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The Shanxi section of the Yellow River Basin represents a critical ecological barrier zone in China, where forecasting future trade-offs and synergies among ecosystem services is essential for optimized ecosystem management. Accordingly, this study employed system dynamics, a patch-level land use ch…
Natural climate solutions represent a critical strategy for climate change mitigation in the land sector, offering substantial potential for enhancing carbon storage and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Using a simple empirical model, we quantified the historical carbon sequestration contributions…
Agricultural water pollution management is crucial for alleviating water resource crises and promoting regional sustainable development. Using agricultural grey water footprint intensity (AGWFI), which comprehensively considers both agricultural grey water footprint and economic development level, t…
Plant water use efficiency (WUE) reflects the balance between carbon fixation capacity and water consumption, revealing plant strategies for environmental adaptation. This study examined three pioneer tree species (Pinus tabuliformis, Ulmus pumila, and Robinia pseudoacacia) in reclaimed ecosystems o…
Based on remote sensing and GIS techniques, we obtained the spatiotemporal distribution characteristics of glacier changes and glacier disasters in areas along the China-Tajikistan highway from 2000 to 2021, and conducted an exposure assessment of glacier disasters using the range transformation met…
Based on daily temperature data from 38 meteorological stations in Tibet from 1981 to 2023, the new seasonal division method for Tibet is adopted to delineate the four seasons, and the regional variations of climatic seasons, spatiotemporal changes of seasonal onset dates, and seasonal variation tre…
Improving green development welfare is the ultimate goal of green development, and the digital economy exerts a dual effect on regional green development. Based on a systematic analysis of the theoretical mechanisms underlying the impact of the digital economy on green development welfare, this stud…
Accurately identifying the spatial characteristics of ecosystem service supply and demand and delineating ecological management zones are of significant importance for guiding regional ecosystem management and restoration. Focusing on the overall ecosystem of Northwest China and from the perspective…
Tourism ecological resilience is a key indicator for measuring the sustainable development capacity of tourism destinations, and enhancing this resilience is crucial for promoting the long-term viability of the tourism industry. Based on panel data from nine provinces and autonomous regions in the Y…
Examining the evolutionary trends and obstructive factors of territorial space efficiency in key river basins provides a critical basis for constructing a territorial space pattern characterized by complementary advantages and high-quality development. Taking 97 cities in the Yellow River Basin as t…
Green development is a key measure for promoting ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin. Taking 81 prefecture-level cities in the Yellow River Basin from 2006 to 2021 as the research objects, this study constructs a comprehensive evaluation index system based on…
In the process of accelerating the construction of a new development pattern and promoting high-quality development, human capital has become a core element of competition between cities. In recent years, the Lanzhou-Xining (Lan-Xi) urban agglomeration has experienced serious population loss and ins…
High-precision research on the spatial distribution of agricultural population is fundamental to constructing a modern agricultural industrial system and holds significant decision-making value for fostering new-quality agricultural productive forces. Based on county-level data from the Seventh Nati…
Food security is the foundation of national development and social stability. Exploring the spatiotemporal evolution of crop planting structures can provide a theoretical basis for ensuring regional food security and promoting sustainable regional agricultural development. Selecting 117 counties (ci…
As an important region for ecological protection and economic development in China, investigating the characteristics of vegetation change under different dry-wet partitions in the Yellow River Basin is crucial for adjusting ecological restoration strategies to cope with potential threats posed by e…
Studies on the spatiotemporal variation characteristics of vegetation cover in Hulunbuir can provide insights for formulating precise vegetation restoration and ecological environmental protection policies, which is beneficial to the ecological civilization construction in Hulunbuir. Using methods s…
The loess plains cover approximately 2000.00 km2 of the northern Negev Desert, accounting for about 9% of Israel's total land area. As elsewhere, the loess in the Negev Desert is composed of wind-transported dust and sand particles that have been deposited in sink sites. The loess deposits are chara…
Ideological and political education is instrumental in shaping students' humanistic, political, and professional competencies, while also serving as a critical mechanism for cultivating innovative spirit and practical abilities. Principles of Geographic Information Systems constitutes a core curricu…
Land use and cover change (LUCC) is the most direct manifestation of the interaction between anthropological activities and the natural environment on Earth's surface, with significant impacts on the environment and social economy. Rapid economic development and climate change have resulted in signi…
Severe soil erosion and drought are the two main factors affecting the ecological security of the Loess Plateau, China. Investigating the influence of drought on soil conservation service is of great importance to regional environmental protection and sustainable development. However, there is littl…
Abstract: Glaciers are highly sensitive to climate change and are undergoing significant variations in mid-latitude regions. This study analyzed the spatiotemporal changes of typical glaciers and their responses to climate change during 1990–2015 across four distinct mountainous sub-regions in the X…
Abstract: Glaciers are known as natural ''solid reservoirs'', and they play a dual role between the composition of water resources and the river runoff regulation in arid and semi-arid areas of China. In this study, we used in situ observation data from Urumqi Glacier No. 1, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomou…
Abstract: With realizing the importance of ecosystem services to society, the efforts to evaluate the ecosystem services have increased. As the largest tributary of the Yellow River, the Weihe River has been endowed with many ecological service functions. Among which, water yield can be a measure of…
Based on data from the fifth and sixth national population censuses, and employing regional human resource measurement methods, multiple linear regression, and geographic detector research methods, this study analyzes the spatiotemporal distribution differences and influencing factors of human resou…
The victory of the poverty alleviation campaign has shifted the focus of poverty governance toward alleviating relative poverty. The overlap between the population that has been lifted out of poverty and the relatively poor population determines that contiguous destitute areas will remain the main b…
