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Its spatial-temporal changes also affect the ecological and social environment. In this paper, we considered the Beijing\u2013Tianjin\u2013Hebei region to study the spatio-temporal vegetation patterns. The detailed analysis of a moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) data were carried out through the Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform. Our results show a slow and tortuous upward trend in the average leaf area index (LAI) in the study region for the periods 2001\u20132020. Specifically, Beijing had the highest LAI value, with an average of 1.64 over twenty years, followed by Hebei (1.30) and Tianjin (1.04). Among different vegetation types, forests had the highest normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) with the range of 0.62\u20130.78, followed by shrubland (0.58\u20130.75), grassland (0.34\u20130.66), and cropland (0.38\u20130.54) over the years. Spatially, compared to the whole study area, index value in the northwestern part of the Beijing\u2013Tianjin\u2013Hebei region increased greatly in many areas, such as northwest Beijing, Chengde, and Zhangjiakou, indicating a significant ecological optimization. Meanwhile, there was ecological degradation in the middle and southeast regions, from Tangshan southeastward to Handan, crossing Tianjin, Langfang, the east part of Baoding, Shijiazhuang, and the west part of Cangzhou. Air temperature and precipitation were positively and significantly correlated with net primary production (NPP) and precipitation stood out as a key driver. Additionally, an intensification of the urbanization rate will negatively impact the vegetation NPP, with the shrubland and forest being affected most relative to the cropland.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs14163958","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,8,15]],"date-time":"2022-08-15T23:44:03Z","timestamp":1660607043000},"page":"3958","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":27,"title":["Spatio-Temporal Changes in Vegetation in the Last Two Decades (2001\u20132020) in the Beijing\u2013Tianjin\u2013Hebei Region"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8711-8030","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yuan","family":"Zou","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Surface-Earth System Science, School of Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China"},{"name":"Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin 300192, China"},{"name":"Tianjin Bohai Rim Coastal Earth Critical Zone National Observation and Research Station, Tianjin 300072, China"}]},{"given":"Wei","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Surface-Earth System Science, School of Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China"},{"name":"Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin 300192, China"},{"name":"Tianjin Bohai Rim Coastal Earth Critical Zone National Observation and Research Station, Tianjin 300072, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0295-9675","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Siliang","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Surface-Earth System Science, School of Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China"},{"name":"Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin 300192, China"},{"name":"Tianjin Bohai Rim Coastal Earth Critical Zone National Observation and Research Station, Tianjin 300072, China"}]},{"given":"Tiejun","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Surface-Earth System Science, School of Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China"},{"name":"Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin 300192, China"},{"name":"Tianjin Bohai Rim Coastal Earth Critical Zone National Observation and Research Station, Tianjin 300072, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3115-2042","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Le","family":"Yu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China"}]},{"given":"Min","family":"Xu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6649-7767","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ramesh P.","family":"Singh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Schmid College of Science and Technology, Chapman University, Orange, CA 92866, USA"}]},{"given":"Cong-Qiang","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Surface-Earth System Science, School of Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China"},{"name":"Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin 300192, China"},{"name":"Tianjin Bohai Rim Coastal Earth Critical Zone National Observation and Research Station, Tianjin 300072, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,8,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"82","article-title":"Key points on temperature change of the past 2000 years in China","volume":"8","author":"Ge","year":"2004","journal-title":"Prog. 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