Context The study of sustainable land use reflects the interdisciplinary characteristics of land
science, geography, ecology and sustainability science. In recent years, research on …

Acute farmland expansion and rapid urbanization in Central Asia have accelerated land
use/land cover changes, which have substantial effects on ecosystem services. However …

Land degradation (LD) is a complex process affected by both anthropogenic and natural
driving variables, and its prevention has become an essential task globally. The aim of the …

Central Asia is located in the hinterland of Eurasia, comprising Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan,
Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan; over 93.00% of the total area is dryland …

This study assesses the value capture of a result-oriented Product-Service System offer that
constitutes a post-harvest solution. Applying the reinforcement learning reward system and …

The global cotton trade network (CTN) has profoundly reshaped the spatial and temporal
patterns of the global textile industry. Within the global CTN, a vast empire of cotton that …

The purpose of the article is to define the material, institutional, and intellectual infrastructure
of a region and identify the innovative processes that determine its creation. Our main …

Abstract Across Central Asia, agricultural and agroforestry practices have been shaped by a
high-modernist approach since about the 1950s, with the aim of overcoming ecological …

Based on a detailed study of the return of national-level planning in Argentina as embodied
by COFEPLAN, the national planning council, we develop a conceptual framework to …

The emerging and vibrant field of environmental humanities to date has not received
considerable attention in Central Asia. In light of the Anthropocene crises, there is a real …