Land use change

We are interested in understanding how to improve policies to address large-scale land-use change issues such as deforestation and desertification. We also thrive to provide quantitative information to policy makers to improve the decision-making process, especially regarding issues of water resources and vegetation growth.

Relevant publications

  1. C. Gerlein-Safdi, G. Keppel-Aleks, F. Wang, S.E. Frolking, and D.L. Mauzerall, 2020. Satellite monitoring of natural reforestation efforts in China’s drylands, One Earth, 2 (1), 98–108, doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2019.12.015

  2. F. Wang, X. Pan, C. Gerlein-Safdi, X. Cao, S. Wang, L. Gu, and Q. Lu, 2020. Vegetation restoration in Northern China: a contrasted picture, Land Degradation & Development, 31 (6) 669–676, doi: 10.1002/ldr.3314

  3. C. Wright, A. Kagawa-Viviani, C. Gerlein-Safdi, G. Mosquera, M. Poca, H. Tseng, and K.P. Chun, 2017. Advancing ecohydrology in the changing tropics: Perspectives from early career scientists, Ecohydrology, 106:17, e1918, doi: 10.1002/eco.1918

  4. F. Wang, X. Zhao, C. Gerlein-Safdi, Y. Mu, D. Wang, and Q. Lu, 2017. Global sources, emissions, transport and deposition of dust and sand and their effects on the climate and environment: a review, Frontiers in Environmental Science and Engineering, 11:13, doi: 10.1007/s11783-017-0904-z