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Xue-Chao Wang
Sustainable Process Integration Laboratory, SPIL, NETME Centre, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology - VUT Brno, Technická 2896/2, 616 69, Brno, Czech Republic

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Published: 13 July 2021 in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
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Challenges of high energy efficiency, water saving, low-carbon emissions, waste management and food saving have been considerable pressures on both regional and global sustainable development. This paper reviews the water-energy extended nexuses (e.g. food, greenhouse gases, waste, pollution, land and others) from the perspective of relationship and practicability in relieving the challenges towards environmentally-related sustainable development goals. A specific issue identified is that with the popularity of “nexus” and extension beyond resources nexus, the positioning and identity of nexuses become ambiguous. In most cases, nexus is a more attractively sounding term to replace specific expressions such as multi-criteria optimisation, trade-offs, correlation/relationship, input-output assessment, material flow analysis, and integrated design. The methodologies (e.g. input-output analysis and life cycle assessment) entail needing to be adequately integrated or expanded for diverse water-energy extended nexuses. It is crucial for evaluating resource flows in multiple regions and sectors and assessing the associated environment-economic impacts. A standardised understanding like establishing life cycle assessment and even more quantified footprints could ensure that the nexus would not fall as the group of a buzzword and contribute to sustainable development goals. This study serves as a stepping stone to establish quantified characteristics or components as eligibility to classify as nexus approaches and studies.

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Xue-Chao Wang; Peng Jiang; Lan Yang; Yee Van Fan; Jiří Jaromír Klemeš; Yutao Wang. Extended water-energy nexus contribution to environmentally-related sustainable development goals. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2021, 150, 111485 .

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Xue-Chao Wang, Peng Jiang, Lan Yang, Yee Van Fan, Jiří Jaromír Klemeš, Yutao Wang. Extended water-energy nexus contribution to environmentally-related sustainable development goals. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 2021; 150 ():111485.

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Xue-Chao Wang; Peng Jiang; Lan Yang; Yee Van Fan; Jiří Jaromír Klemeš; Yutao Wang. 2021. "Extended water-energy nexus contribution to environmentally-related sustainable development goals." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 150, no. : 111485.

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Published: 09 May 2021 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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Identifying the linkage among Land Use Change, Ecosystem Services, and Human Well-Being (LUC-ES-HW) is essential for a clearer understanding of the interactive mechanism behind the natural-social system. There are limited studies designed for exploring the LUC-ES-HW nexus from the material flow perspective. This study explores the LUC-ES-HW nexus in terms of nitrogen flows, identifying the ecological and environmental process. A LUC-ES-HW system assessment framework based on nitrogen flows is established in this work, taking the Manas River Basin as a case study. The results showed that Land-Use Change (LUC) had a significant impact on the environmental performance and Ecosystem Services (ES); consequently, exert great influence on Human Well-Being (HW). This study can contribute to a better understanding of LUC-ES-HW Nexus, and provide a reference for future relevant studies.

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Xiaobin Dong; Jiahui Ren; Peng Zhang; Yan Jin; Ranran Liu; Xue-Chao Wang; Chew Tin Lee; Jiří Jaromír Klemeš. Entwining ecosystem services, Land Use Change and human well-being by nitrogen flows. Journal of Cleaner Production 2021, 308, 127442 .

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Xiaobin Dong, Jiahui Ren, Peng Zhang, Yan Jin, Ranran Liu, Xue-Chao Wang, Chew Tin Lee, Jiří Jaromír Klemeš. Entwining ecosystem services, Land Use Change and human well-being by nitrogen flows. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2021; 308 ():127442.

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Xiaobin Dong; Jiahui Ren; Peng Zhang; Yan Jin; Ranran Liu; Xue-Chao Wang; Chew Tin Lee; Jiří Jaromír Klemeš. 2021. "Entwining ecosystem services, Land Use Change and human well-being by nitrogen flows." Journal of Cleaner Production 308, no. : 127442.

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Published: 13 April 2021 in Energy
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The growing environmental concerns and the prospect of irreversible climate change highlight the necessity for the rapid transformation from fossil-based economy to the modern circular bio-based economy. Yet the urgency of green transformation may lead to insufficient consideration of scientific concerns about the sustainability of accelerated biomass deployment, and the inherent complexity and uncertainty in the assessment present a challenge to policy makers, researchers, and industry. This review aims to provide a retrospect towards the status of biomass resources from the feedstock to conversion process, and end-use. Understanding the distribution and potential projections of major biomass types are also critical steps to ensuring sustainable supply chains. A novel indicator framework was further established for assessing the sustainability of biomass resources by integrating the environmental and social-economic dimensions. Different indicators are interdependently connected and vary significantly among the feedstock categories, land use types and management practices. All of which are important considerations of the criteria for systematic research in the future, understanding the alternative potential of biomass resources, providing important insights for accelerating the transition to bio-based economy, as well as policy regulation.

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Lan Yang; Xue-Chao Wang; Min Dai; Bin Chen; Yuanbo Qiao; Huijing Deng; Dingfan Zhang; Yizhe Zhang; Cecília Maria Villas Bôas de Almeida; Anthony S.F. Chiu; Jiří Jaromír Klemeš; Yutao Wang. Shifting from fossil-based economy to bio-based economy: Status quo, challenges, and prospects. Energy 2021, 228, 120533 .

