Characteristics of Land Use and Cover Change in Central Asia in Recent 30 Years

详细信息   

• 责任者：Han Qifei (Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography ; Chinese Academy of Sciences ; Urumqi 830011 ; China) ; Luo Geping
• 刊名：Arid Land Geography
• 出版年：2012
• 卷期：35(6)
• 关键词：土地利用 ; land use ; 土地覆被 ; land cover ; 中亚 ; Central Asia
• 页码：p.909-918
• 图表：4 illus., 7 tables, 31 refs.
• 分类号：2000
• issnNo：ISSN1000-6060
• isbnNo：CN65-1103/X

摘要

    

In this paper, compiling the Global Land Cover Characteristics datasets in Central Asia is of great significance in theoretical and practical aspect. In addition, different organizations/institutions develop multiple sets of land use/land cover datasets with various classification systems on global scale depending on their purpose. The results show that, the land use and land cover pattern has been changed due to the climate changes and human activities in Central Asia. This will bring out a series of environmental issues including soil salinization, serious shortage of water resources, land desertification and other ecological problems, which should be the future direction of land use change research in this area.