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Multi-Scale Analysis of Green Space for Human Settlement Sustainability in Urban Areas of the Inner Mongolia Plateau, China
sustainability Article Multi-Scale Analysis of Green Space for Human Settlement Sustainability in Urban Areas of the Inner Mongolia Plateau, China Wenfeng Chi 1,2, Jing Jia 1,2, Tao Pan 3,4,5,* , Liang Jin 1,2 and Xiulian Bai 1,2 1 College of resources and Environmental Economics, Inner Mongolia University of Finance and Economics, Inner Mongolia, Hohhot 010070, China; [email protected] (W.C.); [email protected] (J.J.); [email protected] (L.J.); [email protected] (X.B.) 2 Resource Utilization and Environmental Protection Coordinated Development Academician Expert Workstation in the North of China, Inner Mongolia University of Finance and Economics, Inner Mongolia, Hohhot 010070, China 3 College of Geography and Tourism, Qufu Normal University, Shandong, Rizhao 276826, China 4 Department of Geography, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium 5 Land Research Center of Qufu Normal University, Shandong, Rizhao 276826, China * Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +86-1834-604-6488 Received: 19 July 2020; Accepted: 18 August 2020; Published: 21 August 2020 Abstract: Green space in intra-urban regions plays a significant role in improving the human habitat environment and regulating the ecosystem service in the Inner Mongolian Plateau of China, the environmental barrier region of North China. However, a lack of multi-scale studies on intra-urban green space limits our knowledge of human settlement environments in this region. In this study, a synergistic methodology, including the main process of linear spectral decomposition, vegetation-soil-impervious surface area model, and artificial digital technology, was established to generate a multi-scale of green space (i.e., 15-m resolution intra-urban green components and 0.5-m resolution park region) and investigate multi-scale green space characteristics as well as its ecological service in 12 central cities of the Inner Mongolian Plateau. -
Performing Masculinity in Peri-Urban China: Duty, Family, Society
The London School of Economics and Political Science Performing Masculinity in Peri-Urban China: Duty, Family, Society Magdalena Wong A thesis submitted to the Department of Anthropology of the London School of Economics for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, London December 2016 1 DECLARATION I certify that the thesis I have presented for examination for the MPhil/ PhD degree of the London School of Economics and Political Science is solely my own work other than where I have clearly indicated that it is the work of others (in which case the extent of any work carried out jointly by me and any other person is clearly identified in it). The copyright of this thesis rests with the author. Quotation from it is permitted, provided that full acknowledgement is made. This thesis may not be reproduced without my prior written consent. I warrant that this authorisation does not, to the best of my belief, infringe the rights of any third party. I declare that my thesis consists of 97,927 words. Statement of use of third party for editorial help I confirm that different sections of my thesis were copy edited by Tiffany Wong, Emma Holland and Eona Bell for conventions of language, spelling and grammar. 2 ABSTRACT This thesis examines how a hegemonic ideal that I refer to as the ‘able-responsible man' dominates the discourse and performance of masculinity in the city of Nanchong in Southwest China. This ideal, which is at the core of the modern folk theory of masculinity in Nanchong, centres on notions of men's ability (nengli) and responsibility (zeren). -
Chinese Cities of Opportunities 2018 Report
Beijing Harbin Lanzhou Jinan Wuhan Ningbo Guangzhou Kunming Shanghai Shenyang Xi’an Qingdao Wuxi Fuzhou Shenzhen Guiyang Tianjin Dalian Taiyuan Zhengzhou Suzhou Xiamen Zhuhai Chongqing Urumqi Shijiazhuang Nanjing Hangzhou Changsha Chengdu Chinese Cities of Opportunity 2018 Cities: Creating a beautiful life and new opportunities In modern society, cities are the most Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan Region, offers a comprehensive evaluation of the important spaces in which people can the Guanzhong Plain urban cluster, competitiveness, influence and potential pursue a better life. China has the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Zone, of urban development to provide largest urban population in the world. In