Identifying drivers of land degradation in Xilingol, China, between 1975 and 2015

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.02.013

	Identifying drivers of land degradation in Xilingol, China, between 1975 and 2015
	Batunacun 1,2; Wieland, Ralf 2; Lakes, Tobia 1,3; Hu Yunfeng 4; Nendel, Claas 2,3
刊名	LAND USE POLICY
	2019-04-01
卷号	83 页码:543-559
关键词	Land degradation Drivers Partial order theory Hasse diagram Policy
ISSN号	0264-8377
DOI	10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.02.013
通讯作者	Batunacun(batunacun@zalf.de)
英文摘要	Land degradation occurs in all kinds of landscapes over the world, but the drivers of land degradation vary from region to region. Identifying these drivers at the appropriate spatial scale is an essential prerequisite for developing and implementing appropriate area-specific policies. In this study, we investigate nine different driving factors in three categories: human disturbance, water condition, and urbanisation. Using partial order theory and the Hasse diagram technique, we analyse the temporal and spatial dynamics of these drivers and identify the major drivers of land degradation at the county level in the Xilingol League, China. Our findings indicate that: (i) in eight out of the region's 12 counties, human disturbance was the dominant driver responsible for land degradation up to 2000, followed by water conditions, while urbanisation was the dominant driver in only four counties; (ii) the effects resulting from human disturbance and water availability decreased after 2000, while urbanisation became the dominant driver for land degradation in seven counties. The influence of human disturbance in this region has decreased, which suggests that ecological protection policies that were designed to control population and livestock numbers have worked as intended for this region. However, land degradation has continued and new policy measures are required to ease the effect of urbanisation.
资助项目	China Scholarship Council (CSC)
WOS关键词	HASSE DIAGRAM TECHNIQUE ; INNER-MONGOLIA ; GRASSLAND DEGRADATION ; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ; PARTIAL ORDER ; PROGRAM ; REGION ; DESERTIFICATION ; AFFORESTATION ; RESTORATION
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
语种	英语
出版者	ELSEVIER SCI LTD
WOS记录号	WOS:000463127200047
资助机构	China Scholarship Council (CSC)
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/48189]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Batunacun
作者单位	1.Humboldt Univ, Dept Geog, Unter Linden 6, D-10099 Berlin, Germany 2.Leibniz Ctr Agr Landscape Res ZALF, Eberswalder Str 84, D-15374 Muncheberg, Germany 3.Humboldt Univ, Integrat Res Inst Transformat Human Environm, Friedrichstr 191, D-10099 Berlin, Germany 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, State Key Lab Resource & Environm Informat Syst, Beijing 101101, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Batunacun,Wieland, Ralf,Lakes, Tobia,et al. Identifying drivers of land degradation in Xilingol, China, between 1975 and 2015[J]. LAND USE POLICY,2019,83:543-559.
APA	Batunacun,Wieland, Ralf,Lakes, Tobia,Hu Yunfeng,&Nendel, Claas.(2019).Identifying drivers of land degradation in Xilingol, China, between 1975 and 2015.LAND USE POLICY,83,543-559.
MLA	Batunacun,et al."Identifying drivers of land degradation in Xilingol, China, between 1975 and 2015".LAND USE POLICY 83(2019):543-559.