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This chapter concludes that the amount of national farmland had increased about 320% in past the 300 years in China along with rapid population growth. It also discusses the research prospects in the field of reconstructing historical land cover such as strengthening data synthesis, improving the comprehensiveness with multiple land use types, coordinating reconstruction methodologies and synthesizing multiple verification methods.
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Jin, X., Zhou, Y., Yang, X., Cheng, Y. (2018). Conclusions and Research Prospects. In: Historical Farmland in China During 1661-1980. Historical Geography and Geosciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71879-8_8
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