China's urban housing marketisation hinges on a sensible ratio of housing price to rent. This research derives a rational level for such a ratio and examines its distortions under the Chinese system. It shows that the prevailing housing price
Methodische Aspekte des Einsatzes eines GIS zur Evaluierung der agrarökologischen Wasserbilanz in der Provinz Yunnan/VR China
Agriculture ; China ; Geographical information system ; Irrigation ; Methodology ; Water balance ; Yunnan
The aim of this investigation is to evaluate the agroecological water balance in Yunnan Province/PR China under rainfed conditions, and to calculate the amount of water necessary to conduct irrigated agriculture. Integration and overlaying
Regional differentiation of critical concentration of arsenic (As) and cadmium (Cd) in main soil types of China
China ; Environment ; Geochemistry ; Heavy metals ; Micro-organism ; Pollution ; Soil ; Soil pollution ; Soil properties ; Soil water ; Spatial differentiation
Studies of critical concentration distribution features of polluted elements of Cd and As in main soil types of China, such as laterite, yellow brown soil, black soil and sierozem revealed that soil types vary in different zones, so do
Morphologic characteristics of debris flow fans in Xiaojiang Valley of southwestern China
Alluvial cone ; China ; Debris flow ; Geomorphometry ; Guangxi Zhuang ; Mass movement ; Model ; Sedimentology ; Slope ; Slope gradient ; Statistics
The features of morphometry and sedimentology of 54 debris flow fans in semiarid subtropics of southwestern China are summarized here based on field surveys, interpretations of aerial photographs and measurements of topographic maps. The influence
Comprehensive planning for water resources exploitation and water pollution control for Changli County - a case study for small towns in China
China ; Drainage network ; Environment ; Environmental conservation ; Pollution control ; Small town ; Tourism ; Water pollution ; Water resources
With rapid development of socio-economy and urbanization, many new small towns have occurred in China, and the concerned ecological problems such as water pollution and soil erosion have been gradually changed into local point source pollution
This study concerns 2 sites in the desert-loess transition belt of Central China. High-resolution paleomonsoon proxy records from peat and eolian sand-paleosol sequences at the desert-loess transition zone in China denote a rapid oscillation from
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[b1] National Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, China Northwest University, Xian, Chine