The problems of desertification control in China are analyzed from the perspective of ecological compensation. Firstly, there is no guarantee of ecological compensation system in desertification control. On the basis of knowing land desertification connotation, the western region is taken as an...

In recent years, water scarcity and irrational utilization have become the pivotal issues for the sustainable development of river basins in China. This paper attempts to propose a new perspective for the optimization of water resources allocation in a typical river basin. In order to conduct an...

Water availability is at the core of sustainable socioeconomic development and ecological conservation along with global climate and land use changes, especially in the areas that experience water problems. This study investigated the impacts of land use change on surface runoff and water yield...

An analysis, over historical times, of the influence of natural factors such as climate, geological activity, existing landforms, and the activity of aeolian sands on the desertification of oases and other lands in the Heihe River basin of northwestern China revealed that desertification...

This paper develops an integrated modeling approach combined with a top-down dynamic computable general equilibrium (CGE) model and a bottom-up bio-economic model (BEM) to study the economic impact of a total water use control policy in the Heihe river basin, northwestern China. The integrated...

There is a knowledge gap and limited tools to readily identify trade-off relationships between competing economic and environmental goals, and between the upstream and downstream areas, of river basins. In this paper we aim to construct the trade-off relationship between midstream agricultural...

<Para ID="Par1">Worldwide, many rivers experience serious water deficiency to such a degree that artificial water recharge is the only option for their ecological restoration. In this contribution, we present a framework for comprehensively evaluating multi-objective scenarios to support decision-making for...</para>

By using conceptual model of BPEIR (Behavior-Pressure-Effect-Impact- Response) and Delphi method, we establish the evaluation index system of agricultural circular economy including four indices, namely index of socio-economic development, index of reducing input of resources, index of recycling...

Evaluation index system of agricultural sustainable development is constructed with the four components of social index, agricultural economic index, resources index, and environment index. According to the comprehensive evaluation model of agricultural sustainable development with the...

Based on the brief description of the developmental status of social economy in Jiangsu Province, the index system including 16 indices contained in 5 subsystems is established according to the statistics from Jiangsu Statistical Yearbook-2009, the practical situation of Jiangsu Province and the...