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Lan Yang, Xue-Chao Wang, Min Dai, Bin Chen, Yuanbo Qiao, Huijing Deng, Dingfan Zhang, Yizhe Zhang, Cecília Maria Villas Bôas de Almeida, Anthony S.F. Chiu, Jiří Jaromír Klemeš, Yutao Wang. Shifting from fossil-based economy to bio-based economy: Status quo, challenges, and prospects. Energy. 2021; 228 ():120533.

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Lan Yang; Xue-Chao Wang; Min Dai; Bin Chen; Yuanbo Qiao; Huijing Deng; Dingfan Zhang; Yizhe Zhang; Cecília Maria Villas Bôas de Almeida; Anthony S.F. Chiu; Jiří Jaromír Klemeš; Yutao Wang. 2021. "Shifting from fossil-based economy to bio-based economy: Status quo, challenges, and prospects." Energy 228, no. : 120533.

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Published: 05 March 2021 in Sustainability
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The contradiction between human and land has always been a problem in the process of development and utilization of land resources. Under such circumstances, relevant government agencies put forward the management concept of land resource capitalization. As an effective policy to implement the conception of land resource capitalization, land transfer is of great significance to reforming rural land systems and liberating productivity in poor areas of Tai-hang Mountain in Hebei. However, how to integrate environmental impact and value evaluation of ecosystem services of land transfer in the process of resource capitalization deserves our attention. This paper takes the land transfer of Fuping, Hebei in Tai-hang Mountain as an example, combined with life cycle assessment (LCA), life cycle cost assessment (LCC), and the methods of value evaluation of ecosystem services to quantify the changes of environmental loads, economic costs, and ecosystem services in the whole process and different stages of land resource capitalization. Moreover, through the sensitivity analysis of key environmental indicators, the possibility of restricting environmental costs is explored. This paper studies land transfer from the direction of the cross-discipline and provides a new idea for land resource management.

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Weiguo Fan; Nan Chen; Wei Yao; Mengmeng Meng; Xuechao Wang. Integrating Environmental Impact and Ecosystem Services in the Process of Land Resource Capitalization—A Case Study of Land Transfer in Fuping, Hebei. Sustainability 2021, 13, 2837 .

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Weiguo Fan, Nan Chen, Wei Yao, Mengmeng Meng, Xuechao Wang. Integrating Environmental Impact and Ecosystem Services in the Process of Land Resource Capitalization—A Case Study of Land Transfer in Fuping, Hebei. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (5):2837.

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Weiguo Fan; Nan Chen; Wei Yao; Mengmeng Meng; Xuechao Wang. 2021. "Integrating Environmental Impact and Ecosystem Services in the Process of Land Resource Capitalization—A Case Study of Land Transfer in Fuping, Hebei." Sustainability 13, no. 5: 2837.

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Published: 25 February 2021 in Sustainability
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Due to the globalization of supply and production, supply chain management has tightened the connection between upstream and downstream enterprises. Although this modern strategy has significantly improved the efficiency of enterprises, the increasingly complex relationship between nodes also makes the supply chain system more vulnerable and unstable. As a result, the interruption of any node location in the supply chain will spread to other nodes via their diffusion, which could cause irreparable damage to the entire supply chain. Therefore, under this realistic background, only by quantitatively analyzing the specific impact on the supply chain of interruption events in different locations we can formulate active and effective mitigation strategies to achieve the effective recovery of node enterprises from interruption accidents. In this study, the system dynamics method was used to simulate the changes in inventory level, order accumulation, and profit level caused by disruption of supply, production, and sales of different node companies. The results show that the closer the node enterprise to the interruption source, the greater the risk of loss. Due to the conduction effect of the supply chain system, the risk spreads to other node enterprises. Based on the above results, corresponding mitigation strategies for enterprises to cope with different node interruptions are proposed to improve the overall efficiency and operational capabilities of the enterprise.

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Qing Zhang; Weiguo Fan; Jianchang Lu; Siqian Wu; Xuechao Wang. Research on Dynamic Analysis and Mitigation Strategies of Supply Chains under Different Disruption Risks. Sustainability 2021, 13, 2462 .

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Qing Zhang, Weiguo Fan, Jianchang Lu, Siqian Wu, Xuechao Wang. Research on Dynamic Analysis and Mitigation Strategies of Supply Chains under Different Disruption Risks. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (5):2462.

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Qing Zhang; Weiguo Fan; Jianchang Lu; Siqian Wu; Xuechao Wang. 2021. "Research on Dynamic Analysis and Mitigation Strategies of Supply Chains under Different Disruption Risks." Sustainability 13, no. 5: 2462.

