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Call for Papers A Special Issue of Stochastic Environmental Research& Risk Assessment (SCI) Urbanization, Land Use, and Sustainable Development in China Guest-Editors: Yehua Dennis Wei, Xinyue Ye China has experienced rapid economic growth and urbanization since the initiation of economic reform and open-door policy in 1978. Urbanization has historically been associated with economic development and better quality of life. However, urbanization has also caused various land use and environmental problems, including reductions in rural and agricultural land, landscape fragmentation, loss of wet land and biodiversity, water and air pollution, threat to urban health and safety and traffic congestion. Urbanization in coastal areas often leads to the destruction of sensitive ecosystems and can alter the hydrology of coasts. Urbanization does not have only local environmental impacts but also large “ecological footprints” beyond their immediate vicinity. A careful development and implementation of the notions of growth management and sustainable development may guide the urbanization process and the use of land resources. As a modified derivative of the concepts of the limit to growth and carrying capacity, sustainable development does not only stress the importance of resource in limiting economic growth but also draws people’s attention to the need of developing methods to grow in harmony with the environment. However, there is a general lack of operational models for implementing sustainable development in urbanization and land development processes. Moreover, more stochastic modeling methods in urbanization and land use change studies are needed. This special issue is dedicated to addressing land use and environmental issues arising from urbanization process, and aims to identify and model the mechanisms of urbanization, land use, and environmental changes. We particularly encourage submissions that address and examine (but are not limited to) the following topics: 1.Urban expansion and urban sprawl 2.Land use and land cover change 3.Environmental impacts of urbanization (on hydrological, climatic, biological and socio-economic systems) 4.Urban environmental pollution assessment 5.Sustainable urbanization and development Stochastic Environmental Research& Risk Assessment (SERRA) aims to bring together stochastic modeling research papers in various fields of environmental sciences and to provide an interdisciplinary forum for the exchange of ideas and for the dissemination of stochastic and probabilistic techniques used in different fields to the community of interested researchers. It is indexed in Science Citation Index (Impact Factor: 1.42, 2009), Scopus, Geobase, and EI-Compendex, etc. Please note: (1) The papers should relate to the general field of stochastic environmental research and risk assessment. (2) Make sure that the papers make a connection with relevant papers published in SERRA. (3) Stochastic modeling is a technique of presenting data or predicting outcomes that takes into account a certain degree of randomness, or unpredictability. (4) Full length manuscripts will be peer reviewed in accordance with the journal SERRA's established policies and procedures (http://www.springer.com/new+%26+forthcoming+titles+(default)/journal/477). Time table: Extended Abstract (4 Pages: model and preliminary results): September 15, 2011 Draft paper: December 1, 2011 Full paper: February 1, 2012 Please send extended abstracts, draft papers, and full papers to the two guest editors. Guest editors: Yehua Dennis Wei, Professor, Department of Geography and Institute of Public& International Affairs, University of Utah, USA. Email: [email protected] Xinyue Ye, Assistant Professor, Center for Regional Development and School of Earth, Environment and Society, Bowling Green State University, USA. Email:[email protected] -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Li An (安力), PhD Associate Professor Department of Geography San Diego State University http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~lian/ (Personal website) http://complexity.sdsu.edu/ (Group Website) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
