Ditch control and land reclamation promote vegetation recovery in Loess Plateau

This study aimed to assess the impact of land consolidation projects and climate change on changes in vegetation in the Loess Plateau during 2012–2021. The study also explored the impacts of human activities and climate change on the ecological quality of the Loess Plateau during this period. The sp...

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Main Authors: Hui Kong, Liangyan Yang, Dan Wu, Juan Li, Shenglan Ye
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Language:English
Published: AIMS Press 2024-02-01
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author Hui Kong
Liangyan Yang
Dan Wu
Juan Li
Shenglan Ye
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Dan Wu
Juan Li
Shenglan Ye
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description This study aimed to assess the impact of land consolidation projects and climate change on changes in vegetation in the Loess Plateau during 2012–2021. The study also explored the impacts of human activities and climate change on the ecological quality of the Loess Plateau during this period. The spatial and temporal normalized difference combined meteorological monitoring data, project data, and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) data that was used to create the vegetation index dataset spanning from 2012–2021. The study discussed and assessed the effectiveness of the project, revealing the following results: 1) A significant increase was observed in the vegetation index of the Loess Plateau region from 2012 to 2021, with an upward trend of 0.0024 per year (P < 0.05). 2) Contributions to changes in vegetation attributed to climatic factors and the anthropogenic factors of the ditch construction project were 82.74 and 17.62%, respectively, with climatic factors dominating and the degree of response of the ditch construction project increasing annually. 3) In the Loess Plateau, climatic variables dominated changes in vegetation. However, land consolidation projects in vegetation factors played a key role in changes in vegetation, and the degree of influence was gradually increasing.
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spelling doaj.art-5974880ba9ac40d68536af7182b632df2024-03-06T01:28:46ZengAIMS PressMathematical Biosciences and Engineering1551-00182024-02-012133784379710.3934/mbe.2024168Ditch control and land reclamation promote vegetation recovery in Loess PlateauHui Kong 0Liangyan Yang 1Dan Wu2Juan Li3Shenglan Ye 41. Institute of Land Engineering and Technology, Shaanxi Land Engineering Construction Group Co., Ltd., Xi'an 710075, China 2. Key Laboratory of Degraded and Unused Land Consolidation Engineering, the Ministry of Natural Resources, Xi'an 710075, China 3. Shaanxi Provincial Land Engineering Construction Group Co., Ltd. Xi'an 710075, China2. Key Laboratory of Degraded and Unused Land Consolidation Engineering, the Ministry of Natural Resources, Xi'an 710075, China 3. Shaanxi Provincial Land Engineering Construction Group Co., Ltd. Xi'an 710075, China1. Institute of Land Engineering and Technology, Shaanxi Land Engineering Construction Group Co., Ltd., Xi'an 710075, China3. Shaanxi Provincial Land Engineering Construction Group Co., Ltd. Xi'an 710075, China1. Institute of Land Engineering and Technology, Shaanxi Land Engineering Construction Group Co., Ltd., Xi'an 710075, China 2. Key Laboratory of Degraded and Unused Land Consolidation Engineering, the Ministry of Natural Resources, Xi'an 710075, China 3. Shaanxi Provincial Land Engineering Construction Group Co., Ltd. Xi'an 710075, China1. Institute of Land Engineering and Technology, Shaanxi Land Engineering Construction Group Co., Ltd., Xi'an 710075, China 2. Key Laboratory of Degraded and Unused Land Consolidation Engineering, the Ministry of Natural Resources, Xi'an 710075, ChinaThis study aimed to assess the impact of land consolidation projects and climate change on changes in vegetation in the Loess Plateau during 2012–2021. The study also explored the impacts of human activities and climate change on the ecological quality of the Loess Plateau during this period. The spatial and temporal normalized difference combined meteorological monitoring data, project data, and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) data that was used to create the vegetation index dataset spanning from 2012–2021. The study discussed and assessed the effectiveness of the project, revealing the following results: 1) A significant increase was observed in the vegetation index of the Loess Plateau region from 2012 to 2021, with an upward trend of 0.0024 per year (P < 0.05). 2) Contributions to changes in vegetation attributed to climatic factors and the anthropogenic factors of the ditch construction project were 82.74 and 17.62%, respectively, with climatic factors dominating and the degree of response of the ditch construction project increasing annually. 3) In the Loess Plateau, climatic variables dominated changes in vegetation. However, land consolidation projects in vegetation factors played a key role in changes in vegetation, and the degree of influence was gradually increasing.https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/mbe.2024168?viewType=HTMLditch reclamationclimate changevegetation recovery loess plateaundvipartial correlation
spellingShingle Hui Kong
Liangyan Yang
Dan Wu
Juan Li
Shenglan Ye
Ditch control and land reclamation promote vegetation recovery in Loess Plateau
Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering
ditch reclamation
climate change
vegetation recovery loess plateau
ndvi
partial correlation
title Ditch control and land reclamation promote vegetation recovery in Loess Plateau
title_full Ditch control and land reclamation promote vegetation recovery in Loess Plateau
title_fullStr Ditch control and land reclamation promote vegetation recovery in Loess Plateau
title_full_unstemmed Ditch control and land reclamation promote vegetation recovery in Loess Plateau
title_short Ditch control and land reclamation promote vegetation recovery in Loess Plateau
title_sort ditch control and land reclamation promote vegetation recovery in loess plateau
topic ditch reclamation
climate change
vegetation recovery loess plateau
ndvi
partial correlation
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