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Published: 22 February 2021 in Energy
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Limited publications were designed to examine the Water-Energy-Carbon (WEC) efficiency of different regions. This study is the first to seek to identify the regional embodied WEC efficiency of China, including 31 of 34 provinces, using the Multiregional Input-Output approach. The provincial embodied WEC coefficients, total amount of embodied WEC, embodied amount of WEC per capita are explored. Results show that: i) Xinjiang (33 Gt/k€), Hebei (34 MJ/€) and Ningxia (5 t/k€) separately dominate the lists of provincial embodied water consumption coefficients, energy consumption coefficients and CO2 emission coefficients; ii) Shandong and Jiangsu consume the most embodied water at 109 Gm3 and 105 Gm3, embodied energy at 21 EJ and 20 EJ, and emit the most CO2 emissions at 2.7 Gt and 2.2 Gt. However, as the more developed province and with higher GDP, Guangdong has lower embodied WEC amount and higher WEC efficiency; ⅲ) The regions that have larger values of embodied WEC per capita, mainly located at the east and north-west of China, including Beijing, Tianjin, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang. This study targets the contribution to understanding the regional WEC efficiency performance, highlighting the spots and economies that deserve the uppermost attention for emissions reduction.

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Xue-Chao Wang; Jiří Jaromír Klemeš; Xiao Ouyang; Zihan Xu; Weiguo Fan; Hejie Wei; Weize Song. Regional embodied Water-Energy-Carbon efficiency of China. Energy 2021, 224, 120159 .

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Xue-Chao Wang, Jiří Jaromír Klemeš, Xiao Ouyang, Zihan Xu, Weiguo Fan, Hejie Wei, Weize Song. Regional embodied Water-Energy-Carbon efficiency of China. Energy. 2021; 224 ():120159.

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Xue-Chao Wang; Jiří Jaromír Klemeš; Xiao Ouyang; Zihan Xu; Weiguo Fan; Hejie Wei; Weize Song. 2021. "Regional embodied Water-Energy-Carbon efficiency of China." Energy 224, no. : 120159.

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Published: 25 January 2021 in Journal of Environmental Management
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Accurate understanding of the relationship between urban land morphology and the concentration of PM2.5 is essential for achieving high-quality development of urban agglomerations. Based on a mechanism framework of "Internal-External driving force", 19 Chinese urban agglomerations at different development levels were analysed using the geographically weighted regression model to evaluate the impacts of urban land morphology on PM2.5 concentrations in years 2000–2017. The results show: (1) The PM2.5 average concentrations of all 19 urban agglomerations continue to increase from 30 μg/m3 in 2000 to 52 μg/m3 in 2007 but decreased to 34 μg/m3 in 2017. The changes in PM2.5 concentrations vary for urban agglomerations at different development levels. Spatial differences in PM2.5 concentrations are significant, forming a pattern that decreases from the centre to the periphery regions; (2) The urban land morphology of the entire urban agglomeration areas has undergone significant changes. The fractal dimension index (from 4.150 to 2.731) and the compactness (from 0.647 to 0.635) showed a downward trend, while the shape indices (from 1.421 to 1.606) demonstrated an increasing trend. National-level urban agglomerations are more compact and more complex in shape, while more fragmented are regional and local urban agglomerations; (3) Different parameters of urban land morphology have varying effects on PM2.5 concentration varies and at different development levels of urban agglomerations. The combination of urban land morphology, socio-economic factors, and natural elements has a complex effect on PM2.5 concentrations. It can contribute to understanding the linkage between urban land morphology and PM2.5, providing references for future studies.

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Xiao Ouyang; Xiao Wei; Yonghui Li; Xue-Chao Wang; Jiří Jaromír Klemeš. Impacts of urban land morphology on PM2.5 concentration in the urban agglomerations of China. Journal of Environmental Management 2021, 283, 112000 .

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Xiao Ouyang, Xiao Wei, Yonghui Li, Xue-Chao Wang, Jiří Jaromír Klemeš. Impacts of urban land morphology on PM2.5 concentration in the urban agglomerations of China. Journal of Environmental Management. 2021; 283 ():112000.

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Xiao Ouyang; Xiao Wei; Yonghui Li; Xue-Chao Wang; Jiří Jaromír Klemeš. 2021. "Impacts of urban land morphology on PM2.5 concentration in the urban agglomerations of China." Journal of Environmental Management 283, no. : 112000.

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Published: 12 February 2020 in Sustainability
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Decoupling of energy consumption and economic development is a key factor in achieving sustainable regional development. The decoupling relationship between energy consumption and economic development in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau region is still unclear. This paper uses the logarithmic mean Divisia index (LMDI) decomposition method and Tapio elastic index model to analyze the decoupling degree and driving factors of energy consumption and economic development, and evaluates the decoupling effort level in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau from 2006 to 2016. The results indicate that the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau region showed a weak decoupling as a whole, and that only Tibet experienced expanding negative decoupling in 2006–2007 and an expansion link in 2007–2008. Economic scale is a primary factor that hinders the decoupling of energy consumption, followed by investment intensity and industrial energy structure. The cumulative promotion effect of research and development (R&D) efficiency and intensity and the inhibition effect of investment intensity cancel each other out. With the exception of Tibet and Xinjiang, all provinces in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau have made decoupling efforts. Decoupling efforts made by R&D efficiency contributed the most, followed by energy intensity and R&D intensity. This paper provides policy recommendations for the decoupling of energy consumption experience for underdeveloped regions.

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Weiguo Fan; Mengmeng Meng; Jianchang Lu; Xiaobin Dong; Hejie Wei; Xuechao Wang; Qing Zhang. Decoupling Elasticity and Driving Factors of Energy Consumption and Economic Development in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Sustainability 2020, 12, 1326 .

