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Prof. Xiangzheng Deng
Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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Published: 28 August 2021 in Environment, Development and Sustainability
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With 80% of the world's carbon emissions coming from urban areas and most part of the world still experiencing ever accelerated process of urbanization, China faces huge pressure to achieve the carbon emission peaking in 2030 and realizes the goal of carbon neutrality before 2050. Therefore, this study explored the spatial variability of CO2 emissions from urban construction land among 30 provinces in China, analyzed its driving factors and estimated their potentials for emission reductions from 2000 to 2018. The results demonstrate that: (1) according to the IPCC model, both the carbon emission amounts and carbon emission intensity from urban construction land showed an upward trend from 2000 to 2018. (2) Decomposition analysis of logarithmic mean Divisia index revealed that economic level has positive impact on carbon emissions. Energy efficiency and energy structure are the negative contribution factors to the carbon emissions, and the energy efficiency effect played a more important inhabiting factor. (3) The carbon emission reduction potential indexes was provided to estimate the carbon emission reduction potential of 30 provinces in China; it indicated that 17 provinces have their carbon emission reduction potential indexes less than 1, and they confront with mandatory push to reduce carbon emission under the current national policy. Finally, promoting clean energy and applying internet of things into energy transport corridor system and more low-carbon land planning policies are suggested to facilitate more effective implementation of carbon emissions reduction actions in China.

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Xin Yang; Guangyin Shang; Xiangzheng Deng. Estimation, decomposition and reduction potential calculation of carbon emissions from urban construction land: evidence from 30 provinces in China during 2000–2018. Environment, Development and Sustainability 2021, 1 -18.

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Xin Yang, Guangyin Shang, Xiangzheng Deng. Estimation, decomposition and reduction potential calculation of carbon emissions from urban construction land: evidence from 30 provinces in China during 2000–2018. Environment, Development and Sustainability. 2021; ():1-18.

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Xin Yang; Guangyin Shang; Xiangzheng Deng. 2021. "Estimation, decomposition and reduction potential calculation of carbon emissions from urban construction land: evidence from 30 provinces in China during 2000–2018." Environment, Development and Sustainability , no. : 1-18.

Erratum
Published: 14 July 2021 in Resources, Conservation and Recycling
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Zhihui Li; Jun Xia; Xiangzheng Deng; Haiming Yan. Corrigendum to ‘Multilevel modelling of impacts of human and natural factors on ecosystem services change in an oasis, Northwest China title of article’ [Resources, Conservation & Recycling 169 (2021) 105474 1–11]. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 2021, 174, 105791 .

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Zhihui Li, Jun Xia, Xiangzheng Deng, Haiming Yan. Corrigendum to ‘Multilevel modelling of impacts of human and natural factors on ecosystem services change in an oasis, Northwest China title of article’ [Resources, Conservation & Recycling 169 (2021) 105474 1–11]. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2021; 174 ():105791.

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Zhihui Li; Jun Xia; Xiangzheng Deng; Haiming Yan. 2021. "Corrigendum to ‘Multilevel modelling of impacts of human and natural factors on ecosystem services change in an oasis, Northwest China title of article’ [Resources, Conservation & Recycling 169 (2021) 105474 1–11]." Resources, Conservation and Recycling 174, no. : 105791.

Review article
Published: 06 March 2021 in Journal of Geographical Sciences
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In this paper, we review the research progress in development geography since the 20th century, focusing on its connotation and theory, fields, methods, and development trends. Specifically, we systematically review the research and applications of development geography, comprising fields such as the convergence of underdeveloped countries and regions, and the convergence of the process of improving the quality of life in developed countries and regions. Then, based on an analysis of research progress in development geography in foreign countries, we examine the development conditions and disciplinary advantages of development geography in China. Further, we highlight that future development geography research in China should focus on the latest international academic research and China’s national macro-strategic needs. Future research in development geography should be guided by the theory of sustainable development, the core of which is to improve sustainable livelihood capacity and regional green development levels in underdeveloped regions. This core includes the construction of industrial policy and development geography theory, as well as an interdisciplinary integrated research system. The focus must be placed on researching the spatial patterns, diffusion characteristics, and the convergence mechanism of regional development. Such a focus will facilitate exploration of the regulatory policies and scientific paths that serve regional economic construction and industrial development.

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Xiangzheng Deng; Gui Jin; Shujin He; Chengxin Wang; Zhaohua Li; Zhanqi Wang; Malin Song; Qingyuan Yang; Anlu Zhang; Jiancheng Chen. Research progress and prospect on development geography. Journal of Geographical Sciences 2021, 31, 437 -455.

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Xiangzheng Deng, Gui Jin, Shujin He, Chengxin Wang, Zhaohua Li, Zhanqi Wang, Malin Song, Qingyuan Yang, Anlu Zhang, Jiancheng Chen. Research progress and prospect on development geography. Journal of Geographical Sciences. 2021; 31 (3):437-455.

