%0 Journal Article
%T Human Causes of Aeolian Desertification in Northern China
%A Tao Wang
%A Xian Xue
%A Yiqi Luo
%A Xuhui Zhou
%A Bao Yang
%A Wanqun T
%A Wei Wu
%A Lihua Zhou
%A Qingwei Sun
%A XunmingWang
%A Halin Zhao
%A Xueyong Zhao
%A <br>Tao Wang
%A Xian Xue
%A Yiqi Luo
%A Xuhui Zhou
%A Bao Yang
%A Wanqun T
%A Wei Wu
%A Lihua Zhou
%A Qingwei Sun
%A XunmingWang
%A Halin Zhao
%A Xueyong Zhao
%J 寒旱区科学
%D 2008
%I 
%X Aeolian desertification has rapidly developed in the past 50 years in Northern China, covered an area of 0.386 million km2 by 2000, affected nearly 170 million population, and caused the direct and indirect economic loss of about $6.75 (U.S. dollar) billion per year. Here we present several lines of evidence to demonstrate that human activities guided by policy shifts have been a major force to drive aeolian desertification via changes in land-use patterns and intensity. It is suggested that the desertification can be curbed or even reversed by adopting prevention and control measures with ecologically sound land-use practices in China.
%K aeolian desertification
%K climate change
%K drought
%K human activities
%K Northern China<br>
%U http://www.alljournals.cn/get_abstract_url.aspx?pcid=E62459D214FD64A3C8082E4ED1ABABED5711027BBBDDD35B&cid=869B153A4C6B5B85&jid=179362CF6F8AE4E2D95268111832CC42&aid=5401D2266E12F233D4EF7D2E1CE0F6D5&yid=67289AFF6305E306&iid=CA4FD0336C81A37A&sid=DB513E2B104C417F&eid=5AAD0A11BFC03615&journal_id=1674-3822&journal_name=寒旱区科学&referenced_num=0&reference_num=0