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Contextualizing smart urbanism: Emergent geography of smartness and happiness in a digitalizing world 智慧城市主义的语境化：数字化世界中智慧与幸福的新兴地理

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Applied Geography Pub Date : 2025-06-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103695

Vinci Y.J. Cheung, George C.S. Lin

{"title":"Contextualizing smart urbanism: Emergent geography of smartness and happiness in a digitalizing world","authors":"Vinci Y.J. Cheung, George C.S. Lin","doi":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103695","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103695","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The prevalent smart urbanism narratives commonly rest on the premise that the growth of smart cities through ubiquitous technologies is inevitable and decontextualized, with increased smartness improving efficiency and happiness. This study examines the spatial smartness-happiness variation among 113 cities worldwide, revealing patterns deviating from normal expectations. Our regression analysis of city-level data reveals diverse smartness-happiness relationships contingent upon varying regional conditions, with a stronger and positive correlation observed from the cities of the Global North and a weaker and non-linear pattern identified in the Global South including a negative association found from South America. Further analysis explores the impact of specific components of urban smartness on urban happiness, identifying urban structural characteristics, such as urban infrastructure conditions and service provision, as a significant positive predictor. Contrary to popular belief, technology displays an overall negative correlation with happiness with significant regional variations. Smart cities—universally promulgated as the banner and embodiment of state governmentality for place promotion—remain deeply embedded in place-specific regional conditions, implying the need to go beyond a technologically deterministic mentality and take on board seriously cities’ locality and human-centered considerations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48396,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geography","volume":"181 ","pages":"Article 103695"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144330674","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Optimal land sharing/sparing pattern to synergize grain yield and ecosystem services of cropland: A case study of Chengdu, China 土地共享/节约优化模式对粮食产量和农田生态系统服务的协同作用——以成都市为例

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Applied Geography Pub Date : 2025-06-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103696

Shuruo Li , Xiaobin Jin , Bo Han , Yaxuan Feng , Shuxin Wu , Zhao Qi , Xiaolin Zhang , Yinkang Zhou

{"title":"Optimal land sharing/sparing pattern to synergize grain yield and ecosystem services of cropland: A case study of Chengdu, China","authors":"Shuruo Li , Xiaobin Jin , Bo Han , Yaxuan Feng , Shuxin Wu , Zhao Qi , Xiaolin Zhang , Yinkang Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103696","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103696","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Sustainable intensification of agricultural landscapes requires innovative approaches to reconcile food production with ecological conservation. While the land sparing and sharing framework has advanced our understanding of biodiversity–yield trade-offs, critical gaps remain in addressing multifunctional ecosystem services and spatial scale effects. This study proposes an integrated “Yield–LSS–ESS” framework incorporating grain yield, land sparing/sharing index (LSS), and four key ecosystem services (carbon sequestration, hydrological regulation, soil regulation, and habitat quality). Applying this framework to Chengdu, China (2000–2020), we conducted multi-scale spatial analyses (1–10 km grids) combined with multi-scenario potential assessments to identify optimal land-use patterns. Results demonstrate that strategic landscape reconfiguration could simultaneously increase grain production by 2.50 % (5.71 million tons) and enhance ecosystem services by 4.46 %. The 9 × 9 km spatial scale emerged as optimal for implementing land–use strategies, achieving robust model fits for “Yield–LSS–ESS” relationships. This study presents a spatially explicit and scalable framework that links landscape configuration with multifunctional ecosystem services, identifies critical spatial scales for agricultural decision-making, and provides empirical evidence to guide context-specific land-use optimization. These insights offer practical guidance for policymakers balancing food security and ecological sustainability amid rapid urbanization and intense land-use pressures.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48396,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geography","volume":"181 ","pages":"Article 103696"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144322308","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Synergistic enhancement of watershed ecosystem services: A network approach 流域生态系统服务的协同增强：网络方法

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Applied Geography Pub Date : 2025-06-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103692

