This book aims to systematically elaborate how land-use change directly or indirectly exerts impacts on the ability of ecosystems to provide services for human society. The relationship between land use, ecosystem services and human well-being is a hot topic, and there have been some important achievements in this field, but its continuing growth means that it warrants further research.
The unique viewpoint, the scientific analysis methods and the precise language of this book make it not only a valuable guide for professors conducting research, but also a reference resource to help governments make decisions on relevant policies.
Prof. Jinyan Zhan is an associate professor at the School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, China.

Dr. Jinyan Zhan is an associate professor at the School of Environment, Beijing Normal University. She visited Stanford University as a visiting scholar for one year in 2013. Her research areas include the Ecosystem Services Assessment, Land-use/land-cover Impacts Assessment, Environmental Information System, and Ecological Modeling and Analysis. As a leading scientist, she has presided some projects granted by the Natural Sciences Foundation of China, Natural Science Fund Project, Ministry of Science and Technology of China, etc. Numerous articles and studies of hers have been published in Journals, Books, and Workshops, among which, the book named "Identification and Assessment of Ecosystem Services", published in 2011, is widely used as the reference for Ecology, Environment Science and Resource Science, etc.

Reviews on impact assessments of land use changes on key ecosystem services.- Impact assessments on agricultural productivity of land use changes.- Impact assessments of land use changes on valued ecosystem services.- Impact assessments of land use changes on ecosystem services of grassland.- Impact assessments on water and heat fluxes of terrestrial ecosystem due to land use changes.- Land-use oriented conservation of ecosystem services.