the central-southern of Liaoning and benchmarks for overall urban 2017, over 58% of China’s population, or Harbin-Changchun urban cluster. development, and has come to exert an more than 800 million people, lived in People gravitate toward areas with extensive influence in China. On the cities, and the urbanisation rate for economic opportunities and high quality basis of Chinese Cities of Opportunity residents is increasing by over one public services. Therefore, enhancing 2017, the number of sample cities percentage point every year. The the inclusiveness, balance and observed this year has increased to 30, advancement of urbanisation has sustainability of the development of and special attention has been given to pushed forward the intensive and urban clusters with large cities is a the development of national strategic efficient use of resources, promoted significant undertaking at the core of regions such as Guangdong-Hong innovation and enabled the economy to resolving “the principal contradiction Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area and prosper, while providing better basic between unbalanced and inadequate Xiong’an New Area. -
Glaciers in Xinjiang, China: Past Changes and Current Status
water Article Glaciers in Xinjiang, China: Past Changes and Current Status Puyu Wang 1,2,3,*, Zhongqin Li 1,3,4, Hongliang Li 1,2, Zhengyong Zhang 3, Liping Xu 3 and Xiaoying Yue 1 1 State Key Laboratory of Cryosphere Science/Tianshan Glaciological Station, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China; [email protected] (Z.L.); [email protected] (H.L.); [email protected] (X.Y.) 2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China 3 College of Sciences, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832000, China; [email protected] (Z.Z.); [email protected] (L.X.) 4 College of Geography and Environment Sciences, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, China * Correspondence: [email protected] Received: 18 June 2020; Accepted: 11 August 2020; Published: 24 August 2020 Abstract: The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China is the largest arid region in Central Asia, and is heavily dependent on glacier melt in high mountains for water supplies. In this paper, glacier and climate changes in Xinjiang during the past decades were comprehensively discussed based on glacier inventory data, individual monitored glacier observations, recent publications, as well as meteorological records. The results show that glaciers have been in continuous mass loss and dimensional shrinkage since the 1960s, although there are spatial differences between mountains and sub-regions, and the significant temperature increase is the dominant controlling factor of glacier change. The mass loss of monitored glaciers in the Tien Shan has accelerated since the late 1990s, but has a slight slowing after 2010. Remote sensing results also show a more negative mass balance in the 2000s and mass loss slowing in the latest decade (2010s) in most regions. -
Spatial Heterogeneous of Ecological Vulnerability in Arid and Semi-Arid Area: a Case of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China
sustainability Article Spatial Heterogeneous of Ecological Vulnerability in Arid and Semi-Arid Area: A Case of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China Rong Li 1, Rui Han 1, Qianru Yu 1, Shuang Qi 2 and Luo Guo 1,* 1 College of the Life and Environmental Science, Minzu University of China, Beijing 100081, China; [email protected] (R.L.); [email protected] (R.H.); [email protected] (Q.Y.) 2 Department of Geography, National University of Singapore; Singapore 117570, Singapore; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected] Received: 25 April 2020; Accepted: 26 May 2020; Published: 28 May 2020 Abstract: Ecological vulnerability, as an important evaluation method reflecting regional ecological status and the degree of stability, is the key content in global change and sustainable development. Most studies mainly focus on changes of ecological vulnerability concerning the temporal trend, but rarely take arid and semi-arid areas into consideration to explore the spatial heterogeneity of the ecological vulnerability index (EVI) there. In this study, we selected the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region on the Loess Plateau of China, a typical arid and semi-arid area, as a case to investigate the spatial heterogeneity of the EVI every five years, from 1990 to 2015. Based on remote sensing data, meteorological data, and economic statistical data, this study first evaluated the temporal-spatial change of ecological vulnerability in the study area by Geo-information Tupu. Further, we explored the spatial heterogeneity of the ecological vulnerability using Getis-Ord Gi*. Results show that: (1) the regions with high ecological vulnerability are mainly concentrated in the north of the study area, which has high levels of economic growth, while the regions with low ecological vulnerability are mainly distributed in the relatively poor regions in the south of the study area. -
