Land use changes in the coastal zone of China’s Hebei Province and the corresponding impacts on habitat quality

•We mapped land use changes in the coastal zone of Hebei from 1950 to 2017.•We proposed a method to assess the effects of land use changes on habitat quality.•Wetland and idle land decreased by 78.41 and 72.03 %, respectively.•Residential land and industrial and mining land increased by 345.63 and 9...

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