Review of Land Use and Land Cover Change in China and Associated Climatic Effects

doi:10.11867/j.issn.1001-8166.2014.09.1025

Advances in Earth Science ›› 2014, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (9): 1025-1036. doi: 10.11867/j.issn.1001-8166.2014.09.1025

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Review of Land Use and Land Cover Change in China and Associated Climatic Effects

Wenjian Hua ^1, ^2, ³( ), Haishan Chen ^1, ^2, ³( ), Xing Li ³

1. Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters/Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster, Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210044, China
2. International Joint Laboratory on Climate and Environment Change (ILCEC), Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST), Nanjing 210044, China
3. School of Atmospheric Sciences, NUIST, Nanjing 210044, China;

Received:2014-05-12 Revised:2014-07-26 Online:2014-09-10 Published:2014-09-10

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Wenjian Hua, Haishan Chen, Xing Li. Review of Land Use and Land Cover Change in China and Associated Climatic Effects[J]. Advances in Earth Science, 2014, 29(9): 1025-1036.

Land Use and Land Cover Change (LUCC) due to human activities is one of important anthropogenic forcings. However, the effects of LUCC on global and regional climate have not been addressed in depth yet. In particular, a systematic evaluation of the climatic effects associated with LUCC is lacking. In this paper, we reviewed the observational and simulation findings of LUCC-related issues, focusing on the characteristic of LUCC in China in recent decades and the impacts of biogeophysical processes on regional climate. The roles of LUCC in future projections and the issues which should be further studied were also discussed. In addition, the latest research tendency and future focuses at home and abroad were also described.

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