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Weiguo Fan, Mengmeng Meng, Jianchang Lu, Xiaobin Dong, Hejie Wei, Xuechao Wang, Qing Zhang. Decoupling Elasticity and Driving Factors of Energy Consumption and Economic Development in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (4):1326.

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Weiguo Fan; Mengmeng Meng; Jianchang Lu; Xiaobin Dong; Hejie Wei; Xuechao Wang; Qing Zhang. 2020. "Decoupling Elasticity and Driving Factors of Energy Consumption and Economic Development in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau." Sustainability 12, no. 4: 1326.

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Published: 08 February 2020 in Sustainability
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As an effective land policy that can invigorate rural construction areas and balance urban and rural development, land tickets not only concretely embody the land resource-asset-capitalization process, but also bring economic benefits to the farmers concerned. However, from the perspective of resource-asset-capitalization, the specific environmental impacts and economic costs of the process in land tickets and the changes in the values of ecosystem services need to be considered. This paper uses land tickets in Yanba, Jiangjin, Chongqing as an example, combined with life cycle assessment (LCA), life cycle cost assessment (LCC), and methods for the evaluation of ecosystem services to quantify the environmental load, economic costs, and changes in the value of ecosystem services in the process of land resource-asset-capitalization. Moreover, through this analysis, we attempted to determine the contributions of different environmental indicators and the key links restricting the whole process of land resource-asset-capitalization. On this basis, through a sensitivity analysis, we explored the possibility of reducing environmental impact during the whole process of land resource-asset-capitalization. Through this research, we sought to explore the realization process of land tickets and to enrich the empirical research on land resource-asset-capitalization.

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Weiguo Fan; Nan Chen; Ximeng Li; Fan Weiguo; Xuechao Wang. Empirical Research on the Process of Land Resource-Asset-Capitalization—A Case Study of Yanba, Jiangjin District, Chongqing. Sustainability 2020, 12, 1236 .

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Weiguo Fan, Nan Chen, Ximeng Li, Fan Weiguo, Xuechao Wang. Empirical Research on the Process of Land Resource-Asset-Capitalization—A Case Study of Yanba, Jiangjin District, Chongqing. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (3):1236.

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Weiguo Fan; Nan Chen; Ximeng Li; Fan Weiguo; Xuechao Wang. 2020. "Empirical Research on the Process of Land Resource-Asset-Capitalization—A Case Study of Yanba, Jiangjin District, Chongqing." Sustainability 12, no. 3: 1236.

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Published: 06 May 2019 in Sustainability
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Identifying the relationships between ecosystem services (ESs) and land use change is crucial for ES management and sustainable regional development. The Manas region in China has witnessed dramatic reclamation activities in its desert areas that resulted in ecological problems. The changes in eight ESs, including crop production (CP), livestock production (LP), soil conservation (SC), water yield (WY), sand fixation (SF), carbon sequestration (CS), habitat quality (HQ), and nature landscape recreation (NLR), were investigated by using biophysical and questionnaire methods. At the regional scale, provisioning services (i.e., CP and LP) showed some performance improvements, whereas most of the regulating services (i.e., WY, CS, and HQ) along with NLR showed a performance decline. Five ES bundles—Upper Mountain, Foothill, Oasis, Oasis–Desert Transition, and Desert bundle—were identified at the township scale via k-means clustering. From 2000 to 2015, the Oasis bundle sprawled as a result of oasisization, whereas the Oasis–Desert Transition and Foothill bundles decreased. We performed a questionnaire survey and a statistical analysis to identify the causes behind the performance improvement/decline of these ESs and found that the land use changes in the Manas region had a significant impact on these services. More than 50% of the survey respondents identified land use changes as the primary driver of the changes in some ESs (i.e., CP, CS, HQ, and NLR). In the correlation and partial correlation analyses, oasisization was significantly and positively correlated with CP but was negatively correlated with WY, CS, HQ, and NLR. We enhanced the reliability of our conclusions by integrating biophysical and sociocultural methods into our investigation of ES and land use change. In view of the huge losses in regulating and cultural services, the Manas region should limit its desert reclamation activities to control the expansion of its oasis and to improve the quality of its cropland. Our results can help formulate effective ES management and land use decisions in the Manas region or similar areas.

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Hejie Wei; Weiguo Fan; Nachuan Lu; Zihan Xu; Huiming Liu; Weiqiang Chen; Sergio Ulgiati; Xuechao Wang; Xiaobin Dong. Integrating Biophysical and Sociocultural Methods for Identifying the Relationships between Ecosystem Services and Land Use Change: Insights from an Oasis Area. Sustainability 2019, 11, 2598 .

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Hejie Wei, Weiguo Fan, Nachuan Lu, Zihan Xu, Huiming Liu, Weiqiang Chen, Sergio Ulgiati, Xuechao Wang, Xiaobin Dong. Integrating Biophysical and Sociocultural Methods for Identifying the Relationships between Ecosystem Services and Land Use Change: Insights from an Oasis Area. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (9):2598.

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Hejie Wei; Weiguo Fan; Nachuan Lu; Zihan Xu; Huiming Liu; Weiqiang Chen; Sergio Ulgiati; Xuechao Wang; Xiaobin Dong. 2019. "Integrating Biophysical and Sociocultural Methods for Identifying the Relationships between Ecosystem Services and Land Use Change: Insights from an Oasis Area." Sustainability 11, no. 9: 2598.