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Xiangzheng Deng; Gui Jin; Shujin He; Chengxin Wang; Zhaohua Li; Zhanqi Wang; Malin Song; Qingyuan Yang; Anlu Zhang; Jiancheng Chen. 2021. "Research progress and prospect on development geography." Journal of Geographical Sciences 31, no. 3: 437-455.

Journal article
Published: 27 February 2021 in Technological Forecasting and Social Change
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The spatially heterogeneous distribution of CO2 concentrations is an uncertain factor in the assessment of climate change impact. We developed and calibrated a simple climate module to project regional temperature increases using atmospheric simulation output data from the Coupled Model Inter-comparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6). We compared the differences in regional atmospheric temperature changes arising from spatially homogeneous and heterogeneous distributions of CO2 and assessed economic loss. The results indicated that spatially heterogeneous distribution of CO2 affected the projection of regional temperature increases, with faster temperature rises in industrially advanced regions. Compared with a homogeneous distribution, economic damage was aggravated in the Northern Hemisphere using a heterogeneous distribution, especially in middle-latitude regions. China saw increases in economic damage of 0.030%, 0.007%, and 0.002% in 2100 under SSP5-RCP8.5, SSP2-RCP4.5, and SSP1-RCP2.6, respectively. This suggests that impact assessments that ignore spatially heterogeneous CO2 concentrations could lead to inaccurate estimates of climate damage. These findings indicate that it is necessary to parameterize the spatial distribution of CO2 in traditional climate change assessments. The results provide a more accurate estimation of regional temperature increases and climate change-induced economic damage to support policymaking for mitigation and adaptation.

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Sijian Jiang; Xiangzheng Deng; Gang Liu; Fan Zhang. Climate change-induced economic impact assessment by parameterizing spatially heterogeneous CO2 distribution. Technological Forecasting and Social Change 2021, 167, 120668 .

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Sijian Jiang, Xiangzheng Deng, Gang Liu, Fan Zhang. Climate change-induced economic impact assessment by parameterizing spatially heterogeneous CO2 distribution. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 2021; 167 ():120668.

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Sijian Jiang; Xiangzheng Deng; Gang Liu; Fan Zhang. 2021. "Climate change-induced economic impact assessment by parameterizing spatially heterogeneous CO2 distribution." Technological Forecasting and Social Change 167, no. : 120668.

Journal article
Published: 16 February 2021 in Resources, Conservation and Recycling
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Clarifying driving mechanisms of ecosystem services changes is key to sustainable ecosystem management. This study evaluated three key ecosystem services, including carbon sequestration (proxied by net primary production, NPP), water yield, and soil conservation in Zhanyge during 1990-2015, and applied multilevel modeling to examine the impacts of sub-watershed level natural factors and county level human factors on ecosystem services changes. The results showed the ecological vulnerable Qilian mountain area possessed high values of these ecosystem services. During 1990-2015, NPP and water yield increased, and soil conservation decreased. Results of the multilevel models indicated that natural and human factors drove ecosystem service changes in various degrees and directions and it was necessary to consider the scale dependence of the driving factors at different levels. Particularly, forest land, grassland and cultivated land expansion led to increase of NPP, water yield and soil conservation, grain productivity and agricultural machinery level had negative effects on water yield, while had positive impacts on soil conservation. Overall, it is necessary to strengthen ecological protection in the Qilian mountain area and strictly control cultivated land expansion balance to maintain sustainable development of ecosystem with comprehensively considering the effects of driving factors and local conditions.

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Zhihui Li; Jun Xia; Xiangzheng Deng; Haiming Yan. Multilevel modelling of impacts of human and natural factors on ecosystem services change in an oasis, Northwest China. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 2021, 169, 105474 .

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Zhihui Li, Jun Xia, Xiangzheng Deng, Haiming Yan. Multilevel modelling of impacts of human and natural factors on ecosystem services change in an oasis, Northwest China. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2021; 169 ():105474.

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Zhihui Li; Jun Xia; Xiangzheng Deng; Haiming Yan. 2021. "Multilevel modelling of impacts of human and natural factors on ecosystem services change in an oasis, Northwest China." Resources, Conservation and Recycling 169, no. : 105474.

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Published: 14 December 2020 in Sustainability
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A community with a shared future for mankind embodies the concept of sustainable development. This is also China’s contribution to global governance. Some of the Sustainable Development Goals (such as the elimination of hunger and malnutrition) require countries to implement people-centered overall agricultural transformations, and achieving such agricultural transformations is key to ensuring sustainable agricultural development and shifting agriculture toward a greener and more ecological direction. This paper uses the SBM Directional Distance Function and Malmquist Productivity Index with calculated data from 2000 to 2016. The results show that, since 2000, China’s environmental performance index growth has been slow, with an average annual growth rate of only 0.80%. This growth has gone through three phases: a stable up and down phase, a volatility decrease phase, and a volatility increase phase. In general, agricultural technological advances have played a more visible role in promoting a strong performance in reducing carbon emissions. Agriculture in China is also on the way to becoming more sustainable and green.

