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    Area of Science:

    • Sustainability science is an emerging transdisciplinary field.
    • It integrates natural sciences with humanities and social sciences.
    • Focuses on the coupled human-environment system.

    Background:

    • The concept of sustainable development gained prominence in the 1970s.
    • Sustainability science, providing theoretical foundations, emerged in the early 21st century.
    • The field has rapidly developed in depth and scope over the past decade.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To present the first Chinese introduction to sustainability science.
    • To discuss its basic concepts, research questions, and future directions.
    • To highlight China's role in advancing sustainability science and global sustainability.

    Main Methods:

    • Studies the dynamic relationship between humans and the environment.
    • Focuses on vulnerability, robustness, resilience, and stability of coupled systems.
    • Emphasizes multi-scale studies in space and time, including landscapes and regions.

    Main Results:

    • Sustainability science integrates natural sciences with social sciences and humanities.
    • It examines the environment-economy-society nexus, merging basic and applied research.
    • Key components of sustainability are dynamic, requiring emphasis on temporal and spatial scales.

    Conclusions:

    • Sustainability science is crucial for addressing humanity's grandest challenges.
    • Landscape sustainability is a core component and expected future research focus.
    • China is positioned to play a leading role in sustainability science development.