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Soil and water loss from the Loess Plateau in China
Hui Shi,Mingan Shao +1 more
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In this article, problems and measures for the comprehensive control of soil and water loss in the Loess Plateau are proposed and a guide for the reconstruction of ecological and economic development in the region is provided.About:
This article is published in Journal of Arid Environments.The article was published on 2000-05-01. It has received 669 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Loess & Erosion control.read more
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Hydrogeomorphic Ecosystem Responses to Natural and Anthropogenic Changes in the Loess Plateau of China
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed to balance each ecosystem service, for example, by determining the region's vegetation capacity and its spatial distribution for the sustainable development of the socioecolog...
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Soil moisture decline due to afforestation across the Loess Plateau, China
TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper analyzed the variations in soil moisture content (SMC) following the conversion of croplands into forests in the Loess Plateau and showed that the depth-averaged SMC was much lower under forest than under cropland.
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Impacts of land use and plant characteristics on dried soil layers in different climatic regions on the Loess Plateau of China
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated and compared the impacts of soil type, land use and plant characteristics within each of the three climatic regions (arid, semi-arid and semihumid) of the Loess Plateau of China.
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Soil and water conservation on the Loess Plateau in China: review and perspective:
TL;DR: In this paper, the lessons and experiences regarding soil and water conservation in the Loess Plateau in the past decades are analyzed first, and then urgent problems are elaborated, such as the contradiction between land resource and human population, shortage of water both in amount and tempospatial distribution for vegetation growth, weak awareness of the problems of soil conservation by local officials, and poor public participation in soil and Water conservation.
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Responses of streamflow to changes in climate and land use/cover in the Loess Plateau, China
TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors used the nonparametric Mann-Kendall test and the Pettitt test to identify trends and change points in the streamflow records and found that the land use/cover changes accounted for over 50% of the reduction in mean annual streamflow in 8 out of the 11 catchments.
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Predicting rainfall erosion losses : a guide to conservation planning
W. H. Wischmeier,Dwight D. Smith +1 more
TL;DR: The Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) as discussed by the authors is a model designed to predict the average rate of soil erosion for each feasible alternative combination of crop system and management practices in association with a specified soil type, rainfall pattern and topography.
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Critical slope gradient for compulsory abandonment of farmland on the hilly loess plateau
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed that the critical slope gradient for shallow gully initiation ranges from 15 to 20 degrees with an average of 18.2 degrees, which is the minimum slope gradient required to prevent gully formation.
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Rural Economic Development
TL;DR: For example, Sun Yat-sen's revolution of 1911 proposed a land distribution policy of peaceful reform to give ownership of land to the tillers, and suggested that increased land value should belong to the public through higher tax or government repossession of the land if the owner did not want to pay the high tax as discussed by the authors.