Towards the progress of ecological restoration and economic development in China's Loess Plateau and strategy for more sustainable development

L Yurui, Z Xuanchang, C Zhi, L Zhengjia, L Zhi… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract China's Loess Plateau (LP) is one of the most typical regions with serious soil
erosion. Its ecological restoration, economic development, and social progress are directly …

Identifying ecosystem service supply-demand imbalance for sustainable land management in China's Loess Plateau

X Zhang, Y Wang, X Yuan, Y Shao, Y Bai - Land Use Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Supply-demand relationships of ecosystem services (ESs) are the core of human-earth
system coupling. This study explored the spatiotemporal characteristic of ESs supply …

Assessment of climate impact on vegetation dynamics over East Africa from 1982 to 2015

W Kalisa, T Igbawua, M Henchiri, S Ali, S Zhang… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Located across the equator, the East Africa region is among regions of Africa which have
previously known the severe vegetation degradation. Some known reasons are associated …

Socio-ecological changes on the Loess Plateau of China after Grain to Green Program

X Wu, S Wang, B Fu, X Feng, Y Chen - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) is now widely accepted as a policy tool for
advancing both ecological and social progress. The Chinese government's Grain to Green …

Effects of climate change on paddy expansion and potential adaption strategies for sustainable agriculture development across Northeast China

Y Liu, X Liu, Z Liu - Applied Geography, 2022 - Elsevier
Sustainably feeding an increasing population is a grand challenge in the context of climate
change and rapid urbanization. Over the past decades, there has been a remarkable trend …

Relationships between labor migration and cropland abandonment in rural China from the perspective of village types

D Xu, X Deng, K Huang, Y Liu, Z Yong, S Liu - Land Use Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Cropland abandonment driven by urbanization and the massive outflow of laborers to cities
is a widespread phenomenon around the world. However, few studies have used national …

Evaluating potential impacts of land use changes on water supply–demand under multiple development scenarios in dryland region

X Liu, Y Liu, Y Wang, Z Liu - Journal of Hydrology, 2022 - Elsevier
Water scarcity greatly hinders sustainable development goal agenda and regional
agriculture development in dryland regions. As we know, land use and cover changes are …

Regularity of rural settlement changes driven by rapid urbanization in North China over the three decades

Y Liu, C Ou, Y Li, L Zhang, J He - Science Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
The systematic decline of rural areas in the process of rapid urbanization has become a
global trend, creating greater challenges for sustainable rural development. As the spatial …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic vulnerability of ecological systems to climate changes across the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China

Q Zhang, R Yuan, VP Singh, CY Xu, K Fan, Z Shen… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
At present, climate change has brought huge challenges to vegetation and ecosystems. As
the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) is a sensitive area of global climate change, the dynamic …

Does rural residential land expansion pattern lead to different impacts on eco-environment? A case study of loess hilly and gully region, China

Z Chen, Y Li, Y Liu, X Liu - Habitat International, 2021 - Elsevier
Land use change and its impacts on eco-environment attract great attentions. Earlier studies
shed light on the impacts of urban build-up land and agriculture land. Yet, knowledge about …