Mei Chen's research while affiliated with Guizhou Normal University and other places

... Answering these questions is very urgent at present. Existing studies on the basin in karst mountainous areas focus on mountain-basin land-use coupling [29], the evolution of basin land-use functions [30], transformation of paddy land-use in intermountain basins [31] and differences in urban patterns in intermountain basins [27,32]. However, there is still a lack of in-depth research, based on typical cases, on the changing law of land-use transition in rural basins over a longer period of time and at multiple spatial scales. ...

... Terraces are further categorized into water terraces and dry terraces based on planting methods. As a form of the mountainous agricultural composite system, terraces not only enhance food production [1], improve farmers' livelihoods, and preserve water, soil, fertility [2][3][4], and microclimate regulation [5], but also carry multiple values of the local long farming culture and historical inheritance, aesthetics appreciation [6,7], and eco-tourism [8], making them a globally recognized agricultural cultural heritage [9]. At present, terraces are widely distributed all over the world, and East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Mediterranean coast, Central America, and the coastal areas of Africa are all concentrated areas of terrace distribution [10]. ...