TY - CHAP AU - Zhen Wu AU - Jon Bryan Burley AU - Chun-Hua Guo AU - Na Li AU - Yiwen Xu AU - Zhi Yue ED - Luís Carlos Loures Y1 - 2018-11-05 PY - 2018 T1 - Comparative Approaches in Managing Wetland Environments and Land Uses: Rainbow Lake in Michigan, Guangzhou City in China, and Chinese Sponge Concept Case Studies N2 - The intensive increase in land use change is considered both a source of richness and a serious problem to landscape sustainability. In this scenario, although land use change plays a very important role for societal development, the impact of land use changes on economic, social, and ecological functions requires special attention. The new environmental paradigms associated with globalization and progressive climate change will certainly intensify the entropy and the instability in most of the existing land-uses. In this regard, this book aims to highlight a body of knowledge related to the discussion of the opportunities and challenges associated with the development of new sustainable landscapes, considering current and future challenges related to land-use changes and planning. BT - Land Use SP - Ch. 13 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.79323 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.79323 SN - 978-1-78985-704-7 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-25 ER -