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Ecological protection and high-quality development in the basin of the Yellow River, known as China’s “Mother River” and “the cradle of Chinese civilization”, have been receiving increasing attention because of the important role they play in China’s economic and social development, and its cultural heritage. Under ongoing climate change and intense human activities, the Yellow River basin is facing crucial challenges, e.g., flooding, water security, water resource shortage, water pollution, and ecological environment degradation, which seriously affects the sustainable development of the regional economy and society. Meanwhile, significant differences in key characteristics across the upper, middle, and lower reaches call for joint management efforts, including integrated management, water conservancy, and ecological environment restoration. This Special Issue focusses on the current state, challenges, and suggestions relating to Yellow River basin management and sustainable development under pressure, aiming to help improve ecological protection and achieve high-quality development. The following topics, including the management, restoration and protection of the Yellow River basin, and harmonious regulation of the human–water relationship were systematically studied.

Business strategy --- Management of specific areas --- Gini coefficient --- fairness principle --- double-level --- water-saving potential --- Weihe River basin --- Budyko framework --- runoff changes --- climate change --- underlying surface parameters --- human activities --- Yellow River --- cultivated land --- Object-Oriented Feature Extraction --- wheat --- corn --- water use level --- SBM-DEA model --- window-DEA model --- economic and social development --- matching degree --- yellow river basin --- water–energy–food --- harmony equilibrium --- harmonious regulation --- the Yellow River --- bank collapse --- sediment transportation --- numerical simulation --- curved channel --- cohesive --- cross-sectional shape --- asymmetry --- water and sediment factor --- transverse distribution --- wandering river channel --- Wuliangsuhai Lake --- ecological water demand --- ecological water supplement --- ecological function --- heavy metals --- sediment interstitial water --- sediment --- chemical fraction --- ecological risk --- water quality characteristics --- cause --- groundwater --- middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River --- water rights allocation --- coordinated development --- water–ecology–energy–food --- emergy method --- Yinchuan city --- return period --- Pearson-III distribution --- “7.20” rainstorm --- Yiluo River basin --- Xiaohua section --- soil erosion --- influencing factors --- RUSLE --- the optimal parameters-based geographical detector --- scale effects --- the Yellow River Basin --- Sanhe region --- early sites --- spatial and temporal distribution --- human-territorial relationship --- GIS --- high-quality development --- environmental regulation --- local government competition --- panel threshold regression model --- Yellow River basin --- the ancient Yellow River distributary --- early settlements --- aggregation characteristics --- Zhengzhou --- n/a --- water-energy-food --- water-ecology-energy-food --- "7.20" rainstorm

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Land use affects many aspects of regional sustainable development, so insight into its influence is of great importance for the optimization of national space. The book mainly focuses on functional classification, spatial conflict detection, and spatial development pattern optimization based on productivity, sustainability, and livability perspectives, presenting a relevant opportunity for all scholars to share their knowledge from the multidisciplinary community across the world that includes landscape ecologists, social scientists, and geographers. The book is systematically organized into the optimization theory, methods, and practices for PLES (production–living–ecological space) around territorial spatial planning, with the overall planning of PLES as the goal and the promotion of ecological civilization construction as the starting point. Through this, the competition and synergistic interactions and positive feedback mechanisms between population, resources, ecology, environment, and economic and social development in the PLES system were revealed, and the nonlinear dynamic effects among subsystems and elements in the system identified. In addition, a series of optimization approaches for PLES is proposed.

Research & information: general --- Environmental economics --- PLES --- multiscale integration --- coupling coordination --- conflict diagnosis --- Ningbo --- coupling degree of compatibility --- ecological barrier area in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River --- Jiangjin District --- land-use transition --- production-living-ecological space --- spatial mismatch --- balance threshold --- ES management strategies --- land use conflict --- conflict identification --- suitability evaluation --- multi-objective evaluation --- multifunction --- agricultural space --- ecological space --- ecological fragile area --- land-use change --- carbon flow --- CA–Markov --- low-carbon optimization --- brownfields --- military fortification brownfields --- casemates with enhanced fortification --- historical and fabricated stories --- semi-natural ecosystem --- hidden curriculum --- butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) --- land snails (Gastropoda) --- hidden singularity --- Production–Living–Ecological space --- overall optimization --- beautiful China --- ecological civilization --- PLE space --- trade-offs and conflicts --- sustainable development --- system dynamic model --- FLUS --- identification --- island exploitation --- perspective of geomorphology --- Yellow River Basin --- production–living–ecological space --- spatio-temporal pattern

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Water resources are the most valuable resources of sustainable socio-economic development, which is significantly affected by climate change and human activities. Water resources assessment is an urgent need for implementation of the perfect water resources management, but it is difficult to accurately evaluate the quantity and quality of water resources, especially in arid regions and high-altitude regions with sparse gauged data. This book hosts 24 papers devoted to remote sensing in hydrology and water resources management, which summarizes the recent advancement in remote sensing technology for hydrology analysis such as satellite remote sensing for water resources management, water quality monitoring and evaluation using remote sensing data, remote sensing for detecting the global impact of climate extremes, the use of remote sensing data for improved calibration of hydrological models, and so on. In general, the book will contribute to promote the application of remote sensing technology in water resources.