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Published: 31 August 2018 in Energies
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Studying the characteristics, trends, and evolution of carbon emissions in agricultural related sectors is of great significance for rational formulation of carbon emission reduction policies. However, as an important carbon emission reduction policy, carbon tax has been controversial over whether or not it should be levied on China. Based on this consideration, this paper takes China’s agricultural related sectors as an example and analyzes the degree of carbon tax on macro-environment, macroeconomy, and agricultural sectors during the period 2020–2050 by constructing a 3EAD-CGE (economy-energy-environmental-agricultural-dynamics Computable General Equilibrium) model. The results show that: (1) carbon tax has a time effect, specifically, the short-term effect is better than the long-term. (2) If the incremental rate of carbon tax is carried out alone, it will exert a great influence on the macroeconomy as well as on most of the agricultural related sectors. (3) If a carbon tax is introduced at the same time as indirect taxes are cut (proportionally), the policy will exert a negative impact on agriculture-related sectors that are subsidized. However, the policy will have a positive impact on those nonsubsidized sectors. Finally, based on the results, we put forward some suggestions that are more suitable for the introduction of a carbon tax in China’s agricultural-related sectors.

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Weiguo Fan; Zhicheng Gao; Nan Chen; Hejie Wei; Zihan Xu; Nachuan Lu; Xuechao Wang; Peng Zhang; Jiahui Ren; Sergio Ulgiati; Xiaobin Dong. It is Worth Pondering Whether a Carbon Tax is Suitable for China’s Agricultural-Related Sectors. Energies 2018, 11, 2296 .

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Weiguo Fan, Zhicheng Gao, Nan Chen, Hejie Wei, Zihan Xu, Nachuan Lu, Xuechao Wang, Peng Zhang, Jiahui Ren, Sergio Ulgiati, Xiaobin Dong. It is Worth Pondering Whether a Carbon Tax is Suitable for China’s Agricultural-Related Sectors. Energies. 2018; 11 (9):2296.

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Weiguo Fan; Zhicheng Gao; Nan Chen; Hejie Wei; Zihan Xu; Nachuan Lu; Xuechao Wang; Peng Zhang; Jiahui Ren; Sergio Ulgiati; Xiaobin Dong. 2018. "It is Worth Pondering Whether a Carbon Tax is Suitable for China’s Agricultural-Related Sectors." Energies 11, no. 9: 2296.

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Published: 01 July 2018 in Ecological Indicators
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Land transfers are an important approach to Chinese farmland management and intensive crop production as well as a primary government strategy to promote Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region development; these transfers are expected not only to generate social, economic, and ecological benefits but also to further Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei’s regional development by means of more efficient and sustainable resource use. However, together with the challenges associated with this process, several contradictions and problems have arisen that are now critical political and social concerns. Therefore, a modern demonstration zone of sustainable agriculture in Yi County, Hebei Province, China, was selected as a case study for emergy-based performance and sustainability evaluation of the associated social, economic, and ecological benefits before and after land transfer. The results suggest that land transfers have induced fundamental changes to land use, which improved performance in terms of resource use and sustainability indicators (based on the emergy approach) and have produced ecological, economic, and social benefits mainly based on the increased link to the surrounding larger scale economic system via the increased demand for labor and services from outside. Therefore, the emergy results, while highlighting the achieved or potential benefits, also indicate that local improvements cannot be fully achieved if the entire supply chain of goods and resources is not suitably improved as well and that the local system is heavily affected by the larger-scale functioning of the economy as a whole, such that all links across scales need to be monitored and carefully addressed.

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Nachuan Lu; Hejie Wei; Weiguo Fan; Zihan Xu; Xue-Chao Wang; Kaixiong Xing; Xiaobin Dong; Silvio Viglia; Sergio Ulgiati. Multiple influences of land transfer in the integration of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region in China. Ecological Indicators 2018, 90, 101 -111.

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Nachuan Lu, Hejie Wei, Weiguo Fan, Zihan Xu, Xue-Chao Wang, Kaixiong Xing, Xiaobin Dong, Silvio Viglia, Sergio Ulgiati. Multiple influences of land transfer in the integration of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region in China. Ecological Indicators. 2018; 90 ():101-111.

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Nachuan Lu; Hejie Wei; Weiguo Fan; Zihan Xu; Xue-Chao Wang; Kaixiong Xing; Xiaobin Dong; Silvio Viglia; Sergio Ulgiati. 2018. "Multiple influences of land transfer in the integration of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region in China." Ecological Indicators 90, no. : 101-111.

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Published: 01 July 2018 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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Develop circular agriculture is an effective way to reduce pollution and achieve sustainable agricultural development. At present, both the government and scholars have stressed employing agricultural wastes at multiple levels and extending the industrial chain as much as possible. However, whether the abovementioned strategy is environmentally friendly is worth consideration. To address this issue, by using the evaluation method of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and taking the circular agriculture industry company of Xingyuan, Fuqing, Fujian as an example, this paper analyzes different circular agriculture models and explores the environmental loads and environmental benefits of each sub-industrial chain from the environmental and economic-environmental viewpoints. The results show that, from the LCA perspective, a longer industrial chain of circular agriculture is not better and at different evaluation angles, different optimal combinations of the industrial chain models of circular agriculture can achieve the minimum environmental load or the highest environmental benefit. This study will be useful for newly built enterprises or sector-integrated park to design new recycling networks from the life cycle and economic-environmental impact perspectives.

