1. Integrated ecosystem assessment for western development of China

   • Liu Ji-yuan
   • Masataka Watanabe
   • Deng Xiang-zheng

   OriginalPaper Pages: 127 - 134

2. Biodiversity and conservation in the Tibetan Plateau

   • Zhang Bai-ping
   • Chen Xiao-dong
   • Yao Yong-hui

   OriginalPaper Pages: 135 - 143

3. The property, age and formation environment of the palaeokarst in Qinghai-Xizang Plateau

   • Gao Quan-zhou
   • Cui Zhi-jiu
   • Hong Yun

   OriginalPaper Pages: 144 - 152

4. Spatial changes of wind erosion-caused landscapes and their relation with wind field in China

   • Zhang Guo-ping
   • Liu Ji-yuan
   • Zhou Quan-bin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 153 - 162

5. Internet based environmental monitoring information system and its application in Yili Prefecture

   • Deng Xiang-zheng
   • Liu Ji-yuan
   • Zhan Jin-yan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 163 - 170

6. A GIS-based research on the distribution of rural settlements in Yulin of northern Shaanxi

   • Zhao Mu-dan
   • Tang Guo-an
   • Liu Yong-mei

   OriginalPaper Pages: 171 - 176

7. Regional carrying capacity: case studies of Bohai Rim area

   • Yu Dan-lin
   • Mao Han-ying

   OriginalPaper Pages: 177 - 185

8. On models for landscape connectivity: a case study of the new-born wetland of the Yellow River Delta

   • Yue Tian-xiang
   • Ye Qing-hua
   • Gong Zheng-hui

   OriginalPaper Pages: 186 - 195

9. The paleogeographic implications of loess mounds: Laizhou Bay plain

   • Zhang Zu-lu
   • Liu En-feng
   • Wang Lin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 196 - 201

10. Interdecadal change in Western Pacific Subtropical High and climatic effects

    • He Xue-zhao
    • Gong Dao-yi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 202 - 209

11. Interdecadal fluctuation of dry and wet climate boundaries in China in the past 50 years

    • Yang Jian-ping
    • Ding Yong-jian
    • Liu Lian-you

    OriginalPaper Pages: 210 - 216

12. Groundwater regime and calculation of yield response in North China Plain: a case study of Luancheng County in Hebei Province

    • Jia Jin-sheng
    • Yu Jing-jie
    • Liu Chang-ming

    OriginalPaper Pages: 217 - 225

13. The 3D simulation and optimized management model of groundwater systems based on eco-environmental water demand

    • Zhang Guang-xin
    • Deng Wei
    • He Yan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 226 - 235

14. Chemical element transfer of weathering granite regolith in the Three Gorges Dam region of Yangtze River

    • Zhang Li-ping
    • Zhu Da-kui
    • Yang Da-yuan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 236 - 242

15. Soil degradation: a global problem endangering sustainable development

    • Chen Jie
    • Chen Jing-zhang
    • Gong Zi-tong

    OriginalPaper Pages: 243 - 252

16. Announcement of international workshop on vulnerability of water resources to environmental change (September 18–20, 2002. Beijing, China)

    Announcement Pages: 254 - 254