The constraints and driving forces of oasis development in arid region: a case study of the Hexi Corridor in northwest China.

ABSTRACT: The oasis, a special landscape with the integration of nature and humanity in the arid region, has undergone an enormous transformation during the past decades. To gain a better understanding of the tradeoff between economic growth and oases stability in the arid land, we took the oases in the Hexi Corridor as a case to explore the constraints of oases development and the driving factors of oases expansion. The dynamic changes and spatial distribution patterns underwent by the oases were examined using multispectral remote sensing imagery. The constraints of oasis development in arid land were investigated by the grid-transformed model, as well as the index system of driving forces was analyzed using the grey incidence model based on the data from statistics yearbooks. The oasis area in th

SUBMITTER: Bie Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7572404 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature