences; Mapping; Mountain regions; Mountainous areas; mountains; Multiple land use; Physical, chemical, mathematical & earth Sciences; Physique, chimie, mathématiques & sciences de la terre; recultivation; Regions; remote sensing; River basins; Rivers; Sciences de la terre & géographie physique; Sciences de l’environnement & écologie; Sciences du vivant; Sustainable development; Time series; time series analysis; watersheds; Yangtze River; Yangtze River basin; China; Europe; Yangtze River

Whether China can achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) largely depends on the ability of main food-producing areas to cope with multiple land use change challenges. Despite the fact that the Yangtze River basin is one of the key regions for China’s food security, the spat...