LUCC	Land use and land cover change
ERI	Ecological risk index
CA	Cellular automata
GIS	Geographical information system
GDP	Gross Domestic Product
PLUS	Patch-generating land use simulation model
CARS	CA model based on multi-type random patch seeds
LEAS	Land use expansion analysis strategy
PoS	Percent-of-seeds
BAU	Business as usual
IP	Industry priority development
UT	Urban transformation development
FoM	Figure of merit
WH	Wrong hits
FA	False alarms
AG	Agricultural
WL	Woodland
GL	Grassland
WT	Water
UB	Urban built-up
BC	Beach
RS	Rural settlement
IM	Industrial and mining land
LR	Low risk
LMR	Low-medium risk
MR	Medium risk
MHR	Medium-high risk
HR	High risk