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Land cover dataset of the China Central-Asia West-Asia Economic Corridor from 1993 to 2018

Scientific Data, 2023
Land Cover (LC) maps offer vital knowledge for various studies, ranging from sustainable development to climate change. The China Central-Asia West-Asia Economic Corridor region, as a core component of the Belt and Road initiative program, has been ...
Amin Naboureh, Ainong Li, Jinhu Bian, Guangbin Lei, Xi Nan   +4 more
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An Experimental Study on the Hydromechanical Behaviours of the Evolution of Postearthquake Landslide Deposits

Geofluids, 2019
In this study, a series of experiments of the full-scale physical model was employed to investigate the hydromechanical behaviours of the postearthquake landslide evolution, in forms of rill erosion and shallow headward failure on the rill bank slopes ...
Huan Cai, Zong-Ji Yang, Li-Yong Wang, Xiao-Qin Lei, Xiao-Long Fu, Shi-Hao Liu, Jian-Ping Qiao   +6 more
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Distribution, diversity and phytosociology of Berberis lycium- a medicinally important and economically valuable plant species along a riparian gradient in Jammu and Kashmir

Environment Conservation Journal, 2017
The present communication deals with the distribution, diversity and phytosociology of an important medicinal shrub Berberis lycium along Neeru stream, a major left bank tributary of river Chenab with an elevational gradient of 848 m to 2200 m.
Anu Sharma , Dinesh Singh , Neeraj Sharma   +2 more
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Case study on debris-flow hazard mitigation at a world natural heritage site, Jiuzhaigou Valley, Western China

Geomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk, 2020
The Jiuzhaigou earthquake on 8 August 2017, led to a significant increase in the amount of loose, solid material, which has been a rich source of debris-flow activity. In this paper, a comprehensive debris-flow prevention and control system consisting of
Wanyu Zhao, Yong You, Xiaoqing Chen, Jingfeng Liu, Jiangang Chen   +4 more
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Effect of Biochar and Straw Application on Nitrous Oxide and Methane Emissions from Eutric Regosols with Different pH in Sichuan Basin: A Mesocosm Study

Atmosphere, 2021
Adoption of crop residue amendments has been increasingly recommended as an effective management practice for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions while enhancing soil fertility, thereby increasing crop production. However, the effect of biochar and straw
Tite Ntacyabukura, Ernest Uwiringiyimana, Minghua Zhou, Bowen Zhang, Bo Zhu, Barthelemy Harerimana, Jean de Dieu Nambajimana, Gratien Nsabimana, Pascal Nsengumuremyi   +8 more
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Rapid glacier Shrinkage and Glacial Lake Expansion of a China-Nepal Transboundary Catchment in the Central Himalayas, between 1964 and 2020

Remote Sensing, 2021
Climate warming and concomitant glacier recession in the High Mountain Asia (HMA) have led to widespread development and expansion of glacial lakes, which reserved the freshwater resource, but also may increase risks of glacial lake outburst floods ...
Yan Zhong, Qiao Liu, Liladhar Sapkota, Yunyi Luo, Han Wang, Haijun Liao, Yanhong Wu   +6 more
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Case Study of the Characteristics and Dynamic Process of July 10, 2013, Catastrophic Debris Flows in Wenchuan County, China

Earth Sciences Research Journal, 2016
The Wenchuan earthquake of May 12, 2008, generated a significant amount of loose solid material that can produce devastating debris flows. In the five years since the earthquake, there have been many large-scale individual and group catastrophic debris ...
Guisheng Hu, Ningsheng Chen, Javed Iqbal Tanoli, Yong You, Jun Li   +4 more
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Debris flow amplification in a moraine terrace and related engineering measures in the Zongzhai Valley, Southeastern Tibetan Plateau

Geomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk, 2018
Debris flows can quickly destroy basic facilities in mountainous areas, where suitable land resources are limited and towns are located on gentle slopes. To alleviate the threat of debris flows, two main approaches, based on debris storage or debris-flow
Mingfeng Deng, Mei Liu, Yong Zhang, Ningsheng Chen, Na Huang, Tao Wang   +5 more
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A Simple and Automatic Method for Detecting Large-Scale Land Cover Changes Without Training Data

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2023
Automatic and accurate extraction of land use/cover change (LUCC) is essential for various applications, particularly studies on climate change and sustainable development.
Guangbin Lei, Ainong Li, Jinhu Bian, Amin Naboureh, Zhengjian Zhang, Xi Nan   +5 more
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Conceptualising quality early childhood education: Learning from young children in Brazil and South Africa through creative and play‐based methods

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Early childhood has increasingly been acknowledged as a vital time for all children. Inclusive and quality education is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the further specification that all children have access to quality pre‐primary education.
Laura H. V. Wright, Irene Rizzini, Malibongwe Gwele, Lynn McNair, Cristina Laclette Porto, Marsha Orgill, E. Kay M. Tisdall, Malcolm Bush, Linda Biersteker   +8 more
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