The study of land use transition has generally become an important breakthrough point to deeply understand the human-land interaction and reveal major socio-economic development issues and related environmental effects. Attempting to provide scientific support for sustainable land use and environmental management, this review systematically analyzes the overall picture, development trends, key fields and hot topics of land use transition research in the past two decades from a comprehensive perspective, which incorporates two complementary parts including the systematic quantitative literature review (based on CiteSpace) and the traditional literature review. The results reveal that: a. current research presents three characteristics, i.e., focusing on complex social issues, driven by realistic demand, and research branches becoming clearer and more systematic; b. there are four key fields and hot topics in land use transition research, i.e., i. theories and hypothesis of land use transition; ii. measuring land use transition; iii. the impacts of land use transition on “social-economic-ecological” system; iv. drivers and regulation of land use transition. However, challenges remain, current land use transition research is still to some extent fragmented, and it should be enriched by integrating with land system science. The dominant morphology biased should be redressed by underlining the recessive morphology transition process. Meanwhile, new techniques and methods are necessary to observe, track, monitor and model the recessive attributes. Finally, distant drivers of land use transition should not be ignored in this rapidly globalizing world.

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土地利用转型：进展、挑战和前景

土地利用转型研究普遍成为深入认识人地相互作用、揭示重大社会经济发展问题及相关环境效应的重要突破口。试图为可持续土地利用和环境管理提供科学支持，本综述系统地分析了近二十年来土地利用转型研究的总体图景、发展趋势、重点领域和热点，包括两个互补的部分：系统定量文献综述（基于 CiteSpace）和传统文献综述。结果表明： a．当前的研究呈现出三个特点，即关注复杂的社会问题，受现实需求的驱动，研究分支更加清晰、系统化；湾 土地利用转型研究有四个重点领域和热点，即i．土地利用转型的理论与假设；ii. 衡量土地利用转型；三、土地利用转型对“社会-经济-生态”系统的影响；四、土地利用转型的驱动因素和监管。然而，挑战依然存在，当前土地利用转型研究在一定程度上仍是碎片化的，应结合土地系统科学加以丰富。应通过强调隐性形态转变过程来纠正显性形态偏差。同时，需要新的技术和方法来观察、跟踪、监测和建模隐性属性。最后，在这个快速全球化的世界中，不应忽视土地利用转型的遥远驱动因素。