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The causes of land landscape changes in semi-arid area of Northwest China: A case study of Yulin city
Rapid land landscape change has taken place in many arid and semi-arid regions such as the vulnerable ecological area over the last decade. In this paper, we quantified land landscape change of Yulin in this a...
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Quantitative analysis of the dynamic change and spatial differences of the ecological security: a case study of Loess Plateau in northern Shaanxi Province
Using the theory and method of the ecological footprint, and combining the changes of regional land use, resource environment, population, society and economy, this paper calculated the ecological footprint, e...
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Spatio-temporal differentiation of landscape ecological niche in western ecological frangible region
In this study, we attempt to put forward a conception of landscape ecological niche, enlightened by international scholars on extending the ecological niche theory from spatial niche to functional niche. That ...
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Spatial-temporal differences in in-stream flow requirement based on GIS: A case study of Yan’an region, northern Shaanxi
Although water has the central function of the bloodstream in the biosphere especially in arid or semi-arid regions such as Yan’an region in northwestern China, yet the very limited attention is paid to the ro...
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Energy production and consumption prediction and their response to environment based on coupling model in China
The paper presents the prediction of total energy production and consumption in all provinces and autonomous regions as well as determination of the variation of gravity center of the energy production, consum...
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Natural capital accounting in **’an City of western China during 1995–2011
As one of the most important metropolitan areas in China, **’an City plays a leading role in the development of the western regions. To impede the decision and policy preferences for environmental and ecologic...
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Land Cover Changes and Drivers in the Water Source Area of the Middle Route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project in China from 2000 to 2015
The Middle Route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project (MR-SNWDP) in China, with construction beginning in 2003, diverts water from Danjiangkou Reservoir to North China for residential, agriculture and...
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Risk posed to vegetation net primary productivity by drought on the Mongolian Plateau
The increasing frequency of recent droughts has an adverse effect on the ecosystem of the Mongolian Plateau. The growth condition of NPP is considered an indicator of the ecological function. Therefore, identi...