Modeling the Driving Forces of the Land Use and Land Cover Changes Along   the Upper Yangtze River of China

doi:10.1007/s00267-009-9377-6

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	Modeling the Driving Forces of the Land Use and Land Cover Changes Along the Upper Yangtze River of China
	Yin, Run Sheng ; Xiang, Qing ; Xu, Jin Tao ; Deng, Xiang Zheng
刊名	environmental management
	2010
关键词	Land use and land cover changes Driving forces Fractional logit model Upper Yangtze basin Land management policy DEFORESTATION IMPACT SUSTAINABILITY DYNAMICS POLICIES ROADS GIS
DOI	10.1007/s00267-009-9377-6
英文摘要	Induced by high population density, rapid but uneven economic growth, and historic resource exploitation, China's upper Yangtze basin has witnessed remarkable changes in land use and cover, which have resulted in severe environmental consequences, such as flooding, soil erosion, and habitat loss. This article examines the causes of land use and land cover change (LUCC) along the Jinsha River, one primary section of the upper Yangtze, aiming to better understand the human impact on the dynamic LUCC process and to support necessary policy actions for more sustainable land use and environmental protection. Using a repeated cross-sectional dataset covering 31 counties over four time periods from 1975 to 2000, we develop a fractional logit model to empirically determine the effects of socioeconomic and institutional factors on changes for cropland, forestland, and grassland. It is shown that population expansion, food self-sufficiency, and better market access drove cropland expansion, while industrial development contributed significantly to the increase of forestland and the decrease of other land uses. Similarly, stable tenure had a positive effect on forest protection. Moreover, past land use decisions were less significantly influenced by distorted market signals. We believe that these and other findings carry important policy implications.; Environmental Sciences; SCI(E); EI; SSCI; 11; ARTICLE; 3; 454-465; 45
语种	英语
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.pku.edu.cn/handle/20.500.11897/244340]
专题	环境科学与工程学院
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Yin, Run Sheng,Xiang, Qing,Xu, Jin Tao,et al. Modeling the Driving Forces of the Land Use and Land Cover Changes Along the Upper Yangtze River of China[J]. environmental management,2010.
APA	Yin, Run Sheng,Xiang, Qing,Xu, Jin Tao,&Deng, Xiang Zheng.(2010).Modeling the Driving Forces of the Land Use and Land Cover Changes Along the Upper Yangtze River of China.environmental management.
MLA	Yin, Run Sheng,et al."Modeling the Driving Forces of the Land Use and Land Cover Changes Along the Upper Yangtze River of China".environmental management (2010).