Appendix 1: Rank of China's 338 Prefecture-Level Cities
Appendix 1: Rank of China’s 338 Prefecture-Level Cities © The Author(s) 2018 149 Y. Zheng, K. Deng, State Failure and Distorted Urbanisation in Post-Mao’s China, 1993–2012, Palgrave Studies in Economic History, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92168-6 150 First-tier cities (4) Beijing Shanghai Guangzhou Shenzhen First-tier cities-to-be (15) Chengdu Hangzhou Wuhan Nanjing Chongqing Tianjin Suzhou苏州 Appendix Rank 1: of China’s 338 Prefecture-Level Cities Xi’an Changsha Shenyang Qingdao Zhengzhou Dalian Dongguan Ningbo Second-tier cities (30) Xiamen Fuzhou福州 Wuxi Hefei Kunming Harbin Jinan Foshan Changchun Wenzhou Shijiazhuang Nanning Changzhou Quanzhou Nanchang Guiyang Taiyuan Jinhua Zhuhai Huizhou Xuzhou Yantai Jiaxing Nantong Urumqi Shaoxing Zhongshan Taizhou Lanzhou Haikou Third-tier cities (70) Weifang Baoding Zhenjiang Yangzhou Guilin Tangshan Sanya Huhehot Langfang Luoyang Weihai Yangcheng Linyi Jiangmen Taizhou Zhangzhou Handan Jining Wuhu Zibo Yinchuan Liuzhou Mianyang Zhanjiang Anshan Huzhou Shantou Nanping Ganzhou Daqing Yichang Baotou Xianyang Qinhuangdao Lianyungang Zhuzhou Putian Jilin Huai’an Zhaoqing Ningde Hengyang Dandong Lijiang Jieyang Sanming Zhoushan Xiaogan Qiqihar Jiujiang Longyan Cangzhou Fushun Xiangyang Shangrao Yingkou Bengbu Lishui Yueyang Qingyuan Jingzhou Taian Quzhou Panjin Dongying Nanyang Ma’anshan Nanchong Xining Yanbian prefecture Fourth-tier cities (90) Leshan Xiangtan Zunyi Suqian Xinxiang Xinyang Chuzhou Jinzhou Chaozhou Huanggang Kaifeng Deyang Dezhou Meizhou Ordos Xingtai Maoming Jingdezhen Shaoguan -
Analysis of the Hydrological System of Hexi Corridor, Gansu Province
The Hydrological Basis for Water Resources Management (Proceedings of the Beijing Symposium, October 1990). IAHS Publ. no. 197,1990. Analysis of the hydrological system of Hexi Corridor, Gansu Province CHEN MENGXIONG Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources, Beijing 100812, China Abstract There are three major drainage systems in the Hexi Corridor, known as the Shiyangho, the Heiho and the Suleho, running from east to west, respectively. Each drainage system usually involves two or three basins connected with each other from the upper reach to the lower reach, to form a complete hydrological system. This paper gives a detailed analysis of the configuration of the hydrological system, dealing particularly with the relationships between the surface water system, the groundwater system, the water balance and the variation of the groundwater regime, as well as with the interaction of surface water and groundwater in water resources exploitation. Analyses du système hydrologique du Corridor de Hexi, Gansu Résumé Dans le Corridor de Hexi existent respectivement, de l'est à l'ouest, trois systèmes importants de drainage nommés Shiyangho, Heiho et Suleho. Chacun de ces trois systèmes com porte généralement deux ou trois bassins interconnectés l'un à l'autre et de l'amont à l'aval pour former un système hydrologique complet. Cet article présente des analyses détaillées sur la con figuration du système hydrologique, en particulier, sur les relations entre le système d'eau de surface et celui des eaux souterraines, le bilan hydrologique, les variations de régime de l'eau souterraine, ainsi que l'interaction des eaux de surface et des eaux souterraines dans l'exploitation des ressources en eau. -
Continuing Crackdown in Inner Mongolia
