Land use/cover change

1992, Graduated from the University of Hong Kong (HKU), received his Ph.D degree.

1986, Graduated from the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, received his master degree.

1983, Graduated from the Department of Geography, Beijing Normal University and received a bachelor degree.

   

1986 - Institute of Geographic Science and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences

1996 - 1997, working at the International Institute of Applied System Analysis, Austria for a short time.

Vice Chairman of China Geographic Society; Group Leader in Land Change Science, China International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme National Committee.

   

1.Liangjie Xin, Xiubin Li*. China should not massively reclaim new farmland.Land Use policy,2018,72:12-15. 

2.Tan Minghong，Li Xiubin*，Yan Jianzhong，Xin Liangjie，Sun Laixiang.Length of stay in urban areas of circular migrants from the mountainous areas in China.Journal of Mountain Science, 2016,13(5)：947-956.

3. Zhang Ying，Li Xiubin*，Song Wei，Thai Liang.Land abandonment under rural restructuring in China explained from a cost-benefit perspective，Journal of Rural Studies，2016，47：524-532.

4. Tan Minghong, Li Xiubin*.The changing settlements in rural areas under urban pressure in China: Patterns, driving forces and policy implications[J]. Landscape & Urban Planning, 2013, 120(120):170-177.

5. Li Xiubin, X Wang. Changes in Agricultural Land Use in China: 1981-2000. Asian Geographer,2003, 22(1-2): 27-42.

6. Yang Hong, Li Xiubin.Cultivated Land and Food Supply in China. Land Use Policy, 2000,17(2): 73-88.

Primary research interests are regional, rural, and agricultural geography with a specific focus on rural land use change and its ecological and environmental effects.

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