An interdisciplinary approach to depict landscape change drivers: A case study of the Ticuiz agrarian community in Michoacan, Mexico

Landscape changes are driven by a combination of physical, ecological and socio-cultural factors. Hence, a large amount of information is necessary to monitor these changes and to develop effective strategies for management and conservation. For this, novel strategies for combining social and environmental data need to be developed. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the value of an innovative interdisciplinary approach to help in explaining landscape change. We integrated three main sources of information: biophysical landscape attributes, land-use/cover change analysis and social perceptions of land-use change, institutional and policy factors and environmental services. Multivariate statistical analysis was used to develop a weight for each variable described or quantified. Finally we identified proximate causes and underlying driving forces of land transformation in the study area. The study was undertaken in a typical community in Mexico.     

Evolution and driving forces of rural functions in urban agglomeration: A case study of the Chang-Zhu-Tan region

Journal of Geographical Sciences - As the Rural Revitalization Strategy is gradually implemented, China’s rural areas are set to have more diverse function requirements. This paper selects...     

Land use and land cover change in Liaocheng Prefecture of China

1 Introduction1.1 Introduction to Liaocheng PrefectureLiaocheng Prefecture lies in northwest of Shandong Province and slightly north to the center of the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain with latitudes between 35(47'N and 37(02'N and longitudes between 115(16'E and 116(32'E. Administratively, it consists of two cities (Liaocheng and Linqing) and six counties (Yanggu, Shenxian, Chiping, Dong'e, Guanxian and Gaotang). It covers a total area of 8590 km2 with a maximum distance of 114 km from eas…     

Does I = PAT Work in Local Places?

An aspect of global change currently not well understood is how processes operating on spatial scales finer than those used in recent global circulation models (GCMs) contribute to changes in atmospheric composition and the subsequent changes in climate. We use the ‘IPAT’ formulation as a framework to test relationships among social driving forces and user group greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in northwestern North Carolina. Using regression, correlation, and bivariate mapping to examine relationships between a suite of socioeconomic variables and GHG emissions for the residential, commercial/industrial, and agricultural end‐user categories, we find that various measures of population and affluence serve equally well as explanatory variables.     

城市中穆斯林流动人口的空间行为特征及动力机制研究——以兰州市回族、东乡族为例

城市流动穆斯林的流迁行为因加入了民族文化、民族传统与民族意识等变量而具有复杂性和特殊性。本文以兰州市回族、东乡族为例,研究了其流动穆斯林人口的流迁行为特征及驱动力,得出如下结论:①流动穆斯林的来源地构成单一,主要以周边少数民族地区为主;来源地具有典型的"核心—边缘"结构,交通牵引使该结构发生分异;②居住地选择具有"围寺而居,围寺而作"的特点,呈"大杂居、小聚居"的地缘结构;③兰州市流动穆斯林流迁行为驱动力方面,研究认为除了包括由于经济不平衡发展导致的来自兰州市的吸引"拉力"与来自流出地的"推力"外,宗教生活的便利性以及兰州市定居穆斯林与流动穆斯林之间民族的同质性也已成为影响穆斯林流入兰州市的重要推动力量。研究结果对于合理疏导少数民族的空间流动方向与规模具有一定的理论和现实意义。     

中国城市群发育的新型驱动力研究

城市群是国家参与全球竞争和国际分工的全新地域单元,城市群发育对于推进城市化进程、增强综合国力具有显著作用,研究城市群发育驱动力具有重要价值.伴随着不断加强的全球化、信息化进程,中国城市群逐渐发育起来,在此过程中出现五个新型驱动力.通过对中国23个城市群的综合比较分析发现:经济全球化驱动中国城市群与国际接轨,对外开放程度...     

华北典型河流年径流演变规律及其驱动力分析--以潮白河为例

经华北典型河流－－潮白河为主要研究对象,结合多种分析方法,对潮白河近百年来的径流演变规律及其驱动因子作了较为全面的分析。结果表明,河川径流总体呈指数减少趋势,演化过程中表现出明显的阶段性和相依性。相关分析和回归分析表明,人类活动已成为河川径流演化的主要驱动因子。掠夺式的水资源开发,已使潮白河下游河段断流,情势日趋严重,严重损害了河道的系统功能,是河流季节化以及河道萎缩的主要原因。     

贵阳城市地域结构演变及其环境效应

从城市地域范围 (规模 )、经济社会结构、职能结构、形态结构等方面阐述了贵阳城市地域结构演变的基本特征、趋势 ,探讨了城市地域结构演变的驱动力因子 ,并对近代贵阳城市地域结构演变所带来的系列环境效应进行了分析评述     

美军数字化战场剖析及对我军测绘保障发展的几点认识

本文剖析了美军数字化部队和数字化战场的内涵，阐述了对发展我军测绘保障的一些认识。