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Quantifying the Contribution of Recycled Moisture to Precipitation in Temperate Glacier Region, Southeastern Tibetan Plateau, China
Recycled moisture is an important indicator of the renewal capacity of regional water resources. Due to the existence of Yulong Snow Mountain, Lijiang in Yunnan Province, southeast of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau...
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Assessing public perceptions of the cultural ecosystem services waterfront spaces provide along the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China, in support of urban waterfront planning and design
Urban waterfront green space is a critical component of urban ecosystems and can provide various types of cultural ecosystem services (CESs). In this study, the CESs of six waterfront green spaces with differe...
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Open AccessGeographical flows: a fresh perspective on quantifying urban function
Urban function refers to various roles and activities that take place in an urban region or a public facility. Previous research only focused on the types of urban function and its quantitative characterizatio...
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Grain size and surface micro-texture characteristics and their paleoenvironmental significance of Holocene sediment in southern margin of the Gurbantunggut Desert, China
The southern margin of the Gurbantunggut Desert, China, is characterized by alternating layers of aeolian and alluvial deposits. Investigating the characteristics of arenaceous sediment in this area is of sign...
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Effects of desert plant communities on soil enzyme activities and soil organic carbon in the proluvial fan in the eastern foothills of the Helan Mountain in Ningxia, China
It is of great significance to study the effects of desert plants on soil enzyme activities and soil organic carbon (SOC) for maintaining the stability of the desert ecosystem. In this study, we studied the re...
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Spatiotemporal Changes of Snow Depth in Western Jilin, China from 1987 to 2018
Seasonal snow cover is a key global climate and hydrological system component drawing considerable attention due to global warming conditions. However, the spatiotemporal snow cover patterns are challenging in...
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Open AccessEcological problems and ecological restoration zoning of the Aral Sea
The Aral Sea was the fourth largest lake in the world but it has shrunk dramatically as a result of irrational human activities, triggering the “Aral Sea ecological crisis”. The ecological problems of the Aral...
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Formation and ecological response of sand patches in the protection system of Shapotou section of the Baotou-Lanzhou railway, China
The development of bare patches typically signifies a process of ecosystem degradation. Within the protection system of Shapotou section of the Baotou-Lanzhou railway, the extensive emergence of bare sand patc...
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Contribution of groundwater to the formation of sand dunes in the Badain Jaran Desert, China
The tallest sand dune worldwide is located in the Badain Jaran Desert (BJD), China, and has been standing for thousands of years. Previous studies have conducted limited physical exploration and excavation on ...
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Spatial Coupling Relationship and Driving Mechanism of Population and Economy in Rural Areas in Qinling-Daba Mountains, China
Addressing the issue of the healthy and coordinated development of the population and economic factors in rural areas will not only help consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation, but will...
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Spatial patterns and controlling factors of the evolution process of karst depressions in Guizhou province, China
Karst depressions are common negative topographic landforms formed by the intense dissolution of soluble rocks and are widely developed in Guizhou province. In this work, an inventory of karst depressions in G...
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Open AccessAdapting to changes in the COVID-19 pandemic: research and recommendations on spatial layout and resident experience in MURBs
The COVID-19 epidemic is changing people's lives, so it is necessary to continuously update the design of the residence to adapt to the changing life. This study aims to investigate the impact of unit space la...
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A Cloud Framework for High Spatial Resolution Soil Moisture Map** from Radar and Optical Satellite Imageries
Soil moisture plays an important role in crop yield estimation, irrigation management, etc. Remote sensing technology has potential for large-scale and high spatial soil moisture map**. However, offline remo...
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Urban expansion and intra-urban land evolution as well as their natural environmental constraints in arid/semiarid regions of China from 2000–2018
Rapid urbanization has occurred in arid/semiarid China, threatening the sustainability of fragile dryland ecosystems; however, our knowledge of natural environmental constraints on multiscale urban lands in th...
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Spatial Equity of Basic Education Resources and Coordinated Regional Development in **njiang, China
Public services, including education, are important elements that affect people’s living standards. Promoting spatial equity in education resources is a crucial indicator of China’s coordinated regional develo...
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Urban Spatial Carrying Capacity and Sustainable Urbanization in the Middle-east Section of North Slope of Kunlun Mountains in **njiang, China
Urban spatial carrying capacity is the comprehensive support capacity of natural resources for urban development, which is of great significance in guaranteeing the sustainable urbanization. The middle-east se...
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An empirical study of the design of an ecological damage compensation assessment framework for land reclamation from the sea
Incorporating the cost of ecological damage into the pricing of natural resource asset utilization is a critical aspect of reform. Land reclamation from the sea is a usage mode that fundamentally alters the na...
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Analysis of morphological characteristics of gravels based on digital image processing technology and self-organizing map
A comprehensive understanding of spatial distribution and clustering patterns of gravels is of great significance for ecological restoration and monitoring. However, traditional methods for studying gravels ar...
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Evaluation and Quantitative Attribution Analysis of Water Yield Services in the Peak-cluster Depression Basins in Southwest of Guangxi, China
Karst environmental issues have become one of the hot spots in contemporary international geological research. The same problem of water shortage is one of the hot spots of global concern. The peak-cluster dep...
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Quantitative distinction of the relative actions of climate change and human activities on vegetation evolution in the Yellow River Basin of China during 1981–2019
Under the combined influence of climate change and human activities, vegetation ecosystem has undergone profound changes. It can be seen that there are obvious differences in the evolution patterns and driving...
