Extended Data Fig. 4: Changes of soil organic carbon at the county level.
From: Urbanization can benefit agricultural production with large-scale farming in China
(a) From 2000 to 2015; (b) From urbanization level 56% (2015) to urbanization level 80% (2050) without rural land being reclaimed; (c) From urbanization level 56% (2015) to urbanization level 70% (2030) with rural land being reclaimed; (d) From urbanization level 56% (2015) to urbanization level 80% (2050) with rural land being reclaimed. The bar chart in the middle of the Extended Data Fig. 4 shows the overall changes for 2000–2015 and each scenario in the future, taking China as a whole (Supplementary Table 4). Base map is applied without endorsement from GADM data (https://gadm.org/).
