Advances in Characterizing and Addressing Land Degradation and Associated Ecosystem Responses

• Other Authors: Zhan, Jinyan (Editor), Zheng, Xinqi (Editor), Hasan, Shaikh Shamim (Editor), Cheng, Wei (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; History of engineering & technology; Environmental science, engineering & technology; ecological compensation; ecosystem services; opportunity cost; ecological compensation priority; land degradation; dust emission; wind erosion; dust models; dust cycle; carbon cycle; livestock carrying capacity risk; planting and breeding balance; northeast China; farmland circulation; differential circulation features; driving mechanism; plot level; plains and mountainous areas; Zhangye City; ecological carrying capacity; supply and demand; priority areas; agricultural ecological efficiency; spatial-temporal evolution; SBM model; spatial Markov chain; spatiotemporal changes; driving factors; agro-pastoral transitional zone; management; Bashang Plateau; Populus simonii forest; optimal plant cover; leaf-area index; Biome-BGC model; urban resilience; land use/cover change; urbanization; carbon neutrality; Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration; surface thermal environment; standard deviation ellipse; Shijiazhuang; wildfires; natural protected areas; decision support system; scenario-based analysis; soil salinity; sodicity; GIS; RS; leaching and gypsum requirement; carbon and nitrogen pools; soil quality; carbon and nitrogen management index; land use; arid environment; eco-compensation; ecosystem service value; PAHs pollution; risk assessment; industrial legacy sites; vertical distribution; land reuse; drylands; sediment connectivity; degradation; land use and land cover change (LULCC); n/a
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Land degradation, exacerbated by climate change and rapid urbanization, poses significant threats to socio-economic development. There is an urgent need to explore land degradation and its associated ecosystem responses and the suitable pathways for sustainable development in urban and rural regions...