Restoration and Development of the Degraded Loess Plateau, China [electronic resource] /
Tsunekawa, Atsushi.editor.
Liu, Guobin.editor.
Yamanaka, Norikazu.editor.
Du, Sheng.editor.
This book presents state-of-the-art scientific evidence and technological innovations to restore lands on the Loess Plateau of China, known worldwide for its serious land degradation and desertification problems. Supported by a rapidly developing Chinese economy and the dissemination of effective technology, the Grain-for-Green Project and Western Development Action launched by the Chinese government have resulted in successful ecological restoration and protection over the past 30 years. These programs have contributed not only to conservation of soil and water, but also to economic development. At the same time, however, these developmental interventions have brought new challenges that have not yet been fully addressed. The book describes (1) case studies of success and failure in practice, including rare success stories of combating desertification; (2) technical issues such as erosion control and breeding of stress-tolerant plant species, and socioeconomic measures taken by the Chinese government and lending policies with support from the World Bank; and (3) comprehensive measures against desertification, such as water and wind erosion, salinization, and deforestation. This volume is recommended for researchers and students above the undergraduate level in diverse fields including soil science, rural engineering, social technology and civil engineering, biology, ecology, climatology, physical and human geography, and developmental economics, among others. It also serves as a valuable resource for engineers, government officials, and NPOs and NGOs involved in afforestation, ecological restoration, combating desertification, disaster prevention, and sustainable rural development.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book presents state-of-the-art scientific evidence and technological innovations to restore lands on the Loess Plateau of China, known worldwide for its serious land degradation and desertification problems. Supported by a rapidly developing Chinese economy and the dissemination of effective technology, the Grain-for-Green Project and Western Development Action launched by the Chinese government have resulted in successful ecological restoration and protection over the past 30 years. These programs have contributed not only to conservation of soil and water, but also to economic development. At the same time, however, these developmental interventions have brought new challenges that have not yet been fully addressed. The book describes (1) case studies of success and failure in practice, including rare success stories of combating desertification; (2) technical issues such as erosion control and breeding of stress-tolerant plant species, and socioeconomic measures taken by the Chinese government and lending policies with support from the World Bank; and (3) comprehensive measures against desertification, such as water and wind erosion, salinization, and deforestation. This volume is recommended for researchers and students above the undergraduate level in diverse fields including soil science, rural engineering, social technology and civil engineering, biology, ecology, climatology, physical and human geography, and developmental economics, among others. It also serves as a valuable resource for engineers, government officials, and NPOs and NGOs involved in afforestation, ecological restoration, combating desertification, disaster prevention, and sustainable rural development.
1. Location, geology and landforms of the Loess Plateau / Mei-Jie Yan, Qiu-Yu He, Norikazu Yamanaka and Sheng Du -- 2. Climate of the Loess Plateau / Reiji Kimura and Naru Takayama -- 3. Soils on the Loess Plateau / Sadahiro Yamamoto and Tsuneyoshi Endo -- 4. Vegetation of the Loess Plateau / Norikazu Yamanaka, Qing-Chun Hou and Sheng Du -- 5. Agriculture on the Loess Plateau / Ping An, Tomoe Inoue, Mingqing Zheng, A. Erginya Eneji and Shinobu Inanaga -- 6. Soil erosion in the Loess Plateau Region of China / Fenli Zheng and Bin Wang -- 7. Irrigated agriculture and salinization / Katsuyuki Shimizu, Shen-Li Yang and Yoshinobu Kitamura -- 8. Land use change and deforestation on the Loess Plateau / Jing-Feng He, Jin-Hong Guan and Wen-Hui Zhang -- 9. Comprehensive Chinese government policies to combat desertification / Zhan-Bin Li, Peng Li, Ping-Ping Huang and Xiao-June Liu -- 10. Grain-for-green policy and its achievements / Ji-Jun Wang, Zhi-De Jiang and Zi-Lan Xia -- 11. Poverty alleviation projects through integrated ecological management supported by the World Bank: case study of the Yanhe River Basin / Puling Liu, Yi Zhang and Yongqing Ma -- 12. Policies and measures of Chinese local government on grain-for-green policy and desertification control / Yin-Li Liang, An-Rong Luo and Lan Mu -- 13. Monitoring regional desertification / Reiji Kimura -- 14. Countermeasures to prevent water erosion in the Loess Plateau of China / Juying Jiao -- 15/ Secondary salinization and its countermeaures / Yoshino Kitamura, Sheng-Li Yang and Katsuyuki Shimizu  -- 16. Enhancing drought resistance of plants using wheat as a test crop / Xi-Ping Deng -- 17. Vegetation restoration on Loess Plateau / Kyoichi Otsuki, Norikazu Yamanaka and Sheng Du -- 18. Recent changes on the Loess Plateau: land resource development and rapid urbanization / Ming-Quan Lü, Zi-Lan Xia and Ji-Jun Wang -- 19. Future development-related challenges on the Loess Plateau / Guobin Liu, Atsushi Tsunekawa, Xiaohu Dang, and Sheng Du.
Environmental management.
Soil science.
Soil conservation.
Nature conservation.
Environment.
Environmental Management.
Soil Science & Conservation.
Nature Conservation.
Environment, general.