Desertification is a serious global environmental problem that affects many people directly in countries with semi-arid or arid climates. The causes of desertification are diverse and complicated, ranging from international economic activities to unsustainable land use practices of local communities. The consequence of desertification reduces the ability of the land to support life and decrease...

Increasing pressure on water supply worldwide, especially in arid areas, has resulted in groundwater overexploitation and contamination, and subsequent deterioration of the groundwater quality and threats to public health. Environmental risk assessment of regional groundwater is an important tool for groundwater protection. This study presents a new approach for assessing the environmental risk...

China is in the process of rapid urbanization, and wise land use is critical to the longterm sustainability of Chinese cities. Promotion of a compact city is typically believed to be a helpful for sustainable land use management. However, given the fact that Chinese cities are characterized by high population densities, the applicability of a more compact solution to expanding cities in China r...

On the influence of trust in predicting rural land owner cooperation with natural resource management institutions Joseph A. Hamm, Lesa Hoffman, Alan J. Tomkins & Brian H. Bornstein To cite this article: Joseph A. Hamm, Lesa Hoffman, Alan J. Tomkins & Brian H. Bornstein (2016): On the influence of trust in predicting rural land owner cooperation with natural resource management institutions, Jo...

Soil salinization is an urgent problem in the arid and semi-arid regions that damages soil ecology affects agricultural growths. Timely supervision monitoring of salinity are essential to reach most sustainable improvement goals regions. In present study, Aktau region Xinjiang, China was collected build a remote sensing based inversion model for identifying hazards. Results showed Normalized Di...

100-150 words) Remote sensing methods for locating and monitoring temporary ponds over large areas in arid lands were tested on a study site in Northern Senegal. Three main results are presented, validated with field data and intended to highlight different spectral, spatial and temporal characteristics of the methods: 1) Among several water indices tested, two Middle InfraRed-based indices (MN...

100-150 words) Remote sensing methods for locating and monitoring temporary ponds over large areas in arid lands were tested on a study site in Northern Senegal. Three main results are presented, validated with field data and intended to highlight different spectral, spatial and temporal characteristics of the methods: 1) Among several water indices tested, two Middle InfraRed-based indices (MN...

Monitoring of net primary productivity (NPP) is especially important for the fragile ecosystems in arid and semi-arid regions. Great interest exists in observing large-scale vegetation dynamics and understanding spatial and temporal patterns of NPP in these areas. In this study we present results of NPP obtained with the model BETHY/DLR for Kazakhstan for 2003-2011 and its spatial and temporal ...