Does the road to land degradation neutrality in India is paved with restoration science?

K Singh, SK Tewari - Restoration Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The land in India is under severe threat of degradation. According to the 2016 Atlas of Land
Degradation and Desertification, 29.3% of the total geographical area of India has been …

Impact of near-surface wind speed variability on wind erosion in the eastern agro-pastoral transitional zone of Northern China, 1982–2016

G Zhang, C Azorin-Molina, P Shi, D Lin… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2019 - Elsevier
Wind erosion in arid and semi-arid areas is an important global environmental issue, and
changes in wind speed trends over time play a key role in wind erosion dynamics. In a …

Identifying and characterizing dust point sources in the southwestern United States using remote sensing and GIS

T Kandakji, TE Gill, JA Lee - Geomorphology, 2020 - Elsevier
Documenting geomorphology and land use/land cover associated with the aeolian dust
sources is needed to build more robust models simulating wind erosion and dust emission. It …

Drought and land use/land cover impact on dust sources in Southern Great Plains and Chihuahuan Desert of the US: Inferring anthropogenic effect

T Kandakji, TE Gill, JA Lee - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Exploring the effects of drought and land use/land cover (LULC) on aeolian dust emission is
important to enhance dust models to account for anthropogenic land surface change …

Prediction of soil wind erodibility using a hybrid Genetic algorithm–Artificial neural network method

I Kouchami-Sardoo, H Shirani… - Catena, 2020 - Elsevier
Understanding and consequent modeling of soil wind erodibility is hampered by the
complex nature of the eroding processes and limited empirical data. It is often necessary to …

The effects of wind erosion depending on crop** system and tillage method in a semi-arid region

C Yang, Y Geng, XZ Fu, JA Coulter, Q Chai - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
Wind erosion is a major environmental problem in arid and semi-arid regions, where it has
significant impacts on desertification and soil degradation. To understand the effects of …

Effect of environmental policies in combating aeolian desertification over Sejzy Plain of Iran

MHR Moghaddam, A Sedighi, S Fasihi, MK Firozjaei - Aeolian research, 2018 - Elsevier
Wind erosion in arid and semi-arid regions is a serious concern because it can cause land
degradation and consequently affect the land use pattern. The aim of this study was to …

Modeling and assessment of land degradation vulnerability in arid ecosystem of Rajasthan using analytical hierarchy process and geospatial techniques

B Yadav, LC Malav, R Jiménez-Ballesta, C Kumawat… - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Wind erosion is a major natural disaster worldwide, and it is a key problem in western
Rajasthan in India. The Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), the Geographic Information …

Impacts of vegetation anomalies and agricultural drought on wind erosion over Iran from 2000 to 2018

Z Ebrahimi-Khusfi, M Mirakbari, M Ebrahimi-Khusfi… - Applied …, 2020 - Elsevier
Vegetation cover plays a key role in reducing wind erosion and improving air quality in
different parts of the world. However, little is known about the long-term period seasonal …

Between sand dunes and hamadas: environmental sustainability of the thar desert, west India

J Chlachula - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Extensive geographic areas of the world show a long-term atmospheric moisture deficit.
Desertification of Rajasthan is concurrent with the strengthened weather extremality and …