Historical Farmland in China During 1661-1980 - Reconstruction and Spatiotemporal Characteristics

This book explores various approaches to reconstruct the spatial and temporal distribution of historical farmland in China. The book contains background information about political regimes, economic and social development, population changes and land resource utilization in the past 300 years in China. A literature review focuses on the assumptions, methodologies and models of reconstructing historical land-use datasets while addresses accuracy evaluation issues. Historical population size, its growth rate, and the evolution of spatial-temporal patterns of farmland in China have also been discussed. Almost all available historical data about farmland such as historical documents, archives, taxation records, statistics and research outcomes have been collected to reconstruct the amount of historical farmland. With a few principles and assumptions, a delicate Cellular Automaton (CA) and Multi-Agents (MAS) model based on bottom-up management scheme has been applied to derive the spatial-temporal distribution of farmland with the 1km*1km grid resolution for the period between 1661 and 1980 in China. Suggestions for future studies related to reconstructing historical land-use changes are then provided.

Table des matières

Chapter 1. Overview of the Chinese History during the Past 300 Years.- Chapter 2. Review on China's Spatially-explicit Historical Land Cover Datasets and Reconstruction Methods.- Chapter 3. Study Area and Data Source.- Chapter 4. The Spatial-temporal Pattern of Population Changes in China in the Past 300 Years.- Chapter 5. Farmland Dataset Reconstruction in the Past 300 Years in China.- Chapter 6. Reconstruction Spatial-temporal Pattern of Historical Farmland Based on Bottom-up Methodology.- Chapter 7. Farmland Spatial Pattern Reconstruction in the Past 300 Years in China.- Chapter 8. Conclusions and Research Prospects.

Résumé

Reconstructs the spatiotemporal pattern of historical land use in China from 1661 - 1980

Delivers insights on characteristics of historical land-use changes including cropland, forest, rural and urban land

Provides a comprehensive overview of land-use data set reconstruction methods

Integrates effectively historical land-use data from all available sources

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Yinong Cheng, Xiaobi Jin, Xiaobin Jin, Xuhong Yang, Xuhong et al Yang, Yinkan Zhou, Yinkang Zhou
• Edition: Springer, Berlin
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9783319718781
• ISBN: 978-3-31-971878-1
• Pages: 138
• Dimensions: 215 mm x 287 mm x 10 mm
• Poids: 582 g
• Illustrations: XI, 138 p. 60 illus., 49 illus. in color.
• Thèmes: Historical Geography and Geosciences; Historical Geography and Geosciences
• Catégories: Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Sciences de la Terre > Géographie; B, Geography, Urban Planning, Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Science, Regional & area planning, Asian History, Solid Earth Sciences, Environmental management,, Agricultural science, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Regional planning, natural resources, Human Geography, History of China, China—History, Historical Geography