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Spatiotemporal Dynamic Monitoring of Desertification in Ordos Section of Yellow River Basin

Guohua Qu, Weiwei Hao, Xiaoguang Wu (), Yan Sheng (), Pengfei Huang, Xi Yang and Fang Li
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Guohua Qu: College of Desert Control Science and Engineering, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohoot 010011, China
Weiwei Hao: College of Desert Control Science and Engineering, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohoot 010011, China
Xiaoguang Wu: College of Desert Control Science and Engineering, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohoot 010011, China
Yan Sheng: College of Desert Control Science and Engineering, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohoot 010011, China
Pengfei Huang: College of Geography Science, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohoot 010022, China
Xi Yang: Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Land and Space Planning Institute, Hohoot 010010, China
Fang Li: Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Land and Space Planning Institute, Hohoot 010010, China

Sustainability, 2025, vol. 17, issue 17, 1-21

Abstract: The Ordos section of the Yellow River Basin represents a typical semi-arid zone in northern China. Due to dual pressures from natural drivers and human activities, this region is at the forefront of desertification. Therefore, rapidly and accurately identifying desertification and analyzing its evolutionary trends plays a vital role in desertification control. Using six-phase Landsat imagery (2000–2023) of Ordos City, this study extracted NDVI and Albedo to construct a fitting model, thereby analyzing desertification severity, spatial distribution patterns, and evolutionary dynamics. Through integrated analysis trends in meteorological and anthropogenic data, key driving factors of desertification processes were further investigated. Conclusions: (1) By 2023, the area of extremely severe and severe desertification reduction accounted for 12.67% of the total study area, the proportion of no desertification area increased by 11.27%, and the expansion of desertification was effectively curbed. (2) Desertification intensification cluster near residential zones and grazing lands, while improved areas concentrate in the western and southern of Mu Us Sandy Land vicinity. (3) Spatial autocorrelation analysis revealed statistically significant clustering patterns across the study area, predominantly characterized by distinct low–low and high–high aggregations. (4) Wind speed, temperature, and pastoral activities were major factors contributing to desertification. These research findings provided references for the ecological restoration and sustainable development of semi-arid areas in the Yellow River Basin.

Keywords: desertification; spatio-temporal pattern; driving factors; the yellow river basin (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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