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Guofeng Wang; Ziyu Qian; Xiangzheng Deng. Analysis of Environmental Policy and the Performance of Sustainable Agricultural Development in China. Sustainability 2020, 12, 10453 .

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Guofeng Wang, Ziyu Qian, Xiangzheng Deng. Analysis of Environmental Policy and the Performance of Sustainable Agricultural Development in China. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (24):10453.

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Guofeng Wang; Ziyu Qian; Xiangzheng Deng. 2020. "Analysis of Environmental Policy and the Performance of Sustainable Agricultural Development in China." Sustainability 12, no. 24: 10453.

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Published: 04 December 2020 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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Reducing vulnerability and strengthening resilience are vital to achieve the sustainable development goals. Identification of socio-economic vulnerability has been a key step for problem identification and solution framing. Using the official data of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries from year 2000 to year 2015, the Data Envelopment Analysis model was applied to evaluate the socio-economic vulnerability of the countries. Subsequently the convergence characteristics of socio-economic vulnerability between the countries were examined using Theil index method. The results showed that the average socio-economic vulnerability of the BRI countries had a decreasing trend, from 0.319 to 0.141, with fluctuations between 2000 and 2015. The South Asia and East Asia-Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) were high vulnerability zones as they experienced frequent natural hazards with high population densities. The Theil indices indicated that overall disparities in the BRI countries’ vulnerability were high with values around 0.575-0.757and did not show obvious convergence trend, even though the disparities in vulnerability scores of the South Asia and East Asia-ASEAN zones were relatively lower. In addition, intra-group disparities constituted about 71.34% of the total disparities, which were the primary cause of the overall disparity in the BRI region, indicating that different levels of socio-economic vulnerability between countries in the same zone was a concern. Proper management and decision-making are proposed, especially in the South Asia and East Asia-ASEAN zones, to reduce socio-economic vulnerability in order to better resist natural hazards.

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Zhihui Li; Xiangzheng Deng; Yue Zhang. Evaluation and convergence analysis of socio-economic vulnerability to natural hazards of Belt and Road Initiative countries. Journal of Cleaner Production 2020, 282, 125406 .

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Zhihui Li, Xiangzheng Deng, Yue Zhang. Evaluation and convergence analysis of socio-economic vulnerability to natural hazards of Belt and Road Initiative countries. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2020; 282 ():125406.

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Zhihui Li; Xiangzheng Deng; Yue Zhang. 2020. "Evaluation and convergence analysis of socio-economic vulnerability to natural hazards of Belt and Road Initiative countries." Journal of Cleaner Production 282, no. : 125406.

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Published: 16 November 2020 in Land
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Recently, improving technical efficiency is an effective way to enhance the quality of grass-based livestock husbandry production and promote an increase in the income of herdsmen, especially in the background of a continuing intensification of climate change processes. This paper, based on the survey data, constructs a stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) model, incorporates net primary productivity (NPP) into the production function as an ecological variable, refines it to the herdsman scale to investigate grassland quality and production capacity, and quantitatively evaluates the technical efficiency of grass-based livestock husbandry and identifies the key influencing factors. The results show that the maximum value of technical efficiency was up to 0.90, and the average value was around 0.53; the herdsmen’s production gap was large and the overall level was relatively low. Additionally, the lack of forage caused by drought was the key factor restricting the current grass-based livestock husbandry production level, and the herdsmen’s adaptive measures, mainly represented as “purchasing forage” and “selling livestock”, had a positive significance for improving technical efficiency. Based on this, expanding the planting area of artificial grassland, improving the efficiency of resource utilization, and enhancing the supply capacity of livestock products while ensuring the ecological security of grassland are effective ways to increase the production level of grass-based livestock husbandry in Hulun Buir.

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Zhe Zhao; Yuping Bai; Xiangzheng Deng; Jiancheng Chen; Jian Hou; Zhihui Li. Changes in Livestock Grazing Efficiency Incorporating Grassland Productivity: The Case of Hulun Buir, China. Land 2020, 9, 447 .

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Zhe Zhao, Yuping Bai, Xiangzheng Deng, Jiancheng Chen, Jian Hou, Zhihui Li. Changes in Livestock Grazing Efficiency Incorporating Grassland Productivity: The Case of Hulun Buir, China. Land. 2020; 9 (11):447.

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Zhe Zhao; Yuping Bai; Xiangzheng Deng; Jiancheng Chen; Jian Hou; Zhihui Li. 2020. "Changes in Livestock Grazing Efficiency Incorporating Grassland Productivity: The Case of Hulun Buir, China." Land 9, no. 11: 447.