CONTINUING CRACKDOWN IN INNER MONGOLIA Human Rights Watch/Asia (formerly Asia Watch) CONTINUING CRACKDOWN IN INNER MONGOLIA Human Rights Watch/Asia (formerly Asia Watch) Human Rights Watch New York $$$ Washington $$$ Los Angeles $$$ London Copyright 8 March 1992 by Human Rights Watch All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. ISBN 1-56432-059-6 Human Rights Watch/Asia (formerly Asia Watch) Human Rights Watch/Asia was established in 1985 to monitor and promote the observance of internationally recognized human rights in Asia. Sidney Jones is the executive director; Mike Jendrzejczyk is the Washington director; Robin Munro is the Hong Kong director; Therese Caouette, Patricia Gossman and Jeannine Guthrie are research associates; Cathy Yai-Wen Lee and Grace Oboma-Layat are associates; Mickey Spiegel is a research consultant. Jack Greenberg is the chair of the advisory committee and Orville Schell is vice chair. HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Human Rights Watch conducts regular, systematic investigations of human rights abuses in some seventy countries around the world. It addresses the human rights practices of governments of all political stripes, of all geopolitical alignments, and of all ethnic and religious persuasions. In internal wars it documents violations by both governments and rebel groups. Human Rights Watch defends freedom of thought and expression, due process and equal protection of the law; it documents and denounces murders, disappearances, torture, arbitrary imprisonment, exile, censorship and other abuses of internationally recognized human rights. Human Rights Watch began in 1978 with the founding of its Helsinki division. Today, it includes five divisions covering Africa, the Americas, Asia, the Middle East, as well as the signatories of the Helsinki accords. -
Transmission of Han Pictorial Motifs Into the Western Periphery: Fuxi and Nüwa in the Wei-Jin Mural Tombs in the Hexi Corridor*8
DOI: 10.4312/as.2019.7.2.47-86 47 Transmission of Han Pictorial Motifs into the Western Periphery: Fuxi and Nüwa in the Wei-Jin Mural Tombs in the Hexi Corridor*8 ∗∗ Nataša VAMPELJ SUHADOLNIK 9 Abstract This paper examines the ways in which Fuxi and Nüwa were depicted inside the mu- ral tombs of the Wei-Jin dynasties along the Hexi Corridor as compared to their Han counterparts from the Central Plains. Pursuing typological, stylistic, and iconographic approaches, it investigates how the western periphery inherited the knowledge of the divine pair and further discusses the transition of the iconographic and stylistic design of both deities from the Han (206 BCE–220 CE) to the Wei and Western Jin dynasties (220–316). Furthermore, examining the origins of the migrants on the basis of historical records, it also attempts to discuss the possible regional connections and migration from different parts of the Chinese central territory to the western periphery. On the basis of these approaches, it reveals that the depiction of Fuxi and Nüwa in Gansu area was modelled on the Shandong regional pattern and further evolved into a unique pattern formed by an iconographic conglomeration of all attributes and other physical characteristics. Accordingly, the Shandong region style not only spread to surrounding areas in the central Chinese territory but even to the more remote border regions, where it became the model for funerary art motifs. Key Words: Fuxi, Nüwa, the sun, the moon, a try square, a pair of compasses, Han Dynasty, Wei-Jin period, Shandong, migration Prenos slikovnih motivov na zahodno periferijo: Fuxi in Nüwa v grobnicah s poslikavo iz obdobja Wei Jin na območju prehoda Hexi Izvleček Pričujoči prispevek v primerjalni perspektivi obravnava upodobitev Fuxija in Nüwe v grobnicah s poslikavo iz časa dinastij Wei in Zahodni Jin (220–316) iz province Gansu * The author acknowledges the financial support of the Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS) in the framework of the research core funding Asian languages and Cultures (P6-0243). -
Climate Change
This “Mongolia Second Assessment Report on Climate Change 2014” (MARCC 2014) has been developed and published by the Ministry of Environment and Green Development of Mongolia with financial support from the GIZ programme “Biodiversity and adaptation of key forest ecosystems to climate change”, which is being implemented in Mongolia on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. Copyright © 2014, Ministry of Environment and Green Development of Mongolia Editors-in-chief: Damdin Dagvadorj Zamba Batjargal Luvsan Natsagdorj Disclaimers This publication may be reproduced in whole or in part in any form for educational or non-profit services without special permission from the copyright holder, provided acknowledgement of the source is made. The Ministry of Environment and Green Development of Mongolia would appreciate receiving a copy of any publication that uses this publication as a source. No use of this publication may be made for resale or any other commercial purpose whatsoever without prior permission in writing from the Ministry of Environment and Green Development of Mongolia. TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Figures . 3 List of Tables . .. 12 Abbreviations . 14 Units . 17 Foreword . 19 Preface . 22 1. Introduction. Batjargal Z. 27 1.1 Background information about the country . 33 1.2 Introductory information on the second assessment report-MARCC 2014 . 31 2. Climate change: observed changes and future projection . 37 2.1 Global climate change and its regional and local implications. Batjargal Z. 39 2.1.1 Observed global climate change as estimated within IPCC AR5 . 40 2.1.2 Temporary slowing down of the warming . 43 2.1.3 Driving factors of the global climate change . -
Climate-Driven Desertification and Its Implications for the Ancient Silk Road Trade
Clim. Past, 17, 1395–1407, 2021 https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-1395-2021 © Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Climate-driven desertification and its implications for the ancient Silk Road trade Guanghui Dong1, Leibin Wang2, David Dian Zhang2, Fengwen Liu3, Yifu Cui4, Guoqiang Li1, Zhilin Shi5, and Fahu Chen6 1Key Laboratory of Western China’s Environmental Systems (Ministry of Education), College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China 2Centre for Climate and Environmental Changes, School of Geographical Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China 3Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, School of Ecology and Environment Science, Yunnan University, Kunming 650504, China 4College of Tourism, Huaqiao University, Quanzhou 362021, China 5Institute of Dunhuang Studies, School of History & Culture, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 73000, China 6Group of Alpine Paleoecology and Human Adaptation (ALPHA), State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Resources and Environment (TPESRE), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China Correspondence: Leibin Wang ([email protected]) Received: 29 July 2020 – Discussion started: 7 August 2020 Revised: 15 May 2021 – Accepted: 24 May 2021 – Published: 29 June 2021 Abstract. The ancient Silk Road played a crucial role in cul- 1 Introduction tural exchange and commercial trade between western and eastern Eurasia during the historical period. However, the ex- The ancient Silk Road was the most important link between changes were interrupted in the early 16th century CE, during nations in Eurasia from the 2nd century BCE to the 16th cen- the Ming dynasty. -
CHINA BRIEFING the Practical Application of China Business
CHINA BRIEFING The Practical Application of China Business Business Guide to Central China HEILONGJIANG Harbin Urumqi JILIN Changchun XINJIANG UYGHUR A. R. Shenyang LIAONING INNER MONGOLIABEIJING A. R. GANSU Hohhot HEBEI TIANJIN Shijiazhuang Yinchuan NINGXIA Taiyuan HUI A. R. Jinan Xining SHANXI SHAN- QINGHAI Lanzhou DONG Xi'an Zhengzhou JIANG- SHAANXI HENAN SU TIBET A.R. Hefei Nan- jing SHANGHAI Lhasa ANHUI SICHUAN HUBEI Chengdu Wuhan Hangzhou CHONGQING ZHE- Nanchang JIANG Changsha HUNAN JIANGXIJIANGXI GUIZHOU Fuzhou Guiyang FUJIAN Kunming Taiwan YUNNAN GUANGXI GUANGDONG ZHUANG A. R. Guangzhou Nanning HONG KONG MACAU HAINAN Haikou Featuring the Central Chinese Provinces and Autonomous Regions of Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Inner Mongolia, Jiangxi and Shanxi Including the Mainland Cities of Baotou, Changde, Changsha, Datong, Hohhot, Kaifeng, Luoyang, Manzhouli, Nanchang, Taiyuan, Wuhan, Yichang and Zhengzhou Produced in association with Dezan Shira & Associates Business Guide to Central China Published by: Asia Briefing Ltd. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in retrieval systems or transmitted in any forms or means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise without prior written permission of the publisher. Although our editors, analysts, researchers and other contributors try to make the information as accurate as possible, we accept no responsibility for any financial loss or inconvenience sustained by anyone using this guidebook. The information contained herein, including any expression of opinion, analysis, charting or tables, and statistics has been obtained from or is based upon sources believed to be reliable but is not guaranteed as to accuracy or completeness. © 2008 Asia Briefing Ltd. Suite 904, 9/F, Wharf T&T Centre, Harbour City 7 Canton Road, Tsimshatsui Kowloon HONG KONG ISBN 978-988-17560-4-6 China Briefing online: www.china-briefing.com "China Briefing" and logo are registered trademarks of Asia Briefing Ltd.