Assessing the effects of China's three-north shelter forest program over 40 years

J Zhai, L Wang, Y Liu, C Wang, X Mao - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Forests provide vital ecosystem services such as soil and water conservation, climate
regulation, and carbon storage. Large-scale afforestation programs are being attempted in …

Challenging the land degradation in China's Loess Plateau: Benefits, limitations, sustainability, and adaptive strategies of soil and water conservation

C Jiang, H Zhang, X Wang, Y Feng, L Labzovskii - Ecological Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Land degradation is a global environmental problem that threatens human safety and
socioeconomic development. In order to alleviate severe soil erosion, China has …

Spatially explicit assessment of ecosystem services in China's Loess Plateau: Patterns, interactions, drivers, and implications

C Jiang, H Zhang, Z Zhang - Global and Planetary Change, 2018 - Elsevier
Human demands for natural resources have significantly changed the natural landscape
and induced ecological degradation and associated ecosystem services. An understanding …

Integrating ecosystem services into effectiveness assessment of ecological restoration program in northern China's arid areas: Insights from the Beijing-Tianjin …

C Jiang, R Nath, L Labzovskii, D Wang - Land Use Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Beijing–Tianjin Sandstorm Source Region (BTSSR) is the main sandstorm
source area in northern China, which plays a crucial role in ecological safety and …

Ecosystem change assessment in the Three-river Headwater Region, China: Patterns, causes, and implications

C Jiang, L Zhang - Ecological Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Three-River Headwater Region (TRHR) is the source of the Yangtze River,
Yellow River, and Lancang River, which is significant to fresh water resources in China and …

Effects of dam construction in the Wang River on sediment regimes in the Chao Phraya River basin

W Charoenlerkthawin, M Namsai, K Bidorn… - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Wang River is one of the major tributaries of the Chao Phraya River (CPR) system in
Thailand as the key riverine sediment source supplying the Chao Phraya Delta that has …

Impact of climate variability and anthropogenic activity on streamflow in the Three Rivers Headwater Region, Tibetan Plateau, China

C Jiang, D Li, Y Gao, W Liu, L Zhang - Theoretical and Applied …, 2017 - Springer
Under the impacts of climate variability and human activities, there is violent fluctuation for
streamflow in the large basins in China. Therefore, it is crucial to separate the impacts of …

Multi-temporal scale changes of streamflow and sediment discharge in the headwaters of Yellow River and Yangtze River on the Tibetan Plateau, China

C Jiang, L Zhang, Z Tang - Ecological Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
The changes of water and sediment discharges in the headwaters of large Asian rivers have
increasingly become a hot issue. This study investigated the streamflow and sediment …

Evaluating the dynamics of groundwater depletion for an arid land in the Tarim Basin, China

J Xia, X Wu, C Zhan, Y Qiao, S Hong, P Yang, L Zou - Water, 2019 - mdpi.com
Groundwater depletion has become a hotly debated topic, particularly in arid land. In this
study, groundwater depletion and its dynamic factors were investigated in the Tarim Basin …

Sediment dynamics and temporal variation of runoff in the Yom River, Thailand

M Namsai, B Bidorn, S Chanyotha, R Mama… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Yom River is one of the four major sediment sources to the Chao Phraya River
in Thailand. Human activities and changes in climate over the past six decades may have …