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DOI	10.1016/j.envsci.2020.12.007
	Assessing human-environment system sustainability based on Regional Safe and Just Operating Space: The case of the Inner Mongolia Grassland
	Fang, Xuening; Wu, Jianguo; He, Chunyang
通讯作者	Wu, JG (corresponding author), Arizona State Univ, Sch Life Sci, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA. ; Wu, JG (corresponding author), Arizona State Univ, Sch Sustainabil, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA.
来源期刊	ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
ISSN	1462-9011
EISSN	1873-6416
出版年	2021
卷号	116 页码:276-286
英文摘要	China's grassland policy has changed substantially since the country's reform and opening up about four decades ago, with profound impacts on both herder's wellbeing and grassland conservation in Inner Mongolia. However, whether the herder-grassland system of Inner Mongolia has become more sustainable has not been quantitatively assessed against established sustainability standards. Thus, this study aimed to quantify the sustainability gaps of the herder-grassland system of Inner Mongolia from 1982 to 2015, based on the Regional Safe and Just Operating Space (RSJOS) framework and landscape sustainability science. Specifically, we evaluated grassland productivity by combining the envelope of variability and spatial explicit landscape analysis methods, and assessed herder's wellbeing using the minimum standards of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Our main findings are: (1) the grassland productivity of Inner Mongolia returned to a safe operating state after experiencing unsafe changes between 2000 and 2009; (2) the hotspots of grassland degradation during 1980s-2015 were mainly located in desert steppes and the agro-pastoral transitional zone; (3) herder's income, education, safe drinking water, and social equality did not reach the internationally agreed minimum standards of SDGs, although the overall wellbeing improved during recent decades; and (4) herder's livelihood became less reliant on grasslands as their economic gains from raising livestock declined rapidly. We conclude that, while Inner Mongolia has made substantial progress in economic development during recent decades, improving the basic needs of herders (especially socioeconomic equity and high-quality education) and restoring severely degraded grasslands remain the most urgent and challenging issues that hinder a sustainability transition in the region.
英文关键词	Sustainability assessment Sustainability gap Grassland policy Herder's wellbeing Grassland restoration Landscape sustainability
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000613645200009
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
来源机构	北京师范大学 ; Arizona State University
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/347873
作者单位	[Fang, Xuening] Shanghai Normal Univ, Sch Environm & Geog Sci, Shanghai 200234, Peoples R China; [Fang, Xuening; Wu, Jianguo; He, Chunyang] Beijing Normal Univ, Fac Geog Sci, State Key Lab Earth Surface Proc & Resource Ecol, Ctr Human Environm Syst Sustainabil CHESS, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China; [Wu, Jianguo] Arizona State Univ, Sch Life Sci, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA; [Wu, Jianguo] Arizona State Univ, Sch Sustainabil, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Fang, Xuening,Wu, Jianguo,He, Chunyang. Assessing human-environment system sustainability based on Regional Safe and Just Operating Space: The case of the Inner Mongolia Grassland[J]. 北京师范大学, Arizona State University,2021,116:276-286.
APA	Fang, Xuening,Wu, Jianguo,&He, Chunyang.(2021).Assessing human-environment system sustainability based on Regional Safe and Just Operating Space: The case of the Inner Mongolia Grassland.ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY,116,276-286.
MLA	Fang, Xuening,et al."Assessing human-environment system sustainability based on Regional Safe and Just Operating Space: The case of the Inner Mongolia Grassland".ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY 116(2021):276-286.