Sustainable agricultural land use, Remote sensing of land use change, Land use planning

PhD. (Cartography and geography information system) Chinese Academy of Sciences (2009).

BS (Urban and Rural Planning & Resource Management). Beijing Normal University (2004).

Professor, Aerospace Information Research Institute, CAS (2023.04-)

Associate Professor, Aerospace Information Research Institute, CAS (2018.05-2023.03)

Visiting Scholar, Department of Agronomy & Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (July 2013- February 2014)

Visiting Scholar, Institute on Environment, University of Minnesota- Twin cities (March 2013- June 2014)

Associate Professor, Research Institute of Remote sensing and Digital Earth, CAS (2012.03-2018.04)

Assisstant Professor, Research Institute of Remote sensing and Digital Earth, CAS (2009.07-2012.02)

   

Feng, Y., Wang, T., Chen, Y., Zuo, L., Li, X., Xu, C., Zhao, Y., and Zhang, T. (2022). A Transition Towards an Unusually Wet Condition Will Not Alleviate Water Scarcity Risk in Xinjiang, China. AGU Advances 3, e2021AV000589.

Xing, J., Shi, W., Deng, X., Lu, C., Zuo, L., Wang, S., Wang, M., Wang, X., and Yan, B. (2022). Improvement of resource use efficiency versus mitigation of environmental impacts in rice production of Fujian Province, China. Journal of Cleaner Production 368, 133154.

Zhang, C., Dong, J., Zuo, L., and Ge, Q. (2022). Tracking spatiotemporal dynamics of irrigated croplands in China from 2000 to 2019 through the synergy of remote sensing, statistics, and historical irrigation datasets. Agricultural Water Management 263, 107458.

Wang, X., Li, X., Xiao, X., Fan, L., and Zuo, L. (2022). Changes in the Water-Energy Coupling Relationship in Grain Production: A Case Study of the North China Plain. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, 9527.

Wang, Y., Zhang, Z., Zuo, L.^*, Wang, X., Zhao, X., and Sun, F. (2022). Mapping Crop Distribution Patterns and Changes in China from 2000 to 2015 by Fusing Remote-Sensing, Statistics, and Knowledge-Based Crop Phenology. Remote Sensing 14, 1800.

Zhu, Z., Zhang, Z., Zuo, L. ^*, Pan, T., Zhao, X., Wang, X., Sun, F., Xu, J., and Liu, Z. (2022). Study on the Classification and Change Detection Methods of Drylands in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions. Remote Sensing 14, 1256.

Zhu, Z., Zhang, Z., Zhao, X., Zuo, L. ^*, and Wang, X. (2022). Characteristics of Land Use Change in China before and after 2000. Sustainability 14, 14623.

Pan, T., Zuo, L. ^*, Zhang, Z., Zhao, X., Sun, F., Zhu, Z., and Liu, Y. (2022). Effects of Afforestation Projects on Tradeoffs between Ecosystem Services: A Case Study of the Guanting Reservoir Basin, China. Forests 13, 232.

Hu, H., Zuo, L., Song, X., Su, C., Wang, H., Zhang, B., and Ding, G. (2022). Longitudinal Association of Dietary Energy Density with Abdominal Obesity among Chinese Adults from CHNS 1993-2018. Nutrients, 14.

Zhu, Z., Zhang, Z., Zuo, L. ^*, Sun, F., Pan, T., Li, J., Zhao, X., and Wang, X. (2021). The detecting of irrigated croplands changes in 1987-2015 in Zhangjiakou. IEEE Access, 1-1.

Liu, F., Zhang, Z., Zhao, X., Liu, B., Wang, X., Ling, Y. I., Zuo, L., Jinyong, X. U., Shunguang, H. U., and Sun, F. (2021). Urban Expansion of China from the 1970s to 2020 Based on Remote Sensing Technology. Chinese Geographical Science.

Liu, F., Zhang, Z., Zhao, X., Wang, X., Zuo, L., Wen, Q., Yi, L., Xu, J., Hu, S., and Liu, B. (2019). Chinese cropland losses due to urban expansion in the past four decades. Science of The Total Environment 650, 847-857.

Zhao, J., Zuo, L, Sun, J., Su, C., and Wang, H. (2021). Trends and Urban-Rural Disparities of Energy Intake and Macronutrient Composition among Chinese Children: Findings from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (1991 to 2015). Nutrients 13, 1933.

Zuo, L. ^*, Zhang, Z., Carlson, K. M., Macdonald, G. K., Brauman, K. A., Liu, Y., Wen, Z., Zhang, H., Wu, W., Zhao, X., Wang, X., Liu, B., Yi, L., Wen, Q., Liu, F., Xu, J., Hu, S., Sun, F., Gerber, J. S., and West, P. C. (2018). Progress towards sustainable intensification in China challenged by land-use change. Nature Sustainability 1, 304-313.

