| Aridity Trend in Northern China Contributor(s): Congbin Fu & Huiting Mao (Author) |
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ISBN: 9814723533 ISBN-13: 9789814723534 Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $131.10 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Global Warming & Climate Change - Science | Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology - Science | Earth Sciences - Oceanography |
| Series: World Scientific Asia-Pacific Weather and Climate |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 7.5" W x 10.3" (2.05 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The continued aridity trend occurring in many regions worldwide is a manifestation of the response of the earth system to global change. It hinders severely the sustainable development of these regions. Northern China is one of the largest and most affected regions in the world. This book documents the climate change in its arid and semi-arid areas on decadal to geological time scales based on analyses of various data sources. These analyses improved our understanding of the potential mechanisms driving the aridity trend, particularly in the second half of the 20th century. Based on these analyses and a systematic assessment of the impact of the aridity trend on the ecological and hydrological processes in northern China, measures of human adaptation to the aridity trend for socio-economic developments are proposed. |