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Weiguo Fan; Xiaobin Dong; Hejie Wei; Boqi Weng; Long Liang; Zihan Xu; Xue-Chao Wang; Feilong Wu; Zhongdian Chen; Yan Jin; Changqing Song. Is it true that the longer the extended industrial chain, the better the circular agriculture? A case study of circular agriculture industry company in Fuqing, Fujian. Journal of Cleaner Production 2018, 189, 718 -728.

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Weiguo Fan, Xiaobin Dong, Hejie Wei, Boqi Weng, Long Liang, Zihan Xu, Xue-Chao Wang, Feilong Wu, Zhongdian Chen, Yan Jin, Changqing Song. Is it true that the longer the extended industrial chain, the better the circular agriculture? A case study of circular agriculture industry company in Fuqing, Fujian. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2018; 189 ():718-728.

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Weiguo Fan; Xiaobin Dong; Hejie Wei; Boqi Weng; Long Liang; Zihan Xu; Xue-Chao Wang; Feilong Wu; Zhongdian Chen; Yan Jin; Changqing Song. 2018. "Is it true that the longer the extended industrial chain, the better the circular agriculture? A case study of circular agriculture industry company in Fuqing, Fujian." Journal of Cleaner Production 189, no. : 718-728.

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Published: 31 May 2018 in Sustainability
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The process for reasonably evaluating the potential impacts of circular agriculture on the environment has become a key issue in the sustainable development of circular agriculture. Based on this consideration, by using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and focusing on the circular agriculture industry company of Xingyuan, Fuqing, this paper evaluates the potential impacts of the pig farming industry-dragon fruit planting-forage planting-fishery industry-mushroom planting-biogas generating-organic fertilizer production circular agriculture model compared to a main agriculture industrial model, the pig farming industry, from environmental and environmental-economic perspectives. Moreover, this paper determines key elements that restrict the development of circular agriculture through a sensitivity analysis. The results show that if we simply consider the potential environmental impacts, circular agriculture does not produce better results than those of the main agricultural production model. In addition, if we consider reducing the potential environmental impact as well as improving the economic benefits from the perspective of a “reduction ring”, we should consider removing mushroom planting and organic fertilizer from the circular agriculture framework. Moreover, if we want to reduce the potential environmental impact without changing the current recycling model, we should focus on the premix components, especially the three main components of corn, soybean meal, and whey protein concentrate.

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Weiguo Fan; Peng Zhang; Zihan Xu; Hejie Wei; Nachuan Lu; Xuechao Wang; Boqi Weng; Zhongdian Chen; Feilong Wu; Xiaobin Dong. Life Cycle Environmental Impact Assessment of Circular Agriculture: A Case Study in Fuqing, China. Sustainability 2018, 10, 1810 .

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Weiguo Fan, Peng Zhang, Zihan Xu, Hejie Wei, Nachuan Lu, Xuechao Wang, Boqi Weng, Zhongdian Chen, Feilong Wu, Xiaobin Dong. Life Cycle Environmental Impact Assessment of Circular Agriculture: A Case Study in Fuqing, China. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (6):1810.

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Weiguo Fan; Peng Zhang; Zihan Xu; Hejie Wei; Nachuan Lu; Xuechao Wang; Boqi Weng; Zhongdian Chen; Feilong Wu; Xiaobin Dong. 2018. "Life Cycle Environmental Impact Assessment of Circular Agriculture: A Case Study in Fuqing, China." Sustainability 10, no. 6: 1810.

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Published: 27 March 2018 in Ecosystem Services
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Understanding the relationship between land use change and ecosystem services is critical for achieving sustainable ecosystem services and for developing scientifically effective eco-conservation policies. The Zhifanggou watershed is a typical hill and gully region on the Loess Plateau that has experienced a process of serious damage and rapid recovery in recent decades, and the accompanying land use changes have been dramatic. Taking the Zhifanggou watershed as an example, this study built an energy flow model for the watershed considering croplands, woodlands and grasslands as components. This study evaluated the changes in ecosystem service values before and after the implementation of a Grain for Green (GFG) program using the method of equivalent value factor per-unit of ecosystem area. Then changes in ecosystem service values in the Zhifanggou watershed were simulated. The results were as follows: (1) the total value of ecosystem services showed a linear increase (P < 0.01) from 1995 to 2010, increase 44.2% over this time. In addition, the provisioning, regulating, supporting and cultural service values showed a cooperative growth trend (P < 0.01). (2) The change in ecosystem service values in the watershed was very small over the period examined and if the GFG program continues, it will stabilize after a slight net increase. Provisioning services showed a downward trend, while regulating, supporting and cultural services show an upward trend, furthermore, provisioning services showed a trade-off relationship with the other three services (P < 0.01). (3) If the cycle of deforestation and reclamation to agriculture continues, the ecosystem service values will decrease by approximately 83% in the next 30 years, the ecosystems will be seriously damaged again, and the values of all four types of ecosystem services will show a decreasing trend (P < 0.01). In general, the ecological environment of the Zhifanggou watershed has been stabilized by the Grain for Green program. However, the government’s scientific and rational policies to ensure that the GFG program results are not destroyed and to achieve stable and sustainable development on the Loess Plateau are still needed.

