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Many cities face heat wave (HW) events, combined with the existent surface urban heat island (SUHI) effects. This places pressure on human settlements and sustainable development. However, few studies have inv...
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Spatial and temporal coordinated development research on ecosystem services and human well-being in the typical pastoral area of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
In this study, the interplay between ecosystem services and human well-being in Seni district, which is a pastoral region of Nagqu city on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, is investigated. Employing the improved InV...
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A Multilevel Digital Watermarking Protocol for Vector Geographic Data Based on Blockchain
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Dynamics of the global semiconductor trade and its dependencies
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Impact of cascade reservoirs on the delayed response behaviour of sedimentation in the Three Gorges Reservoir
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Spatiotemporal distribution of sea-island prehistoric dune sites, Holocene sea levels, and aeolian sand activities in Fujian Province, China
The lower reaches of the Minjiang River and its adjacent areas were among the most active prehistoric archaeological areas in Fujian Province. The accumulation types of Neolithic archaeological strata are roug...
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Tree-ring-based drought variability in northern China over the past three centuries
Droughts are the most frequent natural disaster in regions at the margins of the East Asian summer monsoon (EASM), which pose threats to agriculture, the economy, and human lives. However, the limitations of o...
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Mechanism and effects of the increase in winter temperatures in the Arctic region on cold winters in Heilongjiang Province, Northeast China for the period 1961–2018
With the advent of climate change, winter temperatures have been steadily increasing in the middle-to-high latitudes of the world. However, we have not found a corresponding decrease in the number of extremely...
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Space reconstruction process and internal driving mechanisms of Taobao villages in metropolitan fringe areas: A case study of Lirendong village in Guangzhou, China
This paper examines the process and internal mechanisms of rural ecommerce industry agglomeration and space reconstruction in metropolitan fringe areas, employing Lirendong village in Guangzhou, China, as a ca...
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Temperature trends in some major countries from the 1980s to 2019
The study of temperature change in major countries of the world since the 1980s is a key scientific issue given that such data give insights into the spatial differences of global temperature change and can as...
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Rural vulnerability in China: Evaluation theory and spatial patterns
An indicator system is constructed and applied for comprehensive measurement of rural vulnerability in China’s counties. Through the selection of five representative transects we explore regional differences i...
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Coupled effect of climate change and human activities on the restoration/degradation of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau grassland
Climate change (CC) and human activities (HA) are the main reasons for the restoration/degradation of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) grassland. Many related studies have been conducted thus far, but the impac...
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Game strategies in government-led eco-compensation in the **n’an River Basin from the perspective of the politics of scale
China’s policy on ecological compensation (eco-compensation) in watershed ecosystems is of economic, social and environmental significance for China’s ecological governance and protection of natural areas. It ...
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Spatial variation and driving mechanism of soil organic carbon components in the alluvial/sedimentary zone of the Yellow River
Alluviation and sedimentation of the Yellow River are important factors influencing the surface soil structure and organic carbon content in its lower reaches. Selecting Kaifeng and Zhoukou as typical cases of...
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Application of geographically weighted regression model in the estimation of surface air temperature lapse rate
The surface air temperature lapse rate (SATLR) plays a key role in the hydrological, glacial and ecological modeling, the regional downscaling, and the reconstruction of high-resolution surface air temperature...
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Dynamic transition mechanism analysis of the impact of energy development on urbanization in Central Asia
Energy development has a significant impact on urbanization. This study employs the entropy method to evaluate the level of urbanization in Central Asia and further analyzes the possible dynamic transition mec...
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Space diversification process and evolution mechanism of typical village in the suburbs of Guangzhou: A case study of Beicun
The reform of global production mode and social system accelerate the process of urbanization, and the urban-rural factors accelerate rural space diversification. Based on the space production theory and game ...
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Functional zoning and space management of Three-River-Source National Park
Functional zoning is a key step for the integrated planning and scientific management of a national park. Selecting the Three-River-Source National Park (TNP) as the study area, this paper establishes an evalu...
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Estimation and analysis of the ratio of transpiration to evapotranspiration in forest ecosystems along the North-South Transect of East China
The ratio of transpiration to evapotranspiration (T/ET) is a key parameter for quantifying water use efficiency of ecosystems and understanding the interaction between ecosystem carbon uptake and water cycling...