What drives the vegetation restoration in Yangtze River basin, China: climate change or anthropogenic factors?

S Qu, L Wang, A Lin, H Zhu, M Yuan - Ecological Indicators, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge of the vegetation dynamics is critical for addressing the potential
challenges and threats facing the land surface ecosystems. Various climatic and …

Quantifying the effectiveness of ecological restoration projects on long-term vegetation dynamics in the karst regions of Southwest China

X Tong, K Wang, Y Yue, M Brandt, B Liu… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
To alleviate the severe rocky desertification and improve the ecological degradation
conditions in Southwest China, the national and local Chinese governments have …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying the extent of ecological impact from China's poverty alleviation relocation program: A case study in Guizhou Province

Q Feng, Z Zhou, Q Chen, C Zhu, M Zhu, W Luo… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
The relocation of local residents from ecologically vulnerable areas, with the aim of
alleviating poverty through spatial displacement, often referred to as the Poverty Alleviation …

The linkage between renewable energy potential and sustainable development: Understanding solar energy variability and photovoltaic power potential in Tibet …

A Kan, Y Zeng, X Meng, D Wang, J **na, X Yang… - Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
The accurate pattern of systematic assessment of regional-level solar energy resource
potential including seasonal variability and annual trends is essential during renewable …

Opposite effects of climate and land use changes on the annual water balance in the Amazon arc of deforestation

RBL Cavalcante, PRM Pontes… - Water Resources …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The hydrological effects of forest cover loss are difficult to discern in the case of large‐scale
basins with gradual changes and difficult to isolate when climate variability is also present …

Monotonic trends in spatio-temporal distribution and concentration of monsoon precipitation (1901–2002), West Bengal, India

S Chatterjee, A Khan, H Akbari, Y Wang - Atmospheric Research, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper intended to investigate spatio-temporal monotonic trend and shift in
concentration of monsoon precipitation across West Bengal, India, by analysing the time …

Spatiotemporal trends of aerosols over urban regions in Pakistan and their possible links to meteorological parameters

G Ali, Y Bao, W Ullah, S Ullah, Q Guan, X Liu, L Li… - Atmosphere, 2020 - mdpi.com
Aerosol optical depth (AOD) has become one of the most crucial parameters for climate
change assessment on regional and global scales. The present study investigates trends in …

Linking LULC change with urban heat islands over 25 years: a case study of the urban-industrial city Durgapur, Eastern India

D Dutta, S Gupta, CM Kishtawal - Journal of Spatial Science, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Changing land use patterns have triggered warming worldwide in recent times, especially in
urban areas. This study analyses the development of a heat island over Durgapur in the last …

Time series analysis of MODIS-Derived NDVI for the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park, South Africa: Impact of recent intense drought

N Mbatha, S Xulu - Climate, 2018 - mdpi.com
The variability of temperature and precipitation influenced by El Niño-Southern Oscillation
(ENSO) is potentially one of key factors contributing to vegetation product in southern Africa …

Numerical simulation of urban heat island intensity under urban–suburban surface and reference site in Kolkata, India

A Khan, S Chatterjee - Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 2016 - Springer
Urban heat island intensity (UHII) in Kolkata has been assessed using simplified numerical
model for vertical temperature measurement in tropical monsoon summer month (June …