I. Pretace
V. Foreword
IX. Executive Summary
Chapter 1. Introduction/1
Chapter 2. SDG 2 : Zero Hunger
Background / 8
Main Contributions / 9
Case Study / 11
2.1 Biomass development and food security in China underthe carbon neutral vision / 11
2.2 Precision agriculture based onSatellite-Aerial-Ground Integrated (SAGI) technology / 18
2.3 Spatiotemporal variations in cropping intensity in Chinain 2001-2020 / 24
2.4 Mapping crop distribution and spatiotemporal changesin China / 30
2.5 Evaluation of mitigating effects of irrigation onagricultural drought in the North China Plain / 35
2.6 Construction of an efficient ecological agricultureparadigm: An experiment in a low-medium yield region along the Lower Reaches ofthe Yellow River / 45
Summary / 51
Chapter 3. SDG6 : Clean Water and sanitation
Background / 56
Main Contributions / 57
Case Study / 59
3.1 Changes in sewage treatment capacity in China / 59
3.2 Monitoring and evaluating the changes in lake waterclarity in China / 68
3.3 Spatiotemporal differences in water stress in China /76
3.4 Evaluating water use efficiency in Lincang City,Y unnan Province, China, from 2010 to 2020 / 85
3.5 Assessment of China's integrated water resources management / 95
3.6 Change in natural and artificial water bodies in China from 2000 to 2020 / 100
3.7 Spatiotemporal changes in China's vegetated wetlands from 2010 to 2020 / 105
3.8 Environmental health status of Ramsar sites in China/ 111
Summary / 119
Chapter 4 SDG 11 : Sustainable cities and communities
Main Contributions / 123
Case Study / 125
4.1 Assessing housing affordability in China (2010-2020)/ 125
4.2 Proportion of the population with convenient accessto public transportation in China / 130
4.3 Evaluation and projection of land use efficiency inChina's major cities / 135
4.4 Mapping spatial distribution of building height incities in China / 142
4.5 Response of land cover to extreme drought and itsclimate resilience at the Honghe Hani Rice Terraces world heritage site / 148
4.6 Interannual variation of the total loss from naturaldisasters at the prefecture level (2010-2020) / 157
4.7 Patterns and dynamies of UGS in China / 162
4.8 Community-scale urban landscape change and sustainable development indicators in major Chinese cities / 167
4.9 Integrated evaluation of SDG Il indicators in Chinesecities from 2015 to 2020 / 172
Summary/178
Chapter 5. SDG13 : Climate action
Background/182
Main Contributions / 183
Case Study / 185
5.1 Interannual changes in sand and dust weather in China in 2010-2020 / 185
5.2 Risk assessment of maize yield reduction caused by drought in China from 2000 to 2020 / 190
5.3 Spatiotemporal distribution and changes in waterlogging in China / 195
5.4 Spatiotemporal variations in greenhouse gas concentration in China / 201
5.5 Impacts of climate change on net ecosystem productivity of forests in China / 205
5.6 Impacts of China's dietary model transformation on the sustainable development goals / 210
Summary/215
Chapter 6.SDG 14 : Life below water
Background/218
Main Contributions / 218
Case Study / 221
6.1 Source apportionment of microplastics in Jiaozhou Bay, China / 221
6.2 Monitoring and forecasting macroalgal blooms in the Yellow Sea / 225
6.3 Simulating marine ecosystem health on China's const /230
6.4 Risk assessment of inundation in China's coastal zonecaused by sea-level rise / 235
6.5 Changes in mangrove forests in China / 243
6.6 Hypoxia, acidification and relations to phytoplanktonblooms in river-dominated continental shelves: A case study of the ChangjiangEstuary (2021) / 248
6.7 Mainland coastline changes and the major coastalreclamation in China from 2000 to 2020 / 255
6.8 Changes in costal aquaculture ponds in China / 262
6.9 Dynamic monitoring of raft culture in China's coastal waters / 267
Summary / 273
Chapter 7 : SDG 15 : Life on land
Background / 276
Main Contributions / 276
Case Study / 279
7.1 Assessment of ecosystems and the dynamics of ecosystem quality in China / 279
7.2 Current status and gaps in grassland ecosystem conservation in China / 283
7.3 Big data simulation to generate a high-resolution distribution of rare and endangered plants / 287
7.4 Freeze-thaw desertification monitoring in the north eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau / 292
7.5 Spatial and temporal change patterns and driving forces of salinization in the Lower Reaches of the Yellow River and adjacent coastal areas from 2015 to 2020 / 298
7.6 Biodiversity conservation value of the land inhabitedby ethnic groups in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau / 303
7.7 Monitoring spatiotemporal variations in winteringSiberian crane habitats / 309
Summary / 313
Chapter 8. Interactions among SDG indicators
Background/316
Main Contributions / 319
Case Study / 321
8.I Synergies of water-food-ecology in North China / 321
8.2 Synergy between economie development and carbonemission reduction in Hainan / 327
8.3 Ecological compensation and multi-index synergy inthe Xin'an River Basin / 334
8.4 Simulation and analysis of land use evolution inChina under the constraints of multiple SDGs / 341
8.5 Interaction between water-food-ecology security andthe rebound effect: Impacts on multiple SDGs targets in the Heihe River Basin /346
8.6 Sustainable development of coal resource-based cites in China / 352
8.7 Spatio temporal characteristies of human settlements derived from time-series remote sensing data in Jinsha River Basin, Yunnan Province, China / 358
Summary / 368
Chapter 9 Summary and Prospects / 371
References / 377
Acronyms / 394
