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Nepal is a typical mountain country. Its eco-environment has been reported highly sensitive to land use/cover change (LUCC) related to human activities, natural disasters, and climate change. This book collected joint studies from both China and Nepal scientists, and concluded the issue of eco-environmental responses to LUCC in Nepal from different aspects, including LUCC spatial-temporal pattern, eco-environmental changes, livelihood and adaptation, and mountain geo-hazards. It is supported by the China-Nepal Joint Research Center for Geography and the regional science and technology cooperation framework such as the cooperation agreements signed by Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment (IMHE), Chinese Academy of Sciences with Tribhuvan University (TU), and International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD). It should be a valuable and comprehensive literature for scientific community and local government to support the land resources use, environment security protection as well as the decision making for sustainable development in Nepal.
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The authors would like to express their special thanks of gratitude to all contributing authors, all reference authors, the helps of the colleagues from Tribhuvan University and International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development in the field works, as well as the joint support from the International Cooperation Key Project of CAS (No. GJHZ201320), the International Cooperation Partner Program of Innovative Team of CAS (No. KZZD-EW-TZ-06), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41631180), and the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2016YFA0600103, 2016YFC0500201-06).
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Li, A., Deng, W. (2017). Land Use/Cover Change and Its Eco-environmental Responses in Nepal: An Overview. In: Li, A., Deng, W., Zhao, W. (eds) Land Cover Change and Its Eco-environmental Responses in Nepal. Springer Geography. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2890-8_1
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