Jiayao Shu, Tao Hu, Huining Zheng, Dongmei Xu, Jian Peng

{"title":"Synergistic enhancement of watershed ecosystem services: A network approach","authors":"Jiayao Shu, Tao Hu, Huining Zheng, Dongmei Xu, Jian Peng","doi":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103692","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103692","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Understanding the interplay among water, food, and ecology is crucial for achieving synergistic enhancement of their interconnected benefits, and the ecosystem services (ESs) network is an effective approach to exploring such complex relationship. Many studies focused on ESs trade-offs and synergies related to water, food, and ecology, while few studies investigated the complex relationship among water, food, and ecology and corresponding synergistic enhancement pathways from a network perspective. Here, we focused on three key ESs: water purification, grain production, and biodiversity maintenance, and constructed an ESs network to identify the synergistic restoration areas based on the change of the trade-off degree and synergy degree within the network. The results showed that trade-offs dominated more than 93 % of ESs networks in sub-basins, with the trade-off degree around the Dongting Lake area being significantly higher than those in other areas. Additionally, 12.24 % and 35.54 % of the sub-basin area were identified as priority grain production restoration area and priority ecological restoration area, respectively, providing assistance for targeted ecological restoration efforts of regional coordination. This study revealed complex relationships of synergistic enhancement of water, food, and ecology from a network approach, supporting to realize synergistic management of water pollution, food shortage, and ecological degradation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48396,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geography","volume":"181 ","pages":"Article 103692"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144291358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The interplay of economic complexity and urban sprawl in shaping socio-spatial segregation in Mexico 经济复杂性和城市扩张在形成社会空间隔离在墨西哥的相互作用

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Applied Geography Pub Date : 2025-06-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103690

Marco Cruz-Sandoval , Fernando Gómez-Zaldívar , Gonzalo Peraza-Mues , Roberto Ponce-López

{"title":"The interplay of economic complexity and urban sprawl in shaping socio-spatial segregation in Mexico","authors":"Marco Cruz-Sandoval , Fernando Gómez-Zaldívar , Gonzalo Peraza-Mues , Roberto Ponce-López","doi":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103690","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103690","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines the interplay between economic complexity, urban sprawl, and socio-spatial segregation in Mexico's metropolitan areas. Drawing on the urban land nexus framework, we conceptualize how economic structures, and spatial dynamics jointly shape patterns of inequality. Using the Rank-Order Information Theory global index, we quantify income segregation across 74 metropolitan areas and assess its association with economic complexity, low-density urban expansion, and infrastructure-driven mobility patterns. Shifting the focus from national-level divides to metropolitan-level dynamics, we apply K-means clustering (KMC) and Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) models to identify the principal correlates of segregation. Our results show that higher economic complexity is associated with increased segregation, as specialized industries concentrate geographically, reinforcing spatial inequalities. Similarly, urban sprawl—characterized by dispersed development and car-dependent infrastructure—exacerbates segregation by limiting accessibility for lower-income populations. These findings challenge the assumption that economic growth or diversification inherently leads to inclusive urban development, highlighting instead the structural role of economic specialization and spatial expansion in perpetuating urban inequality.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48396,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geography","volume":"181 ","pages":"Article 103690"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144279749","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Achieving a balance between supply and demand for urban cultural infrastructure: A case study of Nanjing, China 实现城市文化基础设施的供需平衡——以南京市为例

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Applied Geography Pub Date : 2025-06-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103693

Xiang Gu , Binjie Gu , Xinliao Luo , Haixin Chen , Haixia Zhao , Gao Fan , Mei Wang

{"title":"Achieving a balance between supply and demand for urban cultural infrastructure: A case study of Nanjing, China","authors":"Xiang Gu , Binjie Gu , Xinliao Luo , Haixin Chen , Haixia Zhao , Gao Fan , Mei Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103693","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103693","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Cultural infrastructure (CI) is an essential part of urban infrastructure and serves as a significant conduit for urban culture. Its optimal development is essential for enhancing the functionality of cultural services and advancing the construction of urban ecological civilization. This study, using Nanjing as a case in point, employs spatial analysis methods to explore the spatial disparity between CI supply and demand. This was accomplished by calculating the relative values of supply and demand and by employing pattern-optimized zoning. The results indicate that Nanjing generally possesses a commendable CI per capita, although the quantity and per capita amount of each type vary significantly across different administrative districts. CI is mainly located in the economically developed downtown area as well as the political and cultural centers of the counties surrounding Nanjing. Approximately 20.15 % of residential areas exhibit an imbalance between CI supply and demand. Pattern optimization can be categorized into three types of zones: advantage displaying, new construction, and balanced construction, with 12.09 % necessitating targeted optimization.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48396,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geography","volume":"181 ","pages":"Article 103693"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144279748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Land degradation neutrality in mountainous region: dynamics, driving factors, and management implications 山地土地退化中性：动态、驱动因素和管理意义