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Zihan Xu; Hejie Wei; Weiguo Fan; Xue-Chao Wang; Bingling Huang; Nachuan Lu; Jiahui Ren; Xiaobin Dong. Energy modeling simulation of changes in ecosystem services before and after the implementation of a Grain-for-Green program on the Loess Plateau—A case study of the Zhifanggou valley in Ansai County, Shaanxi Province, China. Ecosystem Services 2018, 31, 32 -43.

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Zihan Xu, Hejie Wei, Weiguo Fan, Xue-Chao Wang, Bingling Huang, Nachuan Lu, Jiahui Ren, Xiaobin Dong. Energy modeling simulation of changes in ecosystem services before and after the implementation of a Grain-for-Green program on the Loess Plateau—A case study of the Zhifanggou valley in Ansai County, Shaanxi Province, China. Ecosystem Services. 2018; 31 ():32-43.

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Zihan Xu; Hejie Wei; Weiguo Fan; Xue-Chao Wang; Bingling Huang; Nachuan Lu; Jiahui Ren; Xiaobin Dong. 2018. "Energy modeling simulation of changes in ecosystem services before and after the implementation of a Grain-for-Green program on the Loess Plateau—A case study of the Zhifanggou valley in Ansai County, Shaanxi Province, China." Ecosystem Services 31, no. : 32-43.

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Published: 01 March 2018 in Energy
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Researchers, industrial and institutional experts dealing with energy-related issues, have been working on improving the efficiency of energy sourcing, conversion and use, as well as on minimisation of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. As a major venue, dedicated to knowledge exchange and networking on these issues, the 19th Conference on Process Integration for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction – PRES 2016, took place in Prague, during 27–31 August 2016. Following the venue, in collaboration with the Energy Journal, 15 high-quality manuscripts have been selected in the current Special Issue (SI). This article analyses the challenges tackled by the published articles within the overall area of energy saving and pollution reduction, briefly discussing their key actions and pointing to the achieved results. Four key areas can be distinguished in these research articles, relating to renewable energy sources, energy saving during conversion and use, direct CO2 sequestration and regional supply issues.

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Petar Sabev Varbanov; Jiří Jaromír Klemeš; Xue-Chao Wang. Methods optimisation, Process Integration and modelling for energy saving and pollution reduction. Energy 2018, 146, 1 -3.

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Petar Sabev Varbanov, Jiří Jaromír Klemeš, Xue-Chao Wang. Methods optimisation, Process Integration and modelling for energy saving and pollution reduction. Energy. 2018; 146 ():1-3.

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Petar Sabev Varbanov; Jiří Jaromír Klemeš; Xue-Chao Wang. 2018. "Methods optimisation, Process Integration and modelling for energy saving and pollution reduction." Energy 146, no. : 1-3.

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Published: 01 October 2017 in Ecosystem Services
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Xue-Chao Wang; Xiaobin Dong; Huiming Liu; Hejie Wei; Weiguo Fan; Nachuan Lu; Zihan Xu; Jiahui Ren; Kaixiong Xing. Linking land use change, ecosystem services and human well-being: A case study of the Manas River Basin of Xinjiang, China. Ecosystem Services 2017, 27, 113 -123.

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Xue-Chao Wang, Xiaobin Dong, Huiming Liu, Hejie Wei, Weiguo Fan, Nachuan Lu, Zihan Xu, Jiahui Ren, Kaixiong Xing. Linking land use change, ecosystem services and human well-being: A case study of the Manas River Basin of Xinjiang, China. Ecosystem Services. 2017; 27 ():113-123.

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Xue-Chao Wang; Xiaobin Dong; Huiming Liu; Hejie Wei; Weiguo Fan; Nachuan Lu; Zihan Xu; Jiahui Ren; Kaixiong Xing. 2017. "Linking land use change, ecosystem services and human well-being: A case study of the Manas River Basin of Xinjiang, China." Ecosystem Services 27, no. : 113-123.

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Published: 01 June 2017 in Ecosystem Services
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Hejie Wei; Weiguo Fan; Xue-Chao Wang; Nachuan Lu; Xiaobin Dong; Yanan Zhao; Xijia Ya; Yifei Zhao. Integrating supply and social demand in ecosystem services assessment: A review. Ecosystem Services 2017, 25, 15 -27.

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Hejie Wei, Weiguo Fan, Xue-Chao Wang, Nachuan Lu, Xiaobin Dong, Yanan Zhao, Xijia Ya, Yifei Zhao. Integrating supply and social demand in ecosystem services assessment: A review. Ecosystem Services. 2017; 25 ():15-27.

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Hejie Wei; Weiguo Fan; Xue-Chao Wang; Nachuan Lu; Xiaobin Dong; Yanan Zhao; Xijia Ya; Yifei Zhao. 2017. "Integrating supply and social demand in ecosystem services assessment: A review." Ecosystem Services 25, no. : 15-27.

