Relief degree of land surface and its influence on population distribution in China
Altitude ; China ; Concept ; Geographical information system ; Human occupation ; Relief ; Settlement ; Spatial distribution
In order to evaluate suitability of natural environment for human settlements in China, as an important factor influencing the distribution of population, relief degree of land surface (RLDS) is taken as an index for natural environment evaluation
of human settlements. Based on the concept and macro-scale digital elevation model datum and ARC/INFO software, the RLDS at a 10kmx10km grid size of China is extracted. The AA. depict the spatial distribution of RLDS by analyzing its ratio structure
Stable isotopes of summer monsoonal precipitation in southern China and the moisture sources evidence from δ O 18 signature
China ; Climatic data ; Geochemistry ; Moisture ; Monsoon ; Oxygen 18 ; Precipitation ; Southern China ; Spatial distribution ; Summer
Based on 7 CHNIP (Chinese Network of Isotopes in Precipitation) observary stations located in southern China, monthly composite precipitation samples have been collected and analyzed for the composition of δ O 18 during July, 2005. The results
Biogeography ; China ; Eighteenth Century ; Forest ; Historical geography ; Nineteenth Century ; Quantitative analysis ; Spatial statistics ; Twentieth Century ; Vegetation dynamics
Based on historical documents, modern survey and statistics, the trend and main process of forest dynamics are recognized. The forest area and forest coverage rates for each province of China from 1700 to 1949 are estimated backward by every 50
years. Linking the result with modern National Forest Inventory data, the spatial-temporal dynamics of Chinese forest in recent 300 years (AD 1700-1998) is quantitatively analyzed. The forest area in current territory of China has declined in total
Land cover dynamic changes in northern China : 1989-2003
AVHRR ; Biogeography ; China ; Geographical information system ; Land use ; NOAA ; Northern China ; Remote sensing ; SPOT ; Vegetation ; Vegetation dynamics ; Vegetation index ; Water resources
The aim of this paper is to analyze the spatio-temporal features of macro landscape pattern evolution in northern China, based on 1 km monthly NOAA Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) and SPOT/VGT Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
China's economic and political penetration in Africa
Africa ; Angola ; China ; Chinese ; Decision making process ; Economy ; Egypt ; Export ; International trade ; Mining resources ; Minority ; Oil ; Policy ; South Africa ; Sudan
The isomorphism of local development policy : a case study of the formation and transformation of national development zones on post-Mao Jiangsu, China
China ; Economic indicators ; Economic restructuring ; Innovation ; Jiangsu ; Local development ; Local policy ; Planned area ; Regional economy
Spatial data analysis of regional development in Greater Beijing, China, in a GIS environment
Beijing ; China ; Geographical information system ; Living standard ; Regional development ; Regression analysis ; Spatial analysis ; Spatial differentiation
Car ; China ; Competition ; Manufactured products ; Market economy
In connection with international car exhibitions in 2007 BMW sued the importer of an SUV made in China that resembled its BMW X5 model. Equally Mercedes-Benz is considering suing a Chinese car manufacturer as his model looked very much like
the “Smart”. Such legal battles illustrate that Chinese car manufacturers have closed in on international competitors over the past years. As late as 1978, China produced only 15 000 cars, mostly hand-made. In the meantime Chinese companies have gained
Reconstruction of summer temperature variation from maximum density of alpine during 1917-2002 for west Sichuan Plateau, China
China ; Climatic variability ; Climatic warming ; Conifer ; Dendroclimatology ; Dendrology ; Global change ; Mountain ; Sichuan ; Summer ; Temperature
This paper studies the relationship between tree ring width and density and climatic factors by the samples collected from west Sichuan Plateau, which is the modern distribution center of subalpine ever-green coniferous forest in China. The AA
Lake evolution and its implication for environmental changes in China during 1950-2000
China ; Climatic variability ; Human impact ; Impact ; Lake ; Lake level ; Water quality ; Water resources
The aim of this paper is to compare the lake-volume changes in the eastern and western lake regions of China during 1950-2000, to diagnose the dynamic mechanism of lake evolution in a regional scale, and furthermore, to provide scientific basis
Multifractal characteristics of soil particle size distribution under different land-use types on the Loess Plateau, China
China ; Fractals ; Grain size distribution ; Land use ; Loess ; Plateau ; Shaanxi ; Soil erosion ; Soil properties
. The study was conducted on the hilly-gullied regions of the Loess Plateau, China. A Calcic Cambisol soil was sampled from 5 land-use types : woodland, shrub land, grassland, terrace farmland and abandoned slope farmland with planted trees. Discussion