Ju, H., Zhang, Z., Zhao, X., Xiao, W., Wu, W., Ling, Y., Wen, Q., Fang, L., Xu, J., Hu, S., and Zuo, L.^* (2018). The changing patterns of cropland conversion to built-up land in China from 1987 to 2010. Journal of Geographical Sciences 28, 1595-1610.

Ju, H., Zhang, Z., Wen, Q., Wang, J., Zhong, L., and Zuo, L. (2017). Spatial patterns of irrigation water withdrawals in China and implications for water saving. Chinese Geographical Science 27, 362-373.

Liu, F., Zhang, Z., Shi, L., Zhao, X., Xu, J., Yi, L., Liu, B., Wen, Q., Hu, S., Wang, X., Zuo, L., Li, N., and Li, M. (2016). Urban expansion in China and its spatial-temporal differences over the past four decades. Journal of Geographical Sciences 26, 1477-1496.

Wang, X., Zhao, X., Zhang, Z., Yi, L., Zuo, L., Wen, Q., Liu, F., Xu, J., Hu, S., and Liu, B. (2016). Assessment of soil erosion change and its relationships with land use/cover change in China from the end of the 1980s to 2010. Catena 137, 256-268.

Zhang, Z. X., Wen, Q. K., Liu, F., Zhao, X. L., Liu, B., Xu, J. Y., Yi, L., Hu, S. G., Wang, X., Zuo, L. J., Li, N., Li, M. M., Shi, L. F., Zeng, T., and Ju, H. R. (2016). Urban expansion in China and its effect on cultivated land before and after initiating “Reform and Open Policy”. Science China Earth Sciences 59, 1930-1945.

Zeng, T., Zhang, Z., Zhao, X., Wang, X., and Zuo, L. (2015). Evaluation of the 2010 MODIS collection 5.1 land cover type product over China. Remote Sensing 7, 1981-2006.

Xu, J., Zhang, Z., Zhao, X., Wen, Q., Zuo, L., Wang, X., and Yi, L. (2014). Spatial and temporal variations of coastlines in northern China (2000-2012). Journal of Geographical Sciences 24, 18-32.

Zhang, Z., Wang, X., Zhao, X., Liu, B., Yi, L., Zuo, L., Wen, Q., Liu, F., Xu, J., and Hu, S. (2014). A 2010 update of National Land Use/Cover Database of China at 1:100000 scale using medium spatial resolution satellite images. Remote Sensing of Environment 149, 142-154.

Zuo, L. ^*, Wang, X., Zhang, Z., Zhao, X., Liu, F., Yi, L., and Liu, B. (2014). Developing grain production policy in terms of multiple cropping systems in China. Land Use Policy 40, 140-146.

Zuo, L. ^*, Zhang, Z., Zhao, X., Wang, X., Wu, W., Yi, L., and Liu, F. (2014). Multitemporal analysis of cropland transition in a climate-sensitive area: A case study of the arid and semiarid region of northwest China. Regional Environmental Change 14, 75-89.

Zuo, L. ^*, Wang, X., Liu, F., and Yi, L. (2013). Spatial exploration of multiple cropping efficiency in china based on time series remote sensing data and econometric model. Journal of Integrative Agriculture 12, 903-913.

Lijun Zuo et al. “SDG 2: Zero Hunger” In Big Earth Data in Support of Sustainable Development Goals: China (2021), Science Press & EDP Sciences, 2022

Lijun Zuo et al. “SDG 2: Zero Hunger” In Big Earth Data in Support of Sustainable Development Goals: The Belt and Road (2021), Science Press & EDP Sciences, 2022

Ivonne Lobos Alva, Bianca Wernecke, Caradee Y. Wright, Lijun Zuo, Nokulunga Makunga, Chapter 4&5-SDG 2 In Measuring Progress: Nature and the SDGs, 2021

Lijun Zuo “Resource consumption and environmental impact of cropping system in China” In Report on Remote Sensing Monitoring of China Sustainable Development (2017), Social Sciences Academic Press (China), 2018

Lijun Zuo “Soil erosion and its changes in Yangtze River Basin” In Remote sensing of soil erosion in China, Planet Map Publishing, 2015

2022-2026 Identifying pathways to mitigate the negative impact of urbanization trends on croplands. NSF-NSFC Joint Research on Sustainable Regional Systems (PI)     

2020-2022 Big Earth Data in support of SDG2: Zero Hunger. Sub-project of the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (PI) 

2020-2022 Selection and demonstration of monitoring SDG indicators. Sub-project of the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (partner) 

2018-2020 Towards a Sustainable Food Production System of China within a Changing Global Food System. National Key R&D Programmes: intergovernmental cooperation programmes (PI) 

2017-2020 Research on ecological pattern optimization technology. Sub-project of the National Water Pollution Control and Treatment Science and Technology Major Project (PI)