A multilevel analysis of effects of land use policy on land-cover change and local land use decisions

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  • Jing Zhang
  • Jianming Niu
  • Alexander Buyantuev
  • Jianguo Wu
چکیده

Drylands, which occupy more than 40% of the Earth’s land surface, are highly susceptible to degradation. It is important to understand causes, mechanisms, and environmental consequences of dryland ecosystem degradation. Land use policies are known to play a critical role in driving land cover changes, as well as in mitigating land degradation and promoting sustainable development in drylands. We analyzed the effects of different policies on vegetation cover and the attitude of local people toward policy changes in Uxin county, Inner Mongolia, China, based on remote sensed Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) time series and household surveys. Overall vegetation in the study area was found to recover during 1987e2007. Multilevel statistical modeling results demonstrated that NDVI, density of agricultural population, density of livestock, land use, accessibility to market, and mean annual precipitation all had significant effects on re-vegetation. Changes in land use policy, which restricted farmers and herdsmen in certain land use practices and eliminated rangeland overload, were found to be an important driver of vegetation recovery during 1997e2007. Local households in the area generally approve the policy but adjust it according to their cultural traditions or land use practices. 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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تاریخ انتشار 2014