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JOURNAL OF DESERT RESEARCH  2013, Vol. 33 Issue (6): 1643-1653    DOI: 10.7522/j.issn.1000-694X.2013.00240
Desert and Desertification     
A Multilevel/Multiscale Analysis of the Impact of Land Use Drivers on Desertification: A case study of Uxin Banner, Inner Mongolia, China
ZHANG Jing1,2, NIU Jian-ming1,3, Tongliga4, ZHANG Xue-feng1
1.College of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, China;
2.School of Environment and Resource, Dalian Nationalities University, Dalian 116600, Liaoning, China;
3.Sino-US Center for Conservation, Energy, and Sustainability Science, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, China;
4.Faculty of Resources and Environment, Baotou Teachers College, Baotou 014030, Inner Mongolia, China
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Abstract  

Desertification, which is referred to land degradation in drylands, is often triggered by human activities and natural factors. To understand how land use changes and their drivers influence long-term land cover dynamics we used remote sensing data and multilevel statistical model to analyze spatio-temporal patterns of desertification in the Uxin Banner of Inner Mongolia, China. We found that desertification-induced land degradation expanded during the 1977-1987, but this process reversed during 1987-2007. Multilevel statistical modeling results suggest rural population density, the density of livestock, and accessibility to markets all have significant effects on desertification reversion at the local level, while changes in precipitation and land use policies are important at the region level. Particularly, were found land use policies were principal drivers of vegetation recovery. We therefore conclude that multilevel statistical model is effective and practical tool for understanding mechanisms of land degradation in Uxin Banner and other similar regions.

Key words:  multilevel statistical model      scale      desertification      land use policy      Uxin Banner     
Received:  12 September 2012      Published:  15 November 2012
ZTFLH:  X144  

Cite this article: 

ZHANG Jing1,2, NIU Jian-ming1,3, Tongliga4, ZHANG Xue-feng1. A Multilevel/Multiscale Analysis of the Impact of Land Use Drivers on Desertification: A case study of Uxin Banner, Inner Mongolia, China. JOURNAL OF DESERT RESEARCH, 2013, 33(6): 1643-1653.

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http://www.desert.ac.cn/EN/10.7522/j.issn.1000-694X.2013.00240     OR     http://www.desert.ac.cn/EN/Y2013/V33/I6/1643

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