A historical examination on land desertification in North China

Abstract

Desertification control has been facing severe situations in the interlocking area between cultivated land and grazing land in North China since the Qing Dynasty because of unreasonable land utilization. The paper analyzes the policies of all the previous governments to open up land, and examines the historical and geographical background and process by means of historical records. We consider that causes of the area of land desertification to extend are increase of farming migrants, the change of life style of Mongol and weather and land conditions. In order to control the spread of land desertification, we suggest the level of the government to make policies should be improved, the number of farming migrants should be controlled, the Government's general and specific polices should be actively publicized, and investment in agriculture should be increased. KEY WORDS: farming migrants; life style of Mongol; weather and land conditions; land desertification; Qing Dynasty CLC number: P941.73 Document code: A

Knowledge-driven institutional change: An empirical study on combating desertification in northern china from 1949 to 2004

“…The interview data and meta-analysis of the literature also indicated that communication among different levels of government and between government and other social actors should also be encouraged to build a harmonious institutional change system. Thus, citizens must improve their understanding of governmental polices, but it is also essential for the government to improve its understanding of citizens' preferences, demands, ideas and hopes (Yan et al, 2001;Yang, 2009Yang, , 2010 and for individuals such as scholars and experts to improve their understanding of each other, given their heterogeneous types of knowledge (Azadi et al, 2007).…”