1. Understanding cultivated land dynamics and its driving forces in northern China during 1983–2001

   • He Chunyang
   • Li Jinggang
   • Pan Yaozhong

   OriginalPaper Pages: 387 - 395

2. The effects of land use on runoff and soil nutrient losses in a gully catchment of the hilly areas: implications for erosion control

   • Wang Jun
   • Fu Bojie
   • Hu Baodong

   OriginalPaper Pages: 396 - 404

3. Impacts of land use changes on groundwater resources in the Heihe River Basin

   • Wang Genxu
   • Yang Lingyuan
   • Jumpei Kubota

   OriginalPaper Pages: 405 - 414

4. Regional agricultural landscape pattern changes along the Yellow River in Henan Province from 1987 to 2002

   • Liang Guofu
   • Ding Shengyan
   • Li Zhiheng

   OriginalPaper Pages: 415 - 422

5. Land cover changes in the rural-urban interaction of Xi’an region using Landsat TM/ETM data

   • Jiang Jianjun
   • Zhou Jie
   • Xu Jun

   OriginalPaper Pages: 423 - 430

6. The influence of different underlying surface on sand-dust storm in northern China

   • Song Yang
   • Quan Zhanjun
   • Cao Tong

   OriginalPaper Pages: 431 - 438

7. Distributed modeling of direct solar radiation on rugged terrain of the Yellow River Basin

   • Zeng Yan
   • Qiu Xinfa
   • Jiang Aijun

   OriginalPaper Pages: 439 - 447

8. Late Pleistocene glaciation of the Hulifang Massif of Gongwang mountains in Yunnan Province

   • Zhang Wei
   • Cui Zhijiu
   • Yang Jianqiang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 448 - 458

9. Climatic trends of different intensity heavy precipitation events concentration in China

   • Xie Zhiqing
   • Du Yin
   • Ding Yuguo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 459 - 466

10. The dynamic variation of water resources and its tendency in the Tarim River Basin

    • Xu Hailiang
    • Ye Mao
    • Song Yudong

    OriginalPaper Pages: 467 - 474

11. The five major changes in the evolution of the Loess Plateau

    • Zhao Jingbo

    OriginalPaper Pages: 475 - 483

12. The impact of cropland conversion on environmental effect in the Loess Plateau: a pilot study based on the national experimental bases

    • Wang Fei
    • Li Rui
    • Tian Junliang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 484 - 490

13. The dynamic coupling model and its application of urbanization and eco-environment in Hexi Corridor

    • Qiao Biao
    • Fang Chuanglin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 491 - 499

14. The variation of sediments organic carbon content in Chongming east tidal flat duringScirpus mariqueter growing stage

    • Chen Hua
    • Wang Dongqi
    • Xu Shiyuan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 500 - 508

15. The 2005 World Conference of Chinese Geographers held in Beijing

    • Gao Yiping

    Announcement Pages: 509 - 510

16. An important forum for the future of the world’s rivers: The 8th International Riversymposium in Brisbane

    • Yao Lufeng

    Announcement Pages: 511 - 512