Regional competitiveness: The case of Western China by Vuković Darko, Wei Li

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Urban outdoor thermal comfort in western China by Meng Zhen, Qi Dong, Ping Chen, Wei Ding, Dian Zhou, Wei Feng

“…Currently, there are few studies on city outdoor thermal comfort in western China. This paper, by use of weather stations and questionnaires, studies the relationship between outdoor thermal comfort, adaptive thermal comfort, residents’ social characteristics, and the thermal comfort in Xi’an. …”
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Monuments in the mountains: the megalithic graves of western China by Hein, A

“…This paper will briefly introduce the stone-built graves of western China and then focus on the only megalithic structures that can be found in the region, the megalithic graves of Southwest China. …”

Development Pattern of Toppling Deformation Slopes in Western China by Xingming Li, Kaiming Cao, Shaoping Huang, Ruiming Xing, Yuanhai Yang

“…Secondly, a geographic position susceptibility evaluation was conducted aimed at different sections of typical rivers in western China and the toppling deformation slopes related to them, and the study area was divided into upstream, midstream and downstream of 11 rivers that were respectively classified into very low, low, high and very high susceptibility areas. …”
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Orthodoxy in Western China and Central Asia: Historical Background by Irina Yu. Smirnova

“…At the same time, the establishment of Orthodox churches at the Russian consulates in Ghulja and Chuguchak played a crucial role in the spread of Orthodoxy in Central Asia and Western China.…”
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The Dynamics and Driving Mechanisms of Rural Revitalization in Western China by Xiaojuan Yang, Weiwei Li, Ping Zhang, Hua Chen, Min Lai, Sidong Zhao

“…By constructing a rural revitalization index evaluation system and using measurement models and software such as AHP, the entropy method, the BCG matrix, and GeoDetector, this paper quantitatively analyzed the evolution mode and driving mechanism of rural revitalization performance based on the research of 131 cities and autonomous prefectures in western China to further put forward relevant policy suggestions and establish a new framework that integrates “performance evaluation, evolution model, driving mechanism, and management strategy”. …”
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Preliminary Evaluation of Crustal Medium Parameters in Western China by Zheng Xingqun, Tao Zhengru

“…In this paper, we take Sichuan, Yunnan and Xinjiang regions in western China as examples and we inverse the parameters for each region by micro-genetic algorithm. …”
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Glacier Change and Its Response to Climate Change in Western China by Jiahui Li, Xinliang Xu

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Local villagers’ perceptions of wolves in Jiuzhaigou County, western China by Yu Xu, Biao Yang, Liang Dou

“…In this study, we used questionnaires and semi-structured interviews to investigate local villagers’ perceptions of wolves in Jiuzhaigou County, western China. We sampled nine villages with more frequent reports of wolf depredation to the local government, but included three villages near alpine pastures in which reports of depredation were less frequent. …”
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Coupling assessment for the water-economy-ecology nexus in Western China by Zhe Cheng, Jialin He, Shan Xu, Xiu Yang

“…The result indicates that the WEE nexus is generally developing in Western China, and the interaction between WEE is also increasing, but there is a lag in the WEE nexus’ coordinated development. …”
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Machine learning for predicting diabetes risk in western China adults by Lin Li, Yinlin Cheng, Weidong Ji, Mimi Liu, Zhensheng Hu, Yining Yang, Yushan Wang, Yi Zhou

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Health resource allocation in Western China from 2014 to 2018 by Zheng Wang, Haoyu He, Xi Liu, Hongkuang Wei, Qiming Feng, Bo Wei

“…Results The number of beds, physicians and nurses in Western China showed an increasing trend from 2014-2018. …”
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Simulation and Evaluation of Runoff in Tributary of Weihe River Basin in Western China by Yinge Liu, Yang Su, Lingang Wang, Yaqian Zhao

“…In this research, the Qianhe tributary at the Weihe River basin in Western China was selected as the study area. The tributary was divided into 29 sub-basins and 308 hydrological response units according to the spatial raster data and attribute data of the hydrology, meteorology, topography, land use, and soil types. …”
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Taxonomic status of grey-headed Yellow Wagtails breeding in western China by Alexander Hellquist, Fredrik Friberg, Petter Haldén, Peter Schmidt, Ming Ma, Gou Jun, Urban Olsson, Per Alström

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Alessandro Rippa, Borderland Infrastructures: Trade, Development and Control in Western China by Henrik Kloppenborg Møller

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Evaluation of soil nutrient characteristics in Tianshan Mountains, North-western China by Muyesaier Tudi, Hongying Li, Hairong Li, Li Wang, Linsheng Yang, Shuangmei Tong, Qiming Jimmy Yu, Huada Daniel Ruan

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Dry and Wet Changes and Vegetation Time-Delay Responses in Western China by Jie Chen, Bo Zhang, Rongpeng Yao, Xiaofang Zhang, Yaowen Zhang, Jing Zhou

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Quantifying urban expansion and its driving forces in Chengdu, western China by Guangjie Wang, Wenfu Peng, Lindan Zhang, Jiayao Xiang, Jingwen Shi, Lu Wang

“…Most studies on Chinese urbanization have focused on coastal areas, paying little attention to urban centers in western China. This study examines urban expansion based on the Google Earth Engine (GEE), remotely sensed image, urban expansion model, and analysis of buffer and quadrant location in the Geographic Information System (GIS). …”
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Breastfeeding rates in central and western China in 2010: implications for child and population health by Sufang Guo, Xulan Fu, Robert W Scherpbier, Yan Wang, Hong Zhou, Xiaoli Wang, David B Hipgrave

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Online learning success model for adults in open and distance education in Western China by Li Yuebo, Siti Hajar Halili, Rafiza Abdul Razak

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