Journal article
Published: 09 November 2020 in Remote Sensing
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Net Primary Productivity (NPP) is one of the significant indicators to measure environmental changes; thus, the relevant study of NPP in Northeast China, Asia, is essential to climate changes and ecological sustainable development. Based on the Global Production Efficiency (GLO-PEM) model, this study firstly estimated the NPP in Northeast China, from 2001 to 2019, and then analyzed its spatio-temporal evolution, future changing trend and phenology regularity. Over the years, the NPP of different forests type in Northeast China showed a gradual increasing trend. Compared with other different time stages, the high-value NPP (700–1300 gC·m−2·a−1) in Changbai Mountain, from 2017 to 2019, is more widely distributed. For instance, the NPP has an increasing rate of 6.92% compared to the stage of 2011–2015. Additionally, there was a significant advance at the start of the vegetation growth season (SOS), and a lag at the end of the vegetation growth season (EOS), from 2001 to 2019. Thus, the whole growth period of forests in Northeast China became prolonged with the change of phenology. Moreover, analysis on the sustainability of NPP in the future indicates that the reverse direction feature of NPP change will be slightly stronger than the co-directional feature, meaning that about 30.68% of the study area will switch from improvement to degradation. To conclude, these above studies could provide an important reference for the sustainable development of forests in Northeast China.

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Chunli Wang; Qun’Ou Jiang; Xiangzheng Deng; Kexin Lv; Zhonghui Zhang. Spatio-Temporal Evolution, Future Trend and Phenology Regularity of Net Primary Productivity of Forests in Northeast China. Remote Sensing 2020, 12, 3670 .

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Chunli Wang, Qun’Ou Jiang, Xiangzheng Deng, Kexin Lv, Zhonghui Zhang. Spatio-Temporal Evolution, Future Trend and Phenology Regularity of Net Primary Productivity of Forests in Northeast China. Remote Sensing. 2020; 12 (21):3670.

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Chunli Wang; Qun’Ou Jiang; Xiangzheng Deng; Kexin Lv; Zhonghui Zhang. 2020. "Spatio-Temporal Evolution, Future Trend and Phenology Regularity of Net Primary Productivity of Forests in Northeast China." Remote Sensing 12, no. 21: 3670.

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Published: 16 July 2020 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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As one of the most intensively eroded regions worldwide, soil erosion assessment is currently gaining further momentum in the Loess Plateau (LP), China. However, there exist very few review studies that assess soil erosion in relation to land use and land cover (LULC), climate, and ecosystem services (ESs) at multiple temporal and spatial scales in the LP. Thus, this review provides a comprehensive review of the interactions among soil erosion assessment, climate change, LULC change, and ESs at different scales. We focused on the academic literature published in the English language and analyzed the coverage of soil erosion across 109 publications. Our results highlighted three aspects: (1) studies dealing with the effects of LULC change on soil erosion are abundant. A recent surge in research interest is to explore a threshold of vegetation cover to support a sustainable eco-hydrological environment in the LP. However, the impacts of multiple stressors on soil erosion have received limited attention. (2) The short-term soil erosion assessment dominated the published studies. Cross-spatial-scale and long-term erosion assessments have received little attention. (3) 43% of reviewed papers used a field measurement method to assess soil erosion with the validation of measurement methods. 41% of reviewed papers used empirical models to assess soil erosion, but the modeling validation remains an unsolved problem. Then, three recommendations are listed as follows: (1) the combined impacts of LULC and climate change on soil erosion need to be further examined. (2) Long-term and cross-spatial-scale soil erosion assessments need to be established. (3) Soil erosion modeling accuracy on a large scale needs to be developed.

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Xin Wen; Xiangzheng Deng. Current soil erosion assessment in the Loess Plateau of China: A mini-review. Journal of Cleaner Production 2020, 276, 123091 .

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Xin Wen, Xiangzheng Deng. Current soil erosion assessment in the Loess Plateau of China: A mini-review. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2020; 276 ():123091.

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Xin Wen; Xiangzheng Deng. 2020. "Current soil erosion assessment in the Loess Plateau of China: A mini-review." Journal of Cleaner Production 276, no. : 123091.

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Published: 15 June 2020 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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Clarifying the interactive relationship between urban land-use efficiency (ULUE), industrial transformation, and carbon emissions is of great realistic significance for promoting the coordination of ‘resources-economy-environment’ and achieving green development. This study used the stochastic frontier analysis (SFA), index method (IM), and remote sensing inversion to calculate the ULUE, the industrial transformation degree (ITD), and the carbon emission intensity (CEI) for 108 cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB) from 2005 to 2017, and analyzed their spatiotemporal evolution characteristics. The generalized method of moments (GMM) and impulse response function (IRF) in the panel vector autoregressive (PVAR) model are used to empirically test the dynamic interactive effects of ULUE, ITD, and CEI. The empirical results show that: (i) During the study period, the ULUE and ITD of the YREB increased year-by-year, showing the pattern characteristics of high in the east and low in the west. The CEI decreased by 50.20% cumulatively, and the low-value areas spread from the center of the urban agglomeration towards the periphery. (ⅱ) The GMM shows that there is a significant dynamic dependence between the ULUE, ITD, and CEI. The ULUE has a positive driving effect on the industrial transformation and a negative effects on the CEI in the short term. (ⅲ) The IRF shows that the ULUE and industrial transformation show a synergistic effect of interactive growth. The improvement of the ULUE and industrial restructuring will force the reduction of CEI. The article proposes that the city should take the new urbanization path of resource-conserving, cost-effective, and environment-friendly.

