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Preface	p. v
List of Contributors	p. xi
Part I Data and Methods
1. Global Mapping for Land-Use/Cover Change Study	p. 3
2. Dynamic Land Use in the Czech Republic: Data Sources, Research Methods and Compatibility	p. 21
Part II Urbanization
3. Spatial Pattern of Suburbanization and Land-Use Change Process: Case Study in Jakarta Suburb	p. 33
4. Urbanization and Challenges to Sustainable Rural Land Use in India--Comparative Case Study	p. 53
5. Country Residential Development as Indicated by Building Counts: Case Study for Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	p. 63
6. Land-Use Changes and Land-Use Policies in the Capital Region, South Korea	p. 81
Part III Sustainability of Rural Land Use
7. Expansion of the Town Center in the Rural Area of Changjiang Delta and Its Mechanism: A Case Study of Xishan City, Jiangsu Province, China	p. 93
8. Sustainable Land Use in Portugal	p. 115
9. Prospects of Sustainable Agricultural Development in Russia	p. 123
10. The Role of Population Change in Land-Use and Land-Cover Change in Rural Latin America: Uncovering Local Processes Concealed by Macrolevel Data	p. 133
11. Characteristics of Land-Use Changes in the Beijing Metropolitan Area, China	p. 149
Part IV Land Reclamation and Coastal Change
12. Measuring Spatial Association of Aquacultural Land Use in Taiwan	p. 167
13. Land Reclamation in China from the Early 1950s to the Late 1990s	p. 177
14. Land Reclamation Process in Northeast China since 1900	p. 189
15. Urbanization around Tokyo Bay	p. 197
16. Land Reclamation from Tidal Flats in Korea: A Historical Perspective	p. 209
Part V Land-Use Change in Peripheral Areas
17. Land-Use Change and Regional Development in Hokkaido	p. 221
18. Czech Frontier in the 20th Century: Major Political Shifts Reflected in Changing Land-Use Structure	p. 241
19. Comparison of Land-Use Changes in and outside Biosphere Reserves in Czechia	p. 249
Index	p. 261