Research on dynamic evolvement of desertification in beijing and its neighboring areas by remote sensing

Desertification is one of the most serious environmental, social and economic problems in the contemporary world including China that has aroused close concerns of many countries' governments, and China as well. The paper summarized the current status, distribution, dynamic evolvement by remote...

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Main Authors: Dan Meng, Zhiqiang Zhang, Tao Yang, Huili Gong, Wenji Zhao, Xiaojuan Li, Zhaoning Gong, Yanhui Wang, Zhuowei Hu, Yonghua Sun
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Beijing and neighboring areas
Cities and towns
Degradation
desertification
dynamic evolvement
Earth
Economic forecasting
Environmental economics
Geography
Humans
Large-scale systems
Remote monitoring
Remote sensing
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Summary:Desertification is one of the most serious environmental, social and economic problems in the contemporary world including China that has aroused close concerns of many countries' governments, and China as well. The paper summarized the current status, distribution, dynamic evolvement by remote sensing as monitoring method assisted with field investigation, and forecast the development trend of desertification in Beijing and neighboring areas, analyze reasons mainly accountable for desertification, last put forward proposals concerning action program and principal measures to combat desertification.
ISSN:2153-6996
2153-7003
DOI:10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4422892