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Open AccessCollective action improves elite-driven governance in rural development within China
Rural areas are at the forefront of achieving sustainable development goals, and elite actors tend to be the most influential local decision-makers in rural development. Nevertheless, improving the effectivene...
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The poverty evolution of typical countries along the Belt and Road and implications from China’s poverty reduction experiences
The world is facing a poverty crisis. Despite the great achievements that have been made in poverty alleviation over the past two decades, the extent of poverty in countries along the Belt and Road is still hi...
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Sustainable poverty alleviation and green development in China’s underdeveloped areas
In 2020, the decisive victory of building a moderately well-off society in all aspects means that absolute poverty in rural China has been completely eliminated. Consolidating and expanding the achievements of...
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Open AccessCharacteristics of temperature evolution from 1960 to 2015 in the Three Rivers’ Headstream Region, Qinghai, China
The cumulative anomaly analysis, the ensemble empirical mode decomposition (EEMD), the Bernaola Galvan heuristic segmentation algorithm (BGSA), the Le Page test, the moving t test at different sub-series scale...
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Open AccessExploring the relationship between air pollution and meteorological conditions in China under environmental governance
Extensive studies have been carried out on the impact of human activities on air pollution, but systematic investigation on the relationship between air pollutant and meteorological conditions is still insuffi...
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Open AccessHealth, income and poverty: evidence from China’s rural household survey
Understanding the health status of the poor households and the influence of unhealthy on their income can provide some vital insights into the effectiveness and appropriateness of poverty reduction solutions.
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Revitalize the world’s countryside
A rural revival is needed to counter urbanization across the globe, say Yansui Liu and Yuheng Li.
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Open AccessUrbanization and air quality as major drivers of altered spatiotemporal patterns of heavy rainfall in China
Land use/land cover change and other human activities contribute to the changing climate on regional and global scales, including the increasing occurrence of extreme-precipitation events, but the relative imp...
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Open AccessBiochar amendment reduces paddy soil nitrogen leaching but increases net global warming potential in Ningxia irrigation, China
The efficacy of biochar as an environmentally friendly agent for non-point source and climate change mitigation remains uncertain. Our goal was to test the impact of biochar amendment on paddy rice nitrogen (N...
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Open AccessCorrection: Corrigendum: Analyzing historical land use changes using a Historical Land Use Reconstruction Model: a case study in Zhenlai County, northeastern China
Scientific Reports 7: Article number: 41275; published online: 30 January 2017; updated: 05 April 2017 In the original version of this Article, Affiliation 1 was incomplete. The correct affiliation is listed b...
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Open AccessAnalyzing historical land use changes using a Historical Land Use Reconstruction Model: a case study in Zhenlai County, northeastern China
Historical land use information is essential to understanding the impact of anthropogenic modification of land use/cover on the temporal dynamics of environmental and ecological issues. However, due to a lack ...
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Strengthen China's flood control
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Ventilating Bei**g cannot fix pollution
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Pollution: Build on success in China
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China's land creation project stands firm
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Society: Realizing China's urban dream
Local implementation and public scrutiny will make or break the government's urbanization strategy, say Xuemei Bai, Peijun Shi and Yansui Liu.