Effects of Gansu Arid Climate Change on Developing of the western China
甘肃省干旱气候变化及其对西部大开发的影响

Utilizing the historic literature and the instrumental meteorological, hydrological and satellite remote sensing data in Gansu province, the historical climate background of past 10000 years since Holocene is analyzed. Especially, the climate changing near 70 years and the arid climate characters of 2000 are syslematically investigated. Based on these researches, the effects oi Gansu arid climatic change on developing of the western China are proposed, with the emphasis on the effects on agriculture and water resources. Some questions required further thinking and countermeasures are pointed out as well.