Zilong Xia

Biographic Data

ID	4021531
NAME	Zilong Xia
GIVEN NAMES	Zilong
FAMILY NAME	Xia
SIGNATURE	XIA Z
AFFILIATIONS	Nanjing Agricultural University
ORCID	0000-0002-1728-6741
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	9
TOTAL CITATIONS	1
AUTHOR COUNT	9
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2026
H-INDEX	1

Long-term remote sensing reveals the development of informal settlements and their impact on land surface temperature in African drylands: A case study of Windhoek, Namibia
Open AccessZilong Xia, Nan Jia et al.ARTICLESustainable Cities and Society2026
Irrigating the Great Green Walls of China and Africa: Lessons, technologies, and institutional challenges
Open AccessAnnah Lake Zhu, Xiaona Guo et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2026References: 16
Climate change, social environment, health, and urban inequality: Developing a novel adaptive evaluation framework
Open AccessNan Jia, Yinshuai Li et al.ARTICLESustainable Cities and Society2025
Moving in the landscape: Omnidirectional connectivity dynamics in China from 1985 to 2020
Open AccessHaowei Mu, Shanchuan Guo et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Impact Assessment…2025Cited by: 1References: 71
Fine-timestamped street view imagery reveals patterns of pedestrian dynamics associated with urban functional characteristics
Open AccessCheng‐han Yang, Chenghan Yang et al.ARTICLECities2025References: 2
Quantitatively distinguishing the impact of solar photovoltaics programs on vegetation in dryland using satellite imagery
Open AccessZilong Xia, Yingjie Li et al.ARTICLELand Degradation and Development2023
Global drylands are experiencing booming development of centralized photovoltaics (PV), which aims to address the dual challenges posed by climate change and energy transformation. In dryland areas with large‐scale deployment of solar PV infrastructure, vegetation was reported to experience drastic changes. However, the long‐term dynamic changes and driving mechanisms have not been thoroughly studied yet. Quantitatively distinguishing the disturb…
Telecoupling urbanization and mountain areas deforestation between 2000 and 2020: Evidence from Zhejiang Province, China
Open AccessBo Xiong, Ruishan Chen et al.ARTICLELand Degradation and Development2021
Forest transition theory posits that socioeconomic development in a country or region may cause its forestland to shift from net loss to net gain. However, forest transition may also occur under various policies, resulting in forest gains in some regions but deforestation in other regions. We used the telecoupling framework to address this crucially important issue that has rarely been examined. Using time series satellite images and statistical …
Divergent processes and trends of desertification in Inner Mongolia and Mongolia
Open AccessXiaona Guo, Ruishan Chen et al.ARTICLELand Degradation and Development2021
Desertification and the expansion of deserts are regarded as a major threat to human livelihoods and ecosystem services, as well as achieving Sustainable Development Goals. Humans have been recognized as significant agents in the expansion of desert‐like conditions, through the agency of desertification/land degradation, and through contributions to global climate change. Yet, how desertification changes and whether human or climate change drives…
Large‐scale deforestation of mountainous areas during the 21 st Century in Zhejiang Province
Open AccessBo Xiong, Ruishan Chen et al.ARTICLELand Degradation and Development2020
Deforestation affects environmental systems worldwide by increasing disaster risk and carbon emissions and also by reducing soil fertility rejuvenation and biodiversity. Here, we inspected the patterns and processes of deforestation in Zhejiang Province of China since 2000 under a background of national forest restoration. By integrating the Hansen high‐resolution forest cover change products and a field study, the relationship between forest los…