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Applied Geography Pub Date : 2025-06-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103691

Hui Dang , Yihe Lü , Xiaofeng Wang , Gaopeng Sun , Bojie Fu

{"title":"Land degradation neutrality in mountainous region: dynamics, driving factors, and management implications","authors":"Hui Dang , Yihe Lü , Xiaofeng Wang , Gaopeng Sun , Bojie Fu","doi":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103691","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103691","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN), as a critical target of Sustainable Development Goal, faces significant temporal constraints with only a 15-year implementation window from its conception in 2015 to the target year of 2030. This urgency necessitates comprehensive assessment of land degradation, particularly in ecologically fragile mountainous regions characterized by complex ecosystem interactions and multiple disturbance factors. Based on the scientific conceptual framework for LDN indicator system, this study proposes a novel dominant-recessive assessment methodology and implements a multi-scale land degradation evaluation. Focusing on the northern Qinling Mountains as a case study, we employed trend analysis to systematically examine land degradation status and LDN implementation across multiple spatial scales. Our findings reveal substantial areas failing to meet LDN goals at both administrative district and grid scales. Our findings reveal substantial areas failing to meet LDN goals at both administrative district and grid scales. Through the Geodetector analysis, we investigated the relationships between land degradation patterns and 12 natural and socio-economic factors. The results demonstrate that mean annual temperature, normalized difference vegetation index and altitude emerge as primary drivers of land degradation in the northern Qinling Mountains, collectively explaining over 9 % of the variability. Furthermore, our analysis indicates that the interaction between any two factors exhibits a non-linear enhancement effect on land degradation processes. These findings provide valuable insights into the mechanisms understanding of land degradation dynamics, offer scientific foundations for mountain ecosystem conservation strategies, and contribute to the theoretical advancement of LDN frameworks.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48396,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geography","volume":"181 ","pages":"Article 103691"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144288930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Understanding the spatial distribution and nonlinear drivers of the diurnal surface temperature range: Insights from ECOSTRESS and explainable machine learning 了解地表日温度范围的空间分布和非线性驱动因素：来自ECOSTRESS和可解释机器学习的见解

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Applied Geography Pub Date : 2025-06-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103672

Miyoung Yun, Yujin Park

{"title":"Understanding the spatial distribution and nonlinear drivers of the diurnal surface temperature range: Insights from ECOSTRESS and explainable machine learning","authors":"Miyoung Yun, Yujin Park","doi":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103672","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103672","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Urbanization and climate change significantly influence urban thermal environments, particularly the diurnal temperature range (DTR) and its limits, which have direct implications for thermal comfort and public health. Despite their importance, the spatial variability and underlying drivers of DTR across heterogeneous urban landscapes remain underexplored. In this study, we leveraged high-resolution thermal infrared imagery from ECOSTRESS to investigate spatial patterns in maximum (Tmax) and minimum (Tmin) surface temperatures, as well as DTR, in relation to natural, physical, and anthropogenic factors. Focusing on Seoul, South Korea, we applied a comparative modeling framework using generalized additive models (GAMs) and explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) to capture the nonlinear relationships between environmental variables and DTR. Our findings reveal that urban areas exhibit significantly higher DTR than natural landscapes, primarily driven by elevated Tmax relative to Tmin. Proximity to natural features such as forests and water bodies was found to mitigate DTR by reducing Tmax and stabilizing Tmin. Building morphology demonstrated strong nonlinear effects in terms of direction, magnitude, and threshold, with horizontal expansion increasing DTR variability and vertical densification dampening it. These insights highlight the need for targeted urban planning strategies to manage the intensifying DTR linked to rapid daytime surface heating.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48396,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geography","volume":"181 ","pages":"Article 103672"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144261410","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The digital urban frontier: Disparities in social media activity between consolidated and newly urbanized areas in Africa 数字城市前沿：非洲巩固和新城市化地区之间社会媒体活动的差异