Based on panel data of the tourism economic system and ecological environment system for 66 central cities (municipalities, prefectures, autonomous prefectures, and leagues) in the Yellow River Basin, and employing methods such as the coupling coordination model, spatial autocorrelation analysis, an…
Ecological migration is one of the effective approaches for rural revitalization in western China and regional ecological protection and restoration. Investigating the spatial migration characteristics and ecological impacts of ecological migration contributes to regional poverty alleviation and eco…
Villages are the units that most directly reflect the laws of rural socio-economic activities, and functional type classification at the village level is key to advancing classified rural revitalization. Taking administrative villages as the basic unit, this study employs the entropy weight method, …
Through CiteSpace analysis of 2,703 articles on arid area urbanization research from CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure) spanning 1984–2020, this study examines publication trends, stage division, core author and institutional networks, thematic evolution, and historical hotspots utilizin…
In the context of global warming, the increased frequency and intensity of drought events have led to significant changes in vegetation diversity in terrestrial ecosystems. Studying the response of vegetation phenology to seasonal drought is of great importance for the conservation of ecosystems on …
Based on MOD17A3HGF NPP (Net Primary Productivity) data along with temperature, precipitation, and other datasets, this study employed trend analysis and partial correlation analysis to investigate the spatiotemporal dynamics of natural grassland NPP in Xinjiang from 2000 to 2018 and its response to…
Heat wave disaster risk information serves as an important reference for the prevention and control of extreme disaster events under conditions of global climate warming and rapid urbanization. To address the problem of incomplete assessment of heat wave hazard factors, based on multi-source satelli…
Taking the rain-fed farming areas in northern Kazakhstan as the study target area, based on spring wheat yield statistical data and remote sensing spectral indices, we conducted analysis on the optimal prediction period for spring wheat yield estimation and vegetation indices. Using regression analy…
Vegetation is one of the sensitive factors reflecting changes in terrestrial ecosystems and plays a crucial role in maintaining and regulating ecosystem stability. Taking the Ebinur Lake Basin, an ecologically fragile region, as the study area, and using the Geodetector model, this study investigate…
To investigate the correlation among land surface temperature (LST), normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), and atmospheric water vapor content in desert and oasis areas of different regions in Xinjiang, this study utilized MOD13C3 vegetation index data, MOD11C3 land surface temperature data…
Taking Gaochang District of Turpan City as an example, this study utilizes four periods of remote sensing imagery from 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2018 to interpret and obtain land use change data for the study area. Based on a grid scale and comprehensively employing methods such as land use transition m…
The Yellow River Basin is an important energy security support zone in China and a key region for safeguarding national ecological security. Coordinated development of coal resource development and ecological protection holds important practical significance for coordinating basin-wide energy securi…
Based on daily meteorological data from 62 weather stations in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region from 1969 to 2019, this study investigates the effects of meteorological factor variations on wind erosion climate erosivity; utilizes Geographically Weighted Regression models and centroid migration mode…
Geomorphological objects often exhibit significant size disparities, spanning specific spatial scales. Existing automatic classification methods for geomorphological forms have not adequately accounted for this characteristic, thereby constraining classification accuracy. By employing the size of ge…
Soil moisture, as a critical factor of the ecological environment, serves as an important indicator for soil monitoring and ecological environmental change. Based on MOD11A2 LST and MOD13A2 NDVI data, this study analyzes the spatiotemporal distribution characteristics of soil moisture and its influe…
The Hotan region is a typical inland arid area, and studying regional water resource security is of great significance for guiding water resource development and utilization, and promoting the sustainable development of socio-economy and water resources. Based on the water footprint theory, this pap…
To investigate the hydrochemical characteristics and water quality status of groundwater in the plain area of the Turpan Basin, 44 sets of groundwater quality monitoring data (33 sets of phreatic water and 11 sets of confined water) were selected based on the comprehensive groundwater pollution surv…
Over the past 20 years, with the implementation of integrated water resources planning and scheduling in the Tarim River (hereinafter referred to as the "Tarim River") basin, the ecological water conveyance target of "water flowing to Taitema Lake, with Daxihaizi Reservoir discharging 3.50×108 m³ an…
The accelerated advancement of urbanization has intensified land use changes, consequently leading to increasingly prominent urban thermal environment issues. Based on MYD21A2 land surface temperature data from the summers of 2005 and 2018, spatial statistical methods were employed to analyze the sp…
Summer precipitation was sampled at the terminus of Koxkar Glacier on the southern slope of the Tianshan Mountains in an inland alpine region. Based on the analysis of ion concentrations, conductivity, and pH values, factor analysis, enrichment factors, and backward trajectory methods were employed …
Precipitation is one of the most important indicators of climate data, but there are many errors in precipitation measurements due to the influence of climatic conditions, especially those of solid precipitation in alpine mountains and at high latitude areas. The measured amount of precipitation in …
Resource and environmental carrying capacity constitutes a critical constraint on regional socio-economic development in arid zones. Elucidating the status of resource and environmental carrying capacity and investigating the distribution characteristics of resources and environment along with exist…
As a key focus of the Western Development Strategy and a core area of the Belt and Road Initiative, Xinjiang's urbanization exhibits distinct regional characteristics and geopolitical attributes. Scientifically diagnosing and identifying the driving factors of green urbanization development can prov…
The restructuring of grain production space concentrates the principal contradictions in land system change; exploring the trade-off dynamics of ecosystem services during this process helps clarify the conflicts among food security, ecological restoration, and economic development, thereby promoting…
Using FY2E satellite data, Doppler weather radar products, conventional upper-air and surface observational data, and NCEP (0.25°×0.25°) reanalysis data from the US National Centers for Environmental Prediction, a comprehensive analysis was conducted on an extreme snowstorm event in western Southern…
