The 25th anniversary of the UN World Day to Combat Desertification (#2019WDCD)

The 25th anniversary of the UN World Day to Combat Desertification (#2019WDCD)

Water resource system risk and adaptive management of the Chinese Heihe River Basin in Asian arid areas

Water in Central Asia: an integrated assessment for science-based management

The Significance of Land Cover Delineation on Soil Erosion Assessment

The measurement of water scarcity: Defining a meaningful indicator

Spatio-temporal characteristics and driving forces of landscape structure changes in the middle reach of the Heihe River Basin from 1990 to 2015

Response of soil properties and vegetation to reclamation period using drip irrigation in coastal saline soils of the Bohai Gulf

Remote sensing-based land surface change identification and prediction in the Aral Sea bed, Central Asia

Rainfall distribution and trends of the daily precipitation concentration index in northern Morocco: a need for an adaptive environmental policy

Quercus suber forest and Pinus plantations show different post-fire resilience in Mediterranean north-western Africa

Processes and Status of Land Degradation in a Plateau Fringe Region of Tropical Environment

Potential impact of land use change on land productivity dynamics with focus on land degradation in a sub-humid terrestrial ecosystem

Organic waste recycling in agriculture and related effects on soil water retention and plant available water: a review

Northern Eurasia Future Initiative (NEFI): facing the challenges and pathways of global change in the twenty-first century

Monitoring and assessment of seasonal land cover changes using remote sensing: a 30-year (1987–2016) case study of Hamoun Wetland, Iran

Managing Water Resources to Adapt to Climate Change: Facing Uncertainty and Scarcity in a Changing Context

Land-use/land-cover change: a key to understanding land degradation and relating environmental impacts in Northwestern Sinai, Egypt

Improving restoration success through research-driven initiatives: case studies targeting Pinus pineareforestation stock development in Lebanon

Improvement of physical and hydraulic properties of desert soil with amendment of different biochars

Historical changes in the major and trace elements in the sedimentary records of Lake Qinghai, Qinghai–Tibet Plateau: implications for anthropogenic activities

Effects of land disturbance on runoff and sediment yield after natural rainfall events in southwestern China

Crop Growers’ Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change: A Situated Study of Agriculture in Arizona’s Verde Valley

Climate impact on surface and groundwater in North Africa: a global synthesis of findings and recommendations

Climate change impacts in Sub-Saharan Africa: from physical changes to their social repercussions

An applied statistical method to identify desertification indicators in northeastern Iran

Special Issue: Mediterranean land surfaces under global change / Towards a roadmap for sustainable land use in Europe (Free to read)
Published in Regional Environmental Change

The journal Journal of Arid Land explores sustainable development and eco-environmental management and focuses on the arid and semi-arid lands in Central Asia and the world at large. Find out more.

• Monitoring desertification processes in Mongolian Plateau using MODIS tasseled cap transformation and TGSI time series
• Relative importance of climate factors and human activities in impacting vegetation dynamics during 2000-2015 in the Otindag Sandy Land, northern China
• Interactive effects of wind speed, vegetation coverage and soil moisture in controlling wind erosion in a temperate desert steppe, Inner Mongolia of China

Cover - Platelets in Thrombotic and Non-Thrombotic DisordersFreshwater Governance for the 21st CenturyStatus of Climate Change Adaptation in Asia and the Pacific
Status of Climate Change Adaptation in Asia and the Pacific

Top-read chapter:Applications of Magnetic-Water Technology, A Novel Tool for Improving Chick-Pea Crop and Water Productivity (Free to read)

Published in the series, Climate Change
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The Soils of Turkey
The Soils of Turkey
Top-read chapter:Climate Change and Soils (Free to read)
Published in the series, World Soils Book Series

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Water Resources in Arid Areas: The Way Forward
Water Resources in Arid Areas: The Way Forwards
Top-read chapter:Applications of Magnetic-Water Technology, A Novel Tool for Improving Chick-Pea Crop and Water Productivity (Free to read)

Published in the series, Springer Water
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Water, Energy & Food Sustainability in the Middle East
Water, Energy & Food Sustainability in the Middle East
Top-read chapter:Climate Change and Water Science Policy in Management (Free to read)






Soils, Ecosystem Processes, and Agricultural Development: Tropical Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
Soils, Ecosystem Processes, and Agricultural Development: Tropical Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
Top-read chapter:Soil Fertility Status in Equatorial Africa: A Comparison of the Great Rift Valley Regions and Central/Western Africa (Free to read)