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   OriginalPaper 28 January 2016 Pages: 259 - 271

2. Scenario simulation and landscape pattern dynamic changes of land use in the Poverty Belt around Beijing and Tianjin: A case study of Zhangjiakou city, Hebei Province

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   OriginalPaper 28 January 2016 Pages: 272 - 296

3. Analysis of spatio-temporal features of a carbon source/sink and its relationship to climatic factors in the Inner Mongolia grassland ecosystem

   • Erfu Dai
   • Yu Huang
   • Dongsheng Zhao

   OriginalPaper 28 January 2016 Pages: 297 - 312

4. Effects of rural–urban migration on vegetation greenness in fragile areas: A case study of Inner Mongolia in China

   • Shiji Li
   • Zhigang Sun
   • Xiubin Li

   OriginalPaper 28 January 2016 Pages: 313 - 324

5. Extracting urban areas in China using DMSP/OLS nighttime light data integrated with biophysical composition information

   • Yang Cheng
   • Limin Zhao
   • Xingfa Gu

   OriginalPaper 28 January 2016 Pages: 325 - 338

6. Progress on quantitative assessment of the impacts of climate change and human activities on cropland change

   • Xiaoli Shi
   • Wei Wang
   • Wenjiao Shi

   OriginalPaper 28 January 2016 Pages: 339 - 354

7. New spatial dimensions of global cityscapes: From reviewing existing concepts to a conceptual spatial approach

   • Isabel Georg
   • Thomas Blaschke
   • Hannes Taubenböck

   OriginalPaper 28 January 2016 Pages: 355 - 380

8. The GSC regional conferences held in 2015

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   • Xin Zhao
   • Guoyou Zhang

   Announcement 28 January 2016 Pages: 381 - 383