precipitation datasets --- evaluation --- spatial scale --- temporal scale --- climate --- Yellow River Basin --- data assimilation --- WRF --- WRFDA --- 3DVar --- water levels --- surface areas --- volume variations --- hypsometry --- bathymetry --- lakes --- reservoirs --- remote sensing --- DAHITI --- modified strahler approach --- airborne LiDAR --- DEM --- flood inundation --- flood map --- flood model --- LiDAR --- terrestrial LiDAR --- evapotranspiration --- variability --- uncertainty --- unmanned aerial system --- sUAS --- multispectral --- viticulture --- water resources management --- California --- lake --- Tibetan Plateau --- hydrological changes --- water balance --- Chindwin basin --- hydrological modelling --- multi-variable calibration --- satellite-based rainfall product --- TRMM --- temporal resolution --- rainfall erosivity --- combined approach --- multi-objective optimization --- modeling uncertainty --- model constraint --- SWAT --- semiarid area --- hydrological variations --- normalized difference vegetation index --- total water storage change --- groundwater change --- extreme precipitation --- estimation --- TMPA 3B42-V7 --- regional frequency analysis --- China --- satellite datasets --- accuracy evaluation --- hydrological applicability --- Bosten Lake Basin --- actual evapotranspiration --- available water resources --- climate change --- vegetation greening --- VIP-RS model --- Lancang-Mekong river basin --- MSWEP --- AgMERRA --- APHRODITE --- CHIRPS --- PERSIANN --- error correction --- agricultural water management --- crop water consumption --- remote sensing model --- evapotranspiration allocation --- inland water --- IWCT --- Tianjin --- Landsat data --- Tarim River Basin --- desert-oasis ecotone --- land-use change --- CA-Markov model --- remote sensing in hydrology --- precipitation --- performance evaluation --- GPM --- Poyang Lake --- Yangtze River --- assimilation --- nonparametric modeling --- multi-source --- n/a --- landscape pattern --- spatiotemporal changes --- influencing factors --- watershed --- China SE --- satellite data --- LUE-GPP --- SPEI --- copula function --- conditional probability --- soil moisture --- neural network --- downscaling --- microwave data --- MODIS data

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This collection that is based on the Special Issue contains 37 high-quality, rigorously peer-reviewed, cutting-edge pieces of original research applying a multi-disciplinary academic approach to study how to improve environment quality and healthy living in contemporary and future urban environments. This multidisciplinary collection helps to disseminate and communicate scientific knowledge and impactful discoveries of how to make healthy cities available to researchers, academics, and the general public globally.

Humanities --- Social interaction --- urban sprawl --- physical health --- mental health --- Smog Free Tower --- air purification --- housing price --- moderating effect --- traffic convenience --- urban resilience --- spatiotemporal differentiation --- ESDA --- geographical detector model --- YRB --- social capital --- social participation --- volunteering --- urban China --- urban governance --- Chinese national scenic areas --- tourism economy --- time-limited rectification --- pilot free trade zones --- green total factor productivity --- green development --- difference-in-differences --- quasi-natural experiment --- land use evolution --- land ecological security --- AHP-FCE model --- evaluation --- China --- business environment --- FDI --- BRI countries --- status elevation the global value chain --- pilot free trade zone --- port --- green TFP --- environmental constraints --- regional heterogeneity --- air pollution --- health shocks --- labor mobility --- mediating effect --- threshold effect --- production-living-ecology --- spatial transformation characteristics --- spatial conflicts --- urban agglomeration --- carbon emissions --- Tapio decoupling --- LMDI model --- provincial level --- low-carbon economy --- physical inactivity --- prolonged sitting --- unhealthy diet --- sports facilities --- street greenery --- spatial accessibility --- medical system --- multi-tiered two-step floating catchment area (MT2SFCA) method --- equity --- healthcare --- Hu Line of land --- “production-living-ecology” coordination --- spatial heterogeneity --- ESDA-GWR --- COVID-19 --- mask --- willingness to pay --- protection motivation theory --- contingent value method --- urban --- health impact assessment --- bibliometric analysis --- CiteSpace --- knowledge mapping --- disaster-preventive migration (DPM) --- social stability risk --- fuzzy comprehensive evaluation (FCE) --- ethnic minority area --- green finance --- ecological environment --- coupling coordination rate --- spatiotemporal evolution --- driving factor --- environmental equality --- guanxi network --- pig farming pollution --- cost and benefit sharing --- technological innovation --- coupling coordination --- green economy --- aging migration --- housing tenure --- social integration --- Beijing --- environmental pollution control investment efficiency --- three-stage DEA --- super-efficient SBM --- Global-Malmquist-Luenberger index --- regional differences --- digital financial inclusion --- green innovation --- financing constraints --- life cycle --- carbon emissions trading --- total factor productivity of agricultural enterprises --- double difference --- policy mix --- policy design --- pandemic management --- policy outcomes --- compound crisis --- urban sustainability --- healthy cities --- projects --- risks --- expert evaluation --- fuzzy sets --- European Green Deal --- Industry 5.0 --- decision-making --- transport --- medical infrastructure --- healing and therapeutic design --- blockchain --- building information modeling (BIM) --- landscape information modeling (LIM) --- city information modeling (CIM) --- art therapy --- sustainable development --- non-fungible token (NFT) --- Health Metaverse --- workplace --- avoidance behavior --- public health --- regression discontinuity design --- migration intention --- high human capital --- instrumental variable --- regional economic resilience --- influence mechanism --- Yellow River Basin --- quality of life --- healthy region --- healthy environment --- spatial --- synthetic measure --- voivodship --- national fitness policy --- national health --- human capital --- public finance health expenditures --- civil registration --- block chain --- digitization governance --- smart contract --- urban young returnees --- happiness --- healthy China --- HLM --- SEM --- rural-to-urban migrant --- performance analysis --- science mapping --- network analysis --- environmental policy uncertainty --- enterprise pollution emission --- enterprise innovation --- the foreign investment