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2020
Volume: 39 Issue 1
15 Article(s)

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The spatial pattern of urban production-living-ecological space quality and its related factors in China
Pengfei LIU, and Bindong SUN
As the main carrier of population and socio-economic activities, cities are also the places that accumulate the problems from production, living and ecological activities. In order to evaluate the quality of urban production-living-ecological space, this paper develops an evaluation index system based on its theoretica
Geographical Research
  • Publication Date: Jan. 20, 2020
  • Vol. 39, Issue 1, 13 (2020)
The spatial-temporal pattern of the relationship between urban-ization and economic development at prefecture-level units in China: A quantitative analysis based on 2000 and 2010 census data
Zhen YANG, Xiaolei ZHANG, Jiangang LI, Jun LEI, and Zuliang DUAN
The study on the spatial pattern of the relationship between urbanization and economic development has a more clearly practical significance for the choice of regional urbanization and economic development path. However, the existing research on the relationship between China’s urbanization and economic development (RC
Geographical Research
  • Publication Date: Jan. 20, 2020
  • Vol. 39, Issue 1, 25 (2020)
Spatial distribution of summer comfortable climate and winter comfortable climate in China and their differences
Lizi DENG, and Jigang BAO
Comfortable climate consists of summer comfortable climate and winter comfortable climate. Insofar there has been little, if any, academic attention paid to the dichotomous climates, especially in terms of the characteristics as well as differences embedded in their spatial distribution across China. Building upon the
Geographical Research
  • Publication Date: Jan. 20, 2020
  • Vol. 39, Issue 1, 41 (2020)
Spatial correlation network of water resources green efficiency between provinces of China
Caizhi SUN, and Qifei MA
In recent years, China's economic development has maintained rapid growth, and the demand for water resources is also increasing day by day. However, shortage of water resources and inefficient use of water have become an obstacle to the sustainable development of China's social economy. The research on spatial
Geographical Research
  • Publication Date: Jan. 20, 2020
  • Vol. 39, Issue 1, 53 (2020)
Spatial-temporal change and trade-off/synergy relationships among multiple ecosystem services in Three-River-Source National Park
Defeng ZHENG, Shuai HAO, Leting LV, Wenjin XU, Yanyan WANG, and Hui WANG
It is of great significance to carry out the research on the changes of National Park ecosystem services and the trade-off and synergy to realize the strictest ecological protection, promote the construction of ecological civilization and realize the sustainable development of the region. In this paper, the Three-River
Geographical Research
  • Publication Date: Jan. 20, 2020
  • Vol. 39, Issue 1, 64 (2020)
Trade-offs and synergies of ecosystem service bundles in Xiong'an New Area
Jiashu SHEN, Ze LIANG, Laibao LIU, Delong LI, Yatong ZHANG, and Shuangcheng LI
The construction of Xiong'an New Area is crucial for generations and a national affair of China. Under the concept of ecological priority and green development, exploring the associations between ecosystem services is of vital significance for optimizing territory development plan and realizing the sustainable mana
Geographical Research
  • Publication Date: Jan. 20, 2020
  • Vol. 39, Issue 1, 79 (2020)
Identifying the spatial range of urban agglomerations in China based on night light remote sensing and POI data
Ze LIANG, Jiao HUANG, Feili WEI, Jiashu SHEN, and Shuangcheng LI
Urban agglomeration, as an emerging phenomenon in many urbanized areas worldwide, is considered as a highly developed spatial form of integrated cities. Cities are highly linked within an urban agglomeration, which renders the agglomeration one of the most important carriers for global economic development. In recent y
Geographical Research
  • Publication Date: Jan. 20, 2020
  • Vol. 39, Issue 1, 92 (2020)
Study on spatial relevance of ecological-land loss based on change trajectory analysis method
Jinya LIU, Dongchuan WANG, Ranhao SUN, Feicui WANG, Bingxu HU, Junhe CHEN, and Zhichao SUN
In view of the shortcomings of the existing research which has split the basic change process of ecological land loss. Based on the land use data of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration in 1984, 2000 and 2015, the trajectory analysis method was used in this paper to identify the temporal and spatial dynamics o
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  • Publication Date: Jan. 20, 2020
  • Vol. 39, Issue 1, 103 (2020)
Spatial-temporal characteristics, danger simulation and boundary detection of cholera in the late Qing Dynasty (1816-1911)
Zimo LI
Cholera was a new type of severe infectious disease which was introduced into China around 1820 in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), and the "localization" process was completed rapidly. At present, it is still one of the major threats to the health and safety of human life, and sometimes it causes heavy casualti
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  • Publication Date: Jan. 20, 2020
  • Vol. 39, Issue 1, 129 (2020)
Spatiotemporal variability of extreme precipitation and influencing factors on the Loess Plateau in northern Shaanxi province
Shuangshuang LI, Feng KONG, Lu HAN, Junping YAN, Chengbo WANG, and Yaqun WU
The questions concerning how much precipitation is extreme and how extreme precipitation responds to warming are important to improving climate resiliency and achieving sustainable development of typical loess hills and gullies in China. The spatial-temporal variation of extreme precipitation is investigated on the Loe
Geographical Research
  • Publication Date: Jan. 20, 2020
  • Vol. 39, Issue 1, 140 (2020)
Responses of vegetation greenness to temperature and precipitation in the Three-North Shelter Forest Program
Shudi XIE, Xingguo MO, Shi HU, and Xuejuan CHEN
Exploring the responses of vegetation greenness to temperature and precipitation can provide scientific basis for vegetation construction in the Three-North Shelter Forest Program. Based on MODIS NDVI and meteorological data from 2000 to 2015, the path analysis method was used to analyze the direct and indirect effects
Geographical Research
  • Publication Date: Jan. 20, 2020
  • Vol. 39, Issue 1, 152 (2020)
Spatial characteristics of the national wild and scenic rivers system in the United States and its enlightenment to China
Peng LI, Min ZHAO, Watson Alan, Peng YANG, and Dan YU
The Wild and Scenic Rivers System (NWSRS) of the United States designated the earliest protected river system in the world. After 50 years of existence, the system continues to grow and to fulfill the promise of the original legislation. National Wild and Scenic Rivers (NWSR) are linear, and cross boundaries, including
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  • Publication Date: Jan. 20, 2020
  • Vol. 39, Issue 1, 166 (2020)
Nitrogen pollution source structure and spatial distribution of Bohai Sea
Hui WANG, Weixin LUAN, and Minjie KANG
In the past 30 years, the Bohai Sea's environment has undergone tremendous changes. The input of land-based pollution is the main cause of the deterioration of the Bohai Sea's environment. In order to study the spatial relationship between the pressure intensity of land-based pollution and the pollution of the
Geographical Research
  • Publication Date: Jan. 20, 2020
  • Vol. 39, Issue 1, 186 (2020)
A critical review of points of geography of scientific knowledge: Focusing on “Putting science in its place: Geographies of scientific knowledge”
Jun SUN
“Putting Science in Its Place: Geographies of Scientific Knowledge” by David N. Livingstone is a striking, fascinating, and unusual book that suggests that geography does not play a prominent part in the critical exploration of science. This book advocates a broader context in which the geography of scientific knowledg
Geographical Research
  • Publication Date: Jan. 20, 2020
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