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Yin Dong; Gui Jin; Xiangzheng Deng. Dynamic interactive effects of urban land-use efficiency, industrial transformation, and carbon emissions. Journal of Cleaner Production 2020, 270, 122547 .

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Yin Dong, Gui Jin, Xiangzheng Deng. Dynamic interactive effects of urban land-use efficiency, industrial transformation, and carbon emissions. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2020; 270 ():122547.

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Yin Dong; Gui Jin; Xiangzheng Deng. 2020. "Dynamic interactive effects of urban land-use efficiency, industrial transformation, and carbon emissions." Journal of Cleaner Production 270, no. : 122547.

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Published: 10 June 2020 in Resources, Conservation and Recycling
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Due to climate change and intensive human activities, the frequency and severity of water-related disasters have increased and resulted in socio-economic and environmental damages. Assessment of water-related disaster risk is essential for risk mitigation and management for sustainable development. To investigate these issues, this study examined hazard, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience to disaster in the Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB) of China, where water-related disasters have had an adverse impact on economic development and water resource security. We developed a multiple index system for the concerned YREB 131 cities, applied a risk assessment model to assess the spatio-temporal dynamics of the water-related disaster risk and identified the hotspots of risks in the YREB from 2000 to 2015 based on multisource observation data. The results showed that the average hazard, exposure, and vulnerability increased by 3.62%, 1.28%, and 2.07%, respectively, in the YREB during 2000–2015, revealing that water-related disaster risk presented an upward trend. The high-risk areas were mainly located in the middle and lower reaches of the YREB. The water-related disaster risk for the Chengdu-Chongqing City Cluster and urban agglomeration of the Yangtze River Delta increased and had spatial agglomeration characteristics. In addition, cities’ resilience can contribute to 14%–25% decreases in water-related disaster risk in the YREB. Thus, policy makers should focus more attention on water-related disaster risk reduction and improve cities’ resilience, especially in the middle and lower reaches of the YREB.

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Lu Peng; Jun Xia; Zhihui Li; Chuanglin Fang; Xiangzheng Deng. Spatio-temporal dynamics of water-related disaster risk in the Yangtze River Economic Belt from 2000 to 2015. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 2020, 161, 104851 .

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Lu Peng, Jun Xia, Zhihui Li, Chuanglin Fang, Xiangzheng Deng. Spatio-temporal dynamics of water-related disaster risk in the Yangtze River Economic Belt from 2000 to 2015. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2020; 161 ():104851.

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Lu Peng; Jun Xia; Zhihui Li; Chuanglin Fang; Xiangzheng Deng. 2020. "Spatio-temporal dynamics of water-related disaster risk in the Yangtze River Economic Belt from 2000 to 2015." Resources, Conservation and Recycling 161, no. : 104851.

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Published: 29 April 2020 in Environmental Science and Pollution Research
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Land use and land cover changes (LULCC) significantly affect the climate at regional and global levels through different biogeophysical and biogeochemical processes. However, the effects of biogeophysical aspects of LULCC on climate have been often ignored, which may overestimate the biogeochemical effects on climate change. Thus, understanding the biogeophysical influence of land use changes on climate change in future potential scenarios is crucial. Therefore, it is necessary to identify the mechanism and land use change impacts on future climate under different scenarios through changes in underlying surface and surface energy balance. In order to fill this research gap, three simulations are performed by Weather Research Forecasting (WRF) model for the year 2010–2030 under Business-As-Usual (BAU) scenario, Rapid Economic Growth (REG) scenario, and Coordinated Environmental Sustainability (CES) scenario to evaluate the influence of future LULCC on temperature projections for the Punjab province in Pakistan. Results show that land use conversions under three scenarios induce overall climate cooling in the region. The decrease in annual average temperature in CES scenario (− 0.02 °C) is slightly greater than that in BAU and REG scenarios (− 0.01 °C). The responses of temperature to future LULCC vary in different months in all scenarios, with greater responses in warmer months, causing climate cooling. In each scenario, the response of temperature is found to be sensitive to different land transitions. The findings of the study can be a reference for policy makers, researchers, and development practitioners in their pursuit to understand the effects of land use change on climate.

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Abdus Samie; Azhar Abbas; Muhammad Masood Azeem; Sidra Hamid; Muhammad Amjed Iqbal; Shaikh Shamim Hasan; Xiangzheng Deng. Examining the impacts of future land use/land cover changes on climate in Punjab province, Pakistan: implications for environmental sustainability and economic growth. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2020, 27, 25415 -25433.

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Abdus Samie, Azhar Abbas, Muhammad Masood Azeem, Sidra Hamid, Muhammad Amjed Iqbal, Shaikh Shamim Hasan, Xiangzheng Deng. Examining the impacts of future land use/land cover changes on climate in Punjab province, Pakistan: implications for environmental sustainability and economic growth. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2020; 27 (20):25415-25433.

