Sustainability challenges for the social-environmental systems across the Asian Drylands Belt by Jiquan Chen, Ranjeet John, Jing Yuan, Elizabeth A Mack, Pavel Groisman, Ginger Allington, Jianguo Wu, Peilei Fan, Kirsten M de Beurs, Arnon Karnieli, Garik Gutman, Martin Kappas, Gang Dong, Fangyuan Zhao, Zutao Ouyang, Amber L Pearson, Beyza Şat, Norman A Graham, Changliang Shao, Anna K Graham, Geoffrey M Henebry, Zhichao Xue, Amarjargal Amartuvshin, Luping Qu, Hogeun Park, Xiaoping Xin, Jingyan Chen, Li Tian, Colt Knight, Maira Kussainova, Fei Li, Christine Fürst, Jiaguo Qi

“…At the present time, the ADB is confronted with a unique set of environmental and socioeconomic changes including water shortage-related environmental challenges and dramatic institutional changes since the collapse of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The SES of the ADB is assessed using a conceptual framework rooted in the three pillars of sustainability science: social, economic, and ecological systems. …”
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