| What Has Caused Desertification in China? | |
| Feng, Qi1; Ma, Hua2; Jiang, Xuemei3; Wang, Xin3; Cao, Shixiong3 | |
| 刊名 | SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
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| 2015-11-03 | |
| 卷号 | 5页码:8 |
| ISSN号 | 2045-2322 |
| DOI | 10.1038/srep15998 |
| 通讯作者 | Cao, Shixiong(shixiongcao@126.com) |
| 英文摘要 | Desertification is the result of complex interactions among various factors, including climate change and human activities. However, previous research generally focused on either meteorological factors associated with climate change or human factors associated with human activities, and lacked quantitative assessments of their interaction combined with long- term monitoring. Thus, the roles of climate change and human factors in desertification remain uncertain. To understand the factors that determine whether mitigation programs can contribute to desertification control and vegetation cover improvements in desertified areas of China, and the complex interactions that affect their success, we used a pooled regression model based on panel data to calculate the relative roles of climate change and human activities on the desertified area and on vegetation cover (using the normalized-difference vegetation index, NDVI, which decreases with increasing desertification) from 1983 to 2012. We found similar effect magnitudes for socioeconomic and environmental factors for NDVI but different results for desertification: socioeconomic factors were the dominant factor that affected desertification, accounting for 79.3% of the effects. Climate change accounted for 46.6 and 20.6% of the effects on NDVI and desertification, respectively. Therefore, desertification control programs must account for the integrated effects of both socioeconomic and natural factors. |
| 收录类别 | SCI |
| WOS关键词 | ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION ; SEMIARID CHINA ; INNER-MONGOLIA ; CLIMATE-CHANGE ; PROGRAM ; POVERTY ; POLICY ; LAND ; PARTICIPATION ; ENVIRONMENT |
| WOS研究方向 | Science & Technology - Other Topics |
| WOS类目 | Multidisciplinary Sciences |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 出版者 | NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000363958500002 |
| 内容类型 | 期刊论文 |
| URI标识 | http://www.corc.org.cn/handle/1471x/2557188 |
| 专题 | 寒区旱区环境与工程研究所 |
| 通讯作者 | Cao, Shixiong |
| 作者单位 | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Cold & Arid Reg Environm Engn Res Inst, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, Peoples R China 2.Guangxi Hydraul Res Inst, Nanning 530023, Guangxi, Peoples R China 3.Beijing Forestry Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Feng, Qi,Ma, Hua,Jiang, Xuemei,et al. What Has Caused Desertification in China?[J]. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,2015,5:8. |
| APA | Feng, Qi,Ma, Hua,Jiang, Xuemei,Wang, Xin,&Cao, Shixiong.(2015).What Has Caused Desertification in China?.SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,5,8. |
| MLA | Feng, Qi,et al."What Has Caused Desertification in China?".SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 5(2015):8. |
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