Rapid urbanization in China : a real challenge to soil protection and food security
Influences of rapid urbanization and industrialization on soil resource and its quality in China
China ; Cultivated land ; Environmental management ; Food security ; Land use ; Soil ; Soil conservation ; Soil pollution ; Urbanization ; Years 1990-99 ; Years 2000-2009
Based on official statistics and data derived from satellite imagery, dynamics of China's cultivated land over the past two decades is outlined and the causes and destinations of cultivated land loss are analyzed in this paper. Particularly
, urbanization-related land-use changes and their spatial variation across the country are demonstrated. Furthermore, impacts of urbanization and associated waste disposals, consequent shifts of soil utilization on areal soil quality are expatiated. China