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Abdus Samie; Azhar Abbas; Muhammad Masood Azeem; Sidra Hamid; Muhammad Amjed Iqbal; Shaikh Shamim Hasan; Xiangzheng Deng. 2020. "Examining the impacts of future land use/land cover changes on climate in Punjab province, Pakistan: implications for environmental sustainability and economic growth." Environmental Science and Pollution Research 27, no. 20: 25415-25433.

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Published: 02 April 2020 in Science of The Total Environment
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As global warming worsens, climatic conditions in many regions are undergoing profound change, which could influence certain industries, such as agriculture and transportation, and affect the livability of cities. In this study, cities statistics and meteorological station data of the past decade in China were used to analyze the effect of climate change on cities livability. The livability of 288 Chinese cities during 2006–2016 was assessed using an analytic hierarchy process method. Results showed the mean cities livability index in China has improved about 12% throughout the past decade. Moreover, the Moran's I statistic and local indicators of spatial association revealed that the distribution of cities livability reflects a trend of gradual spatial agglomeration. In addition, geostatistical analysis was used to evaluate the impact of extreme weather events on cities livability. It was established that heatwaves and extreme precipitation events have significant impact on the livability of cities in southern China, whereas freezing weather drives the change of urban livability in northern areas. Combinations of different extreme weather conditions will have greater impact on urban livability. Based on mobile phone user data, the relationship between livability change and climate change in Chinese cities was elucidated to provide reference for urban environmental management.

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Li Liang; Xiangzheng Deng; Pei Wang; Zehao Wang; Lishuang Wang. Assessment of the impact of climate change on cities livability in China. Science of The Total Environment 2020, 726, 138339 .

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Li Liang, Xiangzheng Deng, Pei Wang, Zehao Wang, Lishuang Wang. Assessment of the impact of climate change on cities livability in China. Science of The Total Environment. 2020; 726 ():138339.

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Li Liang; Xiangzheng Deng; Pei Wang; Zehao Wang; Lishuang Wang. 2020. "Assessment of the impact of climate change on cities livability in China." Science of The Total Environment 726, no. : 138339.

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Published: 18 February 2020 in Technological Forecasting and Social Change
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In the context of global climate change and rapid urbanization, the low-carbon economy has become the fundamental means of achieving sustainable development. To find an effective solution to reduce carbon emissions, it is important to identify the dominant factors contributing to carbon emission intensity (CEI). Based on refined indicators and a dynamic spatial panel model, we build a comprehensive framework to quantify the impact of the industrial structure and technical progress on the CEI and conduct empirical research on 281 prefecture-level cities in China during 2006–2016. The results show that both spatial autocorrelation and heterogeneity of CEI values are significant and positive among cities. Technical change and efficiency improvements are the dominant factors behind CEI change. Technical progress plays a significant role in reducing the CEI, whereas the carbon emissions rebound effect decreases these positive impacts. Further, the combined effect of industrial structure optimization and technical progress on reducing carbon intensity is not significant as we have expected. Based on our findings, we suggest specific, targeted policies to reduce CEI, including promoting regional green technology, focusing on combining green technologies with green cities, formulating different urban development strategies and strengthening cooperation among cities.

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Fan Zhang; Xiangzheng Deng; Fred Phillips; Chuanglin Fang; Chao Wang. Impacts of industrial structure and technical progress on carbon emission intensity: Evidence from 281 cities in China. Technological Forecasting and Social Change 2020, 154, 119949 .

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Fan Zhang, Xiangzheng Deng, Fred Phillips, Chuanglin Fang, Chao Wang. Impacts of industrial structure and technical progress on carbon emission intensity: Evidence from 281 cities in China. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 2020; 154 ():119949.

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Fan Zhang; Xiangzheng Deng; Fred Phillips; Chuanglin Fang; Chao Wang. 2020. "Impacts of industrial structure and technical progress on carbon emission intensity: Evidence from 281 cities in China." Technological Forecasting and Social Change 154, no. : 119949.

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Published: 09 December 2019 in Science of The Total Environment
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Humans have increasingly intervened in the nature to advance socioeconomic development at the expense of ecosystem services. Tradeoffs between ecosystem services and socioeconomic development are inevitable and should be considered in sustainable ecosystem management. This is no exception in Zhangye where intensive agricultural activities have significantly affected its ecological conditions. Thus, this study evaluated the tradeoffs between agricultural production and key ecosystem services along with their spatial distributions at the watershed level in Zhangye based on multisource observation data. The key ecosystem services, including net primary productivity (NPP), water yield, and soil conservation, were evaluated for the years 2000, 2010, and 2015 using remote sensing data and the InVEST model. The Morishima elasticity of substitution (MES) between these ecosystem services and agricultural production were then estimated by applying a quadratic directional output distance function, and mapped to determine the tradeoffs. The results showed that the average NPP and annual water yield respectively increased by 22% and 24%, while annual soil conservation decreased by 22% during 2000–2015. The average MES values for agricultural production with NPP, water yield, and soil conservation were 0.14, −0.69, and −0.56, respectively. This indicated the existence of a synergetic relationship between agricultural production and NPP as well as tradeoff relationships between agricultural production and water yield/soil conservation. Differences in the spatial patterns of the relationships between agricultural production and these ecosystem services were observed. Significant tradeoff relationships were observed for agricultural production with water yield and soil conservation in the upper reach of Zhangye. It indicated that increasing agricultural production would be at the cost of decreased water yield and soil conservation, especially in the upper reach area. The quantification and spatial pattern determinations of tradeoffs between ecosystem services and agricultural production is useful for the development of regional ecological conservation policy and sustainable ecosystem management.

