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This reprint focuses on the sustainable development of the Yangtze River Delta region. The reprint encompasses the exploration of the evolutionary state of the human–land relationship through the study of human–nature coordination and promotes the coupling and coordination of human–land systems, carbon peaking, and carbon neutrality in the Yangtze River Delta in the context of climate change, urban–rural coordination, and rural revitalization as well as territorial space optimization and natural resource management.