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Global projections of future urban land expansion under shared socioeconomic pathways.
Nature Communications ( IF 14.7 ) Pub Date : 2020-01-27 , DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14386-x Guangzhao Chen 1 , Xia Li 2 , Xiaoping Liu 1, 3 , Yimin Chen 1 , Xun Liang 4 , Jiye Leng 1, 5 , Xiaocong Xu 1 , Weilin Liao 1 , Yue'an Qiu 1, 6 , Qianlian Wu 1, 7 , Kangning Huang 8
Nature Communications ( IF 14.7 ) Pub Date : 2020-01-27 , DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14386-x Guangzhao Chen 1 , Xia Li 2 , Xiaoping Liu 1, 3 , Yimin Chen 1 , Xun Liang 4 , Jiye Leng 1, 5 , Xiaocong Xu 1 , Weilin Liao 1 , Yue'an Qiu 1, 6 , Qianlian Wu 1, 7 , Kangning Huang 8
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Despite its small land coverage, urban land and its expansion have exhibited profound impacts on global environments. Here, we present the scenario projections of global urban land expansion under the framework of the shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs). Our projections feature a fine spatial resolution of 1 km to preserve spatial details. The projections reveal that although global urban land continues to expand rapidly before the 2040s, China and many other Asian countries are expected to encounter substantial pressure from urban population decline after the 2050s. Approximately 50-63% of the newly expanded urban land is expected to occur on current croplands. Global crop production will decline by approximately 1-4%, corresponding to the annual food needs for a certain crop of 122-1389 million people. These findings stress the importance of governing urban land development as a key measure to mitigate its negative impacts on food production.
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