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Zhihui Li; Xiangzheng Deng; Gui Jin; Alnail Mohmmed; Aisha Olushola Arowolo. Tradeoffs between agricultural production and ecosystem services: A case study in Zhangye, Northwest China. Science of The Total Environment 2019, 707, 136032 .

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Zhihui Li, Xiangzheng Deng, Gui Jin, Alnail Mohmmed, Aisha Olushola Arowolo. Tradeoffs between agricultural production and ecosystem services: A case study in Zhangye, Northwest China. Science of The Total Environment. 2019; 707 ():136032.

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Zhihui Li; Xiangzheng Deng; Gui Jin; Alnail Mohmmed; Aisha Olushola Arowolo. 2019. "Tradeoffs between agricultural production and ecosystem services: A case study in Zhangye, Northwest China." Science of The Total Environment 707, no. : 136032.

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Published: 12 September 2019 in Resources, Conservation and Recycling
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The scale effect of vegetation restoration on soil and water conservation has received little attention, despite numerous studies on the assessments of vegetation restoration at different spatial scales. This study investigated the scale effect of vegetation restoration on soil erosion and water yield at Yanhe watershed, Chinese Loess Plateau. It provides the site-based temporal and spatial varying relationships among vegetation restoration, soil erosion, and water yield. Spatial modeling and mapping methods were used to analyze the scale effect at regional and sub-watershed scales. Our results indicated vegetation restoration has generated positive impacts on soil erosion reduction and negative impacts on water provision in the whole watershed. Croplands, sparse grasslands, and moderate grasslands were the land types which contributed the most to soil erosion. The decrease of cropland was the major contribution to soil erosion reduction. Moreover, the trade-off relationship between soil erosion and water yield existed in the whole watershed, but the degree of trade-off varied from one sub-watershed to another. High-risk soil erosion regions were concentrated in the central watershed. But in this region, the impacts of vegetation restoration on soil erosion control varied with different sub-watersheds. A simple increase of vegetation might not help reduce soil erosion in sub-watersheds where are characterized by low vegetation coverage and scattered vegetation restoration. Vegetation restoration should be based on past spatial LULC patterns. Soil erosion control should focus on the current level of cropland management and areas of vegetation maintenance than new afforestation in the high-risk soil erosion regions.

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Xin Wen; Xiangzheng Deng; Fan Zhang. Scale effects of vegetation restoration on soil and water conservation in a semi-arid region in China: Resources conservation and sustainable management. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 2019, 151, 104474 .

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Xin Wen, Xiangzheng Deng, Fan Zhang. Scale effects of vegetation restoration on soil and water conservation in a semi-arid region in China: Resources conservation and sustainable management. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2019; 151 ():104474.

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Xin Wen; Xiangzheng Deng; Fan Zhang. 2019. "Scale effects of vegetation restoration on soil and water conservation in a semi-arid region in China: Resources conservation and sustainable management." Resources, Conservation and Recycling 151, no. : 104474.

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Published: 22 May 2019 in Resources, Conservation and Recycling
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This study explored the drivers of carbon dioxide (CO2) emission (million metric tons) in the top 10 emitting countries (China, United States, India, Russian Federation, Japan, Germany, South Korea, Iran, Canada, and Saudi Arabia). The logarithmic mean Divisia index (LMDI) method was used to analyse the drive of CO2 emission change pertinent to population (thousand people), per capita income, energy intensity (metric ton energy/$GDP) and carbon intensity effects (metric ton CO2/ton energy) from 1991 to 2014. Further, analysis was carried out for the impact of CO2 emitted by different sectors (Agriculture, Energy, Fugitive, Industrial, Manufacturing, Transportation and Waste), the corresponding Human Development Index (HDI) and economic growth (EG%) using the panel model. This was done along with predictions for the total CO2 emissions over the next 16 years. The general results showed that the CO2 emission change has a significant effect by population and income, especially in China and the United states. Also, there is a strong relationship between human development index, economic growth, as well as Healthy Life Expectancy (HLE) with sector CO2 emission for most of the investigated countries. The forecast of sectors CO2 emission for the year 2030, showed an increase of CO2 for all the countries, which requires a policy plan aimed at decreasing their CO2 emission for a safer environment.

