Knowledge Resource Center for Ecological Environment in Arid Area
| DOI | 10.3390/su13073602 |
| Between Sand Dunes and Hamadas: Environmental Sustainability of the Thar Desert, West India | |
| Chlachula, Jiri | |
| 通讯作者 | Chlachula, J (corresponding author), Adam Mickiewicz Univ, Inst Geoecol & Geoinformat, PL-61680 Poznan, Poland. ; Chlachula, J (corresponding author), Environm Res Ctr, Stare Mesto 68603, Czech Republic. |
| 来源期刊 | SUSTAINABILITY
 |
| EISSN | 2071-1050 |
| 出版年 | 2021 |
| 卷号 | 13期号:7 |
| 英文摘要 | Extensive geographic areas of the world show a long-term atmospheric moisture deficit. Desertification of Rajasthan is concurrent with the strengthened weather extremality and mean annual air temperature (MAAT) rise over the western part of the Indian subcontinent. The present landscape aridification due to the precipitation decrease and reinforced windiness generates surface-cover dryness, aeolian erosion with a mass sediment transfer, salinity of excessively irrigated lands and groundwater depletion; altogether these pose major geo-environmental threats and settlement risks of the expanding Thar Desert. Livestock-overgrazing of sparse-vegetation contributes to ecological pressure to the fragile wasteland ecosystems with approximately three-quarters of the countryside affected to a certain extent by degradation and >50% exposed to wind erosion. Sand dune stabilisation by the drought-adapted tree plantation, the regional hydrology network regulation and the arid-land farming based on new xerophytic cultigens are the key land-use and mitigation strategies. Specific geomorphic palaeosettings predetermined patterned adaptive forms of the ancient desert inhabitation. Geo- and eco-tourism contributes to the arid-zone socioeconomic sustainability with regard to the rich natural and cultural heritage of the area. This study outlines the main effects of the current climate variations on the pristine and occupied lands of western Rajasthan, and the past and present relief transformations, and reviews the modern anthropogenic responses to desertification. |
| 英文关键词 | Rajasthan climate change aridification sand dunes environmental impact landscape degradation settlement sustainability geoheritage |
| 类型 | Article |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 开放获取类型 | gold |
| 收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000638916600001 |
| WOS关键词 | TEMPERATURE TRENDS ; LAND DEGRADATION ; DESERTIFICATION ; RAINFALL ; MANAGEMENT ; RAJASTHAN ; HISTORY ; EROSION ; CLIMATE ; REGION |
| WOS类目 | Green & Sustainable Science & Technology ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies |
| WOS研究方向 | Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
| 资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/351829 |
| 作者单位 | [Chlachula, Jiri] Adam Mickiewicz Univ, Inst Geoecol & Geoinformat, PL-61680 Poznan, Poland; [Chlachula, Jiri] Environm Res Ctr, Stare Mesto 68603, Czech Republic |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Chlachula, Jiri. Between Sand Dunes and Hamadas: Environmental Sustainability of the Thar Desert, West India[J],2021,13(7). |
| APA | Chlachula, Jiri.(2021).Between Sand Dunes and Hamadas: Environmental Sustainability of the Thar Desert, West India.SUSTAINABILITY,13(7). |
| MLA | Chlachula, Jiri."Between Sand Dunes and Hamadas: Environmental Sustainability of the Thar Desert, West India".SUSTAINABILITY 13.7(2021). |
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