Dryland East Asia: Land Dynamics amid Social and Climate Change

Dryland East Asia: Land Dynamics amid Social and Climate Change

In: Ecosystem Science and Applications

Together with: Higher Education Press
Edited by: Jiquan Chen, Shiqiang Wan, Geoffrey Henebry, Jiaguo Qi, Garik Gutman, Ge Sun and Martin Kappas

De Gruyter | 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110287912

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About this book

Drylands in East Asia (DEA) are home to more than one billion people with an environment vulnerable to natural and anthropogenic changes. One of the critical needs in the region is to fully understand how dryland ecosystems respond to the changing climate and human activities in order to develop strategies to cope with continued climate change. This book provides state-of-the-art knowledge and information on drylands ecosystem dynamics, changing climate, society, and land use in the region. In addition to the synthesis of the existing research and knowledge of DEA, the book provides a role model for regional ecological assessment. With a wide spectrum of contributions from experts around the globe, the book should be of interest to researchers and students both internationally and in East Asia. Lessons learned from this synthesis effort in DEA should be useful for developing climate adaptation strategies for other similar regions around the globe.

Synthesizes current research on Dryland East Asia
Provides a model for studying other regions
Top international researchers in the field

Author information

Jiquan Chen, University of Toledo, OH, USA; Shiqiang Wan, Henan University, China; Geoffrey Henebry, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, USA; Jiaguo Qi, Michigan State University, Ann Arbor, USA; Garik Gutman, Land Cover Land Use Change Program, NASA, Washington DC, USA; Ge Sun, Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Asheville, NC, USA; Martin Kappas, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany.

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Frontmatter Free access PDF PDF	i
List of Contributors Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	v
Abbreviations Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	xiii
Preface Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	xvii
Contents Free access PDF PDF	xix
Part I: State and Changes in Dryland East Asia
Chapter 1. State and Change of Dryland East Asia (DEA) Chen Jiquan, John Ranjeet, Qiao Guanghua, Batkhishig Ochirbat, Yuan Wenping, Zhang Yaoqi, Shao Changliang, Ouyang Zutao, Li Linghao, Guo Ke and Sun Ge Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	3
Chapter 2. Dryland East Asia in Hemispheric Context Geoffrey M. Henebry, Kirsten M. de Beurs, Christopher K. Wright, John Ranjeet and Elena Lioubimtseva Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	23
Chapter 3. NEESPI and MAIRS Programs in Dryland East Asia Jiaguo Qi, Pavel Groisman and Likun Ai Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	45
Chapter 4. Land Use and Land Cover Change in Dryland East Asia Richard H. Becker and Kirk A. Zmijewski Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	61
Chapter 5. Urban Expansion and Environment Change in Dryland East Asia Peilei Fan, Jiaguo Qi, Xi Chen, Joseph Messina, Huiqing Huang and Xue Li Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	81
Chapter 6. Ecosystem Carbon Cycle under Changing Atmosphere, Climate and Land Use in Dryland East Asia Jianyang Xia, Shuli Niu, Xuhui Wang, Shilong Piao, Liming Yan and Shiqiang Wan Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	105
Chapter 7. Dynamics of Vegetation Productivity in Dryland East Asia from 1982 to 2010 Jingfeng Xiao, Li Zhang, Jiquan Chen and John Ranjeet Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	125
Summary I: Contexts of Change Geoffrey M. Henebry and Jiagou Qi Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	149
Part II: Consequences
Chapter 8. Impacts of Global Change on Water Resources in Dryland East Asia Ge Sun, Xiaoming Feng, Jingfeng Xiao, Alex Shiklomanov, Shengping Wang, Zhiqiang Zhang, Nan Lu, Shuai Wang, Liding Chen, Bojie Fu, Yaning Chen and Jiquan Chen Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	153
Chapter 9. Examining Changes in Land Cover and Land Use, Regional Climate and Dust in Dryland East Asia and Their Linkages within the Earth System Irina N. Sokolik, Kremena Darmenova, Jianping Huang, Olga Kalashnikova, Yasunori Kurosaki and Xin Xi Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	183
Chapter 10. Biophysical Regulations of Grassland Ecosystem Carbon and Water Fluxes in DEA Changliang Shao, Shiping Chen, Jiquan Chen and Linghao Li Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	213
Chapter 11. Afforestation and Forests at the Dryland Edges: Lessons Learned and Future Outlooks Csaba Mátyás, Ge Sun and Yaoqi Zhang Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	245
Chapter 12. Human Impact and Land Degradation in Mongolia Ochirbat Batkhishig Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	265
Chapter 13. The Effect of Large-Scale Conservation Programs on the Vegetative Development of China’s Loess Plateau Kirsten M. de Beurs, Dong Yan and Arnon Karnieli Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	283
Summary II: Consequences Ge Sun and Shiqiang Wan Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	307
Part III: Solutions/Adaptations
Chapter 14. Monitoring and Assessment of Dryland Ecosystems with Remote Sensing Martin Kappas and Pavel Propastin Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	311
Chapter 15. The Effects of Spatial Resolution on Vegetation Area Estimates in the Lower Tarim River Basin, Northwestern China Mutlu Ozdogan and Alishir Kurban Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	351
Chapter 16 New Ecology Education: Preparing Students for the Complex Human- Environmental Problems of Dryland East Asia Jiansheng Ye, James F. Reynolds, Jeffrey E. Herrick, Julie A. Reynolds, Togtohyn Chuluun, Fengmin Li and Ruijun Long Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	363
Chapter 17. Grassland Degradation and Restoration in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China from the 1950s to 2000s: Population, Policies and Profits Liping Gao, Yaoqi Zhang, Guanghua Qiao and Jiquan Chen Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	405
Chapter 18. Sustainable Governance of theMongolian Grasslands: Comparing Ecological and Social-Institutional Changes in the Context of Climate Change in Mongolia and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China Jun Wang, Daniel G. Brown and Arun Agrawal Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	425
Chapter 19. Adaptive Management of Grazing Lands Guodong Han, Tong Liu, Zhongwu Wang, Zhiguo Li, Mengli Zhao, Kris Havstad, Jianguo Wu and David Kemp Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	447
Summary III: Solutions and Adaptations Martin Kappas and Jiquan Chen Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	465
Index Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	467

Dryland East Asia: Land Dynamics amid Social and Climate Change

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