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Alnail Mohmmed; Zhihui Li; Aisha Olushola Arowolo; Hongbo Su; Xiangzheng Deng; Omaid Najmuddin; Yue Zhang. Driving factors of CO2 emissions and nexus with economic growth, development and human health in the Top Ten emitting countries. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 2019, 148, 157 -169.

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Alnail Mohmmed, Zhihui Li, Aisha Olushola Arowolo, Hongbo Su, Xiangzheng Deng, Omaid Najmuddin, Yue Zhang. Driving factors of CO2 emissions and nexus with economic growth, development and human health in the Top Ten emitting countries. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2019; 148 ():157-169.

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Alnail Mohmmed; Zhihui Li; Aisha Olushola Arowolo; Hongbo Su; Xiangzheng Deng; Omaid Najmuddin; Yue Zhang. 2019. "Driving factors of CO2 emissions and nexus with economic growth, development and human health in the Top Ten emitting countries." Resources, Conservation and Recycling 148, no. : 157-169.

Book chapter
Published: 12 March 2019 in River Basin Management
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Provisioning services for socioeconomic development are important hydrological ecosystem services that humans obtain from freshwater. The conflict between water scarcity and economic development in arid regions affects water utilization among different sectors. A water resource embedded social accounting matrix (SAM) can help to analyze the relationship between water resource utilization and socioeconomic development. In this paper, a water resource embedded SAM was constructed in Gaotai County, Northwest China, and the SAM multiplier model was applied to explore the economic structure, feedback mechanisms, and water flows among different sectors. Furthermore, scenario analyses were conducted to simulate the impacts of different policies on regional economic development and water resource utilization patterns. Through the multiplier analysis, we found that agriculture is less productive than the secondary industries because of its low development stage and lack of deep processing chains. However, the influence of agricultural sectors on the whole economic system outweighs the influence of the secondary and tertiary industries. Results also indicated that expanding agricultural exports can promote rural employment and improve rural household welfare, but will also lead to water resources outflow and aggravate water conflicts among different water users. At last, the simulation results of price reform showed that agriculture water price increase will cause a chain effect among different sectors. Water price increases by one unit will lead to the price of agricultural products, industrial products, and labor increase by 0.03, 0.018, and 0.005 units, respectively, and the Consumer Price Index increases by 0.005 units.

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Qing Zhou; Xiangzheng Deng; Feng Wu; Zhihui Li; Wei Song. Impacts of Water Scarcity on Socioeconomic Development in Inland River Basins. River Basin Management 2019, 281 -305.

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Qing Zhou, Xiangzheng Deng, Feng Wu, Zhihui Li, Wei Song. Impacts of Water Scarcity on Socioeconomic Development in Inland River Basins. River Basin Management. 2019; ():281-305.

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Qing Zhou; Xiangzheng Deng; Feng Wu; Zhihui Li; Wei Song. 2019. "Impacts of Water Scarcity on Socioeconomic Development in Inland River Basins." River Basin Management , no. : 281-305.

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Published: 12 March 2019 in River Basin Management
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It is well known that there are huge land use and land cover changes (LUCC) all over the world in recent decades, and plenty of instable effect appeared on the energy and water balance. This study aims to analyze the impacts of land use and land cover changes on the energy and water balance in the Heihe River Basin of China during 2000–2010, and four key study sites with representative hydrological stations and dramatic LUCC in the past decades were selected to illustrate the responses of the energy and water balance to LUCC. First, LUCC of the Heihe River Basin from 2000 to 2010 was analyzed based on the interpretation of remote sensing images. Then a series of indicators of the energy and water balances were simulated with the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model and corresponding land use and land cover data. Thereafter the impacts of LUCC on the surface energy and water balance were detected and analyzed. The spatial–temporal variance of the impacts of LUCC on energy and water balance in a typical arid inland river basin was specifically presented in the following analysis. The land use conversions can lead to the fluctuation of energy balance, and among those changes, the most significant impacts on surface energy balance occurred when grassland was converted to barren or sparsely vegetated land. As for water balance, the impact is measured with variations of precipitation, runoff, and evapotranspiration induced by LUCC, which were also remarkable, although seasonal trends of the effects are similar among various land use/cover conversions during 2000–2010. At last, policy suggestions, e.g., shifting the water balance by LUCC to improve the water management, are given to conclude this study.

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Siqi Jia; Xiangzheng Deng; John Gibson; Qingling Shi; Chunhong Zhao. Impacts of Land Use and Cover Changes on Water Balance in River Basin. River Basin Management 2019, 91 -118.

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Siqi Jia, Xiangzheng Deng, John Gibson, Qingling Shi, Chunhong Zhao. Impacts of Land Use and Cover Changes on Water Balance in River Basin. River Basin Management. 2019; ():91-118.

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Siqi Jia; Xiangzheng Deng; John Gibson; Qingling Shi; Chunhong Zhao. 2019. "Impacts of Land Use and Cover Changes on Water Balance in River Basin." River Basin Management , no. : 91-118.