About the Author

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He Xindong, Associate Professor at the College of Geography and Planning, Chengdu University of Technology in China, has dedicated the past decade to teaching quantitative geography and GIS. His research expertise encompasses land use and change simulation analysis, applied spatial statistics, and spatial analysis in the realms of regional sustainability, spatial planning, and regional development. Over the last ten years, his focus has primarily been on geographic data and geocomputing in public policy- making support.