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Applied Geography Pub Date : 2025-06-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103687

Johannes Mast , Marta Sapena , Henri Debray , Justice Nana Inkoom , Richard Lemoine-Rodríguez , Christian Geiß , Hannes Taubenböck

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Networked, fragmented, unequal: The emergent landscape of home energy advice provision in England 网络化、碎片化、不平等：英国家庭能源咨询服务的新兴景观

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Applied Geography Pub Date : 2025-06-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103682

Stefan Bouzarovski , Lilia Karpinska , Katherine Sugar , Sławomir Śmiech

{"title":"Networked, fragmented, unequal: The emergent landscape of home energy advice provision in England","authors":"Stefan Bouzarovski , Lilia Karpinska , Katherine Sugar , Sławomir Śmiech","doi":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103682","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103682","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper aims to interrogate the institutional, spatial, and social underpinnings of domestic energy advice in England. Based on a custom-built database of 131 distinct energy advice providers, analysed via a range of statistical methods, we explore the geographic and organizational patterns of energy advice support—identifying who provides it, where it is offered, and the methods used for its delivery. We also investigate the types of advice available, as well as their distribution and quality compared to existing forms of support and broader trends of material deprivation. We find evidence of a highly networked ecosystem of actors, which is dominated by the third sector, is overwhelmingly urban, and is largely focused on a narrow set of provision mechanisms. We conclude that the current configuration is partly exacerbating, rather than alleviating, existing social inequalities. We identify a need for further policy and research on the topic, focusing on the national and sectoral integration of support mechanisms, and the strengthening of advice provision for areas and groups that require it the most.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48396,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geography","volume":"181 ","pages":"Article 103682"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144253691","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Decoding the dynamics and disparities of urban carbon intensity under the influence of land use and demographics from both global and local perspectives 从全球和地方视角解读土地利用和人口结构影响下城市碳强度的动态和差异

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Applied Geography Pub Date : 2025-06-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103689

Xiuli Luo , Xiaobin Jin , Xiaojie Liu , Yinkang Zhou

{"title":"Decoding the dynamics and disparities of urban carbon intensity under the influence of land use and demographics from both global and local perspectives","authors":"Xiuli Luo , Xiaobin Jin , Xiaojie Liu , Yinkang Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103689","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103689","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Timely and accurate assessment of how land use and demographics affect carbon intensity (CI) variations matters to effective reduction policies. However, the interdependencies driving these effects are not yet fully understood. This study examines the spatial heterogeneity and dynamics of urban CI in China, focusing on the roles of land use patterns and demographic factors. Results show that despite an overall decline in urban CI, carbon inequality has worsened. Notably, previously narrowing regional disparities have now diverged, driven mainly by growing variations within regional clusters. There are significant spatial differentiation in urban CI, with northern regions exhibiting higher values compared to southern regions. The spatial integration of urban CI is strongly shaped by path dependency and lock-in effects, even amid persistent inter-regional competition. The endogenous effect of urban CI suggests that a 1 % increase in neighboring areas corresponds to at least a 0.5 % increase locally. The global regression demonstrates that urbanization, labor participation, and income positively affect urban CI, while aging, technological progress, industrial upgrading, and R&D investment negatively influence it, with both direct and spillover effects observed. Local regression analysis uncovers pronounced spatial heterogeneity, with land urbanization (accounting for 71.8 %) and population aging (60.9 %) emerging as the two most significant determinants in these relationships. These findings shed light on the need to integrate land use and demographic profiles into carbon abatement strategies, advocating for locally tailored interventions to effectively mitigate urban CI.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48396,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geography","volume":"181 ","pages":"Article 103689"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144240237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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