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PAPERBACK list:$31.00 Web:$27.90 add to cart PDF BOOK your price: $24.00 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free Resources Display this book on your site! Related Titles Population, Land Use, and Environment: Research Directions The Changing Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries: Selected Studies Other Related Titles Grasslands and Grassland Sciences in Northern China (1992) Office of International Affairs (OIA) Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Page 7   E-mail  Facebook  Digg  Stumble  Twitter More The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. PART I OVERVIEW Part I introduces the geology, climate, and vegetation of and the human impacts on the arid and semiarid regions of northern China. The first half of the following chapter includes both a general overview and more detailed descriptions of the regions of the Northeast, Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Qinghai, and Xinjiang visited by delegations representing the Committee on Scholarly Communication with the People's Republic of China (CSCPRC). The second half discusses changes in land use practices in this region and the effects of these practices on vegetation and other elements of the ecosystem. Page 7 Front Matter (R1-R16) Introduction (1-6) Part I Overview (7-8) 1 The Grazinglands of Northern China: Ecology, Society, and Land Use (9-36) Part II Chinese Literature on Grassland Studies (37-38) 2 Northern China (39-54) 3 The Northeast (55-66) 4 Xilingele (67-84) 5 Central Inner Mongolia (85-92) 6 Gansu and Qinghai (93-108) 7 Xinjiang (109-120) 8 Social Sciences (121-132) Part III Chinese Institutions for Grassland Studies (133-134) 9 Beijing (135-142) 10 The Northeast (143-148) 11 Inner Mongolia (149-162) 12 Gansu and Qinghai (163-174) 13 Xinjiang (175-180) Part IV Summary and Analysis (181-182) 14 Key Issues in Grassland Studies (183-198) Index (199-214)

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