The Geographical Sciences During 1986—2015
From the Classics To the Frontiers
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The framework of the Global Dryland Ecosystem Programme (Global-DEP) combines the ecosystem service (ES) research paradigm and system dynamics thinking. The core of the framework is the resilience of social-ec...
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Dryland social-ecological systems in Australia are characterized by a water-limited climate, vulnerable terrestrial ecosystems, advanced ecosystem management, and the highest average wealth. Dryland social-eco...
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Extreme rainstorm and the subsequent flood increasingly threaten the security of human society and ecological environment with aggravation of global climate change and anthropogenic activity in recent years. T...
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Ecosystem services, the benefits people obtain from ecosystems, can be comprehended and implemented as integrative indicators in human-environment systems. Researches on ecosystem services have gained an enorm...
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Poverty reduction and environmental protection are two global tasks for sustainable development. The study perspective has changed over time, from narrowly focusing on poverty reduction to comprehensively stre...
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Human activities alter land use patterns and affect landscape sustainability. It is therefore very important to investigate the relationship between land use change and human activities. This study focuses on ...
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Ecosystem service is an emerging concept that grows to be a hot research area in ecology. Spatially explicit ecosystem service values are important for ecosystem service management. However, it is difficult to...