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Published: 01 February 2017 in Sustainability
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Accurately identifying the spatiotemporal variations and driving factors of ecosystem services (ES) in ecological restoration is important for ecosystem management and the sustainability of nature conservation strategies. As the Green for Grain project proceeds, food provision, water regulation and climate regulation services in the Northern Shaanxi Loess Plateau (NSLP) are changing and have caused broad attention. In this study, the dynamic pattern of the normalized differential vegetation index (NDVI) and the main drivers of grain production (GP), water yield (WY) and net primary production (NPP) in the NSLP from 2000–2013 are identified by incorporating multiple data and methods, in order to provide a better understanding of how and why ES change during ecological restoration. WY was simulated by hydrological modeling, and NPP was estimated with the Carnegie Ames Stanford Approach (CASA) model. The results show that vegetation restoration continued from 2000–2013, but fluctuated because of the comprehensive influence of climate and human activity. GP and NPP both exhibited significantly increasing trends, while changes in WY occurred in two stages: decline (2000–2006) and growth (2007–2013). Spatially, significantly increasing trends in NPP and WY were detected in 52.73% and 24.76% of the region, respectively, in areas that correspond with the Green for Grain project and high precipitation growth. Correlation and partial correlation analyses show that there were different dominant factors (i.e., natural vs. anthropogenic) driving ES change in the NSLP from 2000–2013. The change in WY was mainly driven by precipitation, while the improvements in GP and NPP can be attributed to investments in natural capital (i.e., chemical fertilizer, agricultural machinery power and afforestation). We also found that vegetation restoration can produce positive effects on NPP, but negative effects on WY by using response analyses of WY or NPP change to NDVI change, demonstrating that additional research on the role of water in vegetation restoration is needed. Our results provide support for ES management and the sustainable development of ecological restoration in the NSLP.

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Hejie Wei; Weiguo Fan; Zhenyu Ding; Boqi Weng; Kaixiong Xing; Xuechao Wang; Nachuan Lu; Sergio Ulgiati; Xiaobin Dong. Ecosystem Services and Ecological Restoration in the Northern Shaanxi Loess Plateau, China, in Relation to Climate Fluctuation and Investments in Natural Capital. Sustainability 2017, 9, 199 .

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Hejie Wei, Weiguo Fan, Zhenyu Ding, Boqi Weng, Kaixiong Xing, Xuechao Wang, Nachuan Lu, Sergio Ulgiati, Xiaobin Dong. Ecosystem Services and Ecological Restoration in the Northern Shaanxi Loess Plateau, China, in Relation to Climate Fluctuation and Investments in Natural Capital. Sustainability. 2017; 9 (2):199.

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Hejie Wei; Weiguo Fan; Zhenyu Ding; Boqi Weng; Kaixiong Xing; Xuechao Wang; Nachuan Lu; Sergio Ulgiati; Xiaobin Dong. 2017. "Ecosystem Services and Ecological Restoration in the Northern Shaanxi Loess Plateau, China, in Relation to Climate Fluctuation and Investments in Natural Capital." Sustainability 9, no. 2: 199.

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Published: 02 September 2015 in PLOS ONE
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Inner Mongolia is among the most important regions in terms of contribution to the socio-economic development of China. Furthermore, its grassland is a major ecological barrier for Northern China. The present study evaluates the changes in ecosystem services availability and human wellbeing based on a survey on864 herdsmen of the grassland and 20 governmental officials. The survey provided the following results: (1) The supporting and provisioning services of the grassland have recently declined, thus affecting the herdsmen’s wellbeing. The intensity of grazing, coal exploitation and tourism development heavily limits the availability of ecosystem services, among which provisioning ones are perceived as the most important. Below a certain threshold, grazing and mining are likely to promote the improvement of herdsmen’s wellbeing, while trespassing that point, the enhancement of the herdsmen’s living standards is curbed. (2) The herdsmen’s cultural exchange, health conditions and social relations are better now than before; however, the threats on herdsmen’s health and safety have increased. (3) A better income is among the most urgent herdsmen’s needs. Livestock revenues did not increase at the same rate as the damage to the grassland and human risk exposure did. (4) The governmental ecological compensation policy did not entirely solve the problem of grassland desertification and environmental degradation, although it is also true that the degree of implementation and effectiveness of government policies is related to the still insufficient herdsmen’s understanding and acceptance of these policies.

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Xiaobin Dong; Guangshuo Dai; Sergio Ulgiati; Risu Na; Xinshi Zhang; Muyi Kang; Xue-Chao Wang. On the Relationship between Economic Development, Environmental Integrity and Well-Being: The Point of View of Herdsmen in Northern China Grassland. PLOS ONE 2015, 10, e0134786 .

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Xiaobin Dong, Guangshuo Dai, Sergio Ulgiati, Risu Na, Xinshi Zhang, Muyi Kang, Xue-Chao Wang. On the Relationship between Economic Development, Environmental Integrity and Well-Being: The Point of View of Herdsmen in Northern China Grassland. PLOS ONE. 2015; 10 (9):e0134786.

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Xiaobin Dong; Guangshuo Dai; Sergio Ulgiati; Risu Na; Xinshi Zhang; Muyi Kang; Xue-Chao Wang. 2015. "On the Relationship between Economic Development, Environmental Integrity and Well-Being: The Point of View of Herdsmen in Northern China Grassland." PLOS ONE 10, no. 9: e0134786.