A systematic review and gap analysis of drivers, impacts, and restoration options for abandoned croplands in Nepal

RB Ojha, K Atreya, P Kristiansen, D Devkota, B Wilson - Land use policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Cropland abandonment is an emerging human-induced land use and is a growing national
problem in Nepal. It is a key, current concern for local governance bodies and restoration …

Spatiotemporal evolution characteristics and influencing factors of traditional villages: the Yellow River Basin in Henan Province, China

Y Feng, H Wei, Y Huang, J Li, Z Mu, D Kong - Heritage Science, 2023 - Springer
Henan Province is the birthplace of Chinese civilization and one of the earliest human
settlements, which means that the area has an important national cultural heritage …

Agricultural land abandonment in the hill agro-ecological region of Nepal: Analysis of extent, drivers and impact of change

YR Subedi, P Kristiansen, O Cacho… - Environmental …, 2021 - Springer
Despite widely reported trends of agricultural land abandonment across many parts of the
globe, this land use change phenomenon is relatively new in the context of Nepal. In recent …

Appraisal of Empirical Studies on Land-Use and Land-Cover Changes and Their Impact on Ecosystem Services in Nepal Himalaya

MK Rai, B Paudel, Y Zhang, P Nepal, NR Khanal, L Liu… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The study of land-use and land-cover change (LULCC) and their impact on ecosystem
services (ESs) is vital for Nepal, where the majority of people are dependent on agriculture …

Agricultural services: Another way of farmland utilization and its effect on agricultural green total factor productivity in China

Q Xu, P Zhu, L Tang - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Improving agricultural green total factor productivity (AGTFP) is an important aspect of
sustainable agricultural development. Agricultural services, a new way of farmland utilization …

The role of government interventions in household climate adaptation on the Tibetan Plateau

X He, J Yan, LE Yang, H Zhou, Y Wu, S Wu - Journal of Rural Studies, 2022 - Elsevier
As climate change and its impacts intensify, the role of governments in the climate
adaptation process has received widespread attention. Effective adaptation to climate …

Climate change adaptation of smallholders on the Tibetan plateau under government interventions

X He, J Yan, LE Yang, Y Wu, H Zhou - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
The increasing severity of climate change has posed a great challenge to smallholders'
livelihoods. In addition to smallholders' autonomous adaptations, policy-makers need to …

[HTML][HTML] Relating the management difficulty to the abandonment rate of traditional mountain vineyards

L Wyler, M Conedera, M Tanadini, P Krebs - Journal of Rural Studies, 2023 - Elsevier
Cultural landscapes and the associated land uses are highly dynamic and subject to
continuous change over space and time. In recent times, European traditional agricultural …

The risk of agricultural land abandonment as a socioeconomic challenge for the development of agriculture in the European Union

A Pawlewicz, K Pawlewicz - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this article, the risk of agricultural farmland abandonment was assessed with the use of a
synthetic measure of socioeconomic problems as challenges to the quality of life in rural …

Spatio-temporal patterns and driving mechanism of farmland fragmentation in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain

Y Zheng, H Long, K Chen - Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2022 - Springer
Exploring the spatio-temporal variations of farmland landscape patterns in a traditional
agricultural region can provide scientific support for decision-making on sustainable rural …