﻿Replication package requirements for this study

Recommended structure
- README.md: research question, 15 prefectures, 2001–2023 scope, focal years, unit of analysis, one-command run order, expected runtime and hardware.
- environment/: software and package versions for Google Earth Engine, GIS, Python/R and GeoDetector implementation.
- config/: study-area list, exact projection WKT, weights, thresholds, distance bands, class breaks, permutation count and random seeds.
- data_manifest/: source name, version, DOI/URL, access date, licence, native resolution, temporal coverage, checksum and redistribution status.
- code/: ordered scripts for study-area preparation; GEE exports; CLCD processing; NTL harmonisation; 1-km grid; SRP/EVI; transitions; landscape metrics; Moran/LISA; GeoDetector; distance bands; tables; figures.
- data_processed/: analysis-ready indicators, transition matrix, landscape metrics, prefecture summaries, Moran/LISA results, GeoDetector q tables, border-distance summaries and all figure/table source values.
- validation/: automated checks, expected numerical values, tolerances and a successful-run log.

Mandatory method details to record
- Exact CLCD 2023 source/version, or a documented revision of the study endpoint.
- Exact post-2018 NTL source, annual-composite method, inter-sensor transformation and calibration diagnostics.
- Full Albers Equal Area definition (central meridian 105°E; standard parallels 25°N and 47°N, plus datum and remaining parameters).
- Aggregation/resampling method for every source; missing-data handling; common-mask construction; percentile normalisation; weights and EVI formulas.
- Spatial-weight matrix construction, disconnected units, number of permutations, p-value correction and LISA significance threshold.
- GeoDetector sampling, discretisation, zero-value handling, software implementation/version, and a note that its inputs are constituents of EVI.
- Border-line dataset name/version, selected China boundary segments, distance algorithm and treatment of islands/coastlines.
- A manuscript crosswalk mapping Tables 1–2 and Figures 1–6 to scripts and source-value files.

Do not include credentials, private tokens, authentication files, personal paths or author-identifying metadata in the anonymous review package.
