Exploration of the Urbanization Process and Its Impact on Vegetation in 125 Resource-Based Cities in China and Comparison with Other Cities

Resource-based cities (RBCs) in China are at a historic juncture in their transformative development.Observing and assessing the role of the resource curse in urban expansion and greening is crucial for the sustainable development of these cities.This study proposes a new framework to extract urban boundary data from 2000 to 2020 in China.Utilizing

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An algorithm for doble difference joint hypocenter determination: application to the 2002 Molise (Central Italy) earthquake sequence

We have developed an original computer code for double difference hypocenter determination including an independent routine for the cross-correlation estimate of the time difference between two waveform segments, relative to different events recorded by the same stations.This computer code has been tested relocating a set of 26 events recorded by t

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Tribal rehabilitation and its impacts on land use changes, food security and sustainable livelihoods: a case study in South India

Millions of tribals live in forests or adjacent protected areas and their food security and livelihoods depend on Shampoos resources from the forests.Reportedly, about 40 to 60% of annual earnings of tribals, especially tribal women, is from collection and selling of forest produce.However, the idea of protecting biodiversity resulted in removal of

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