编号
zgly0001584156
文献类型
期刊论文
文献题名
新疆绿洲地区过去2000年古城分布与气候变化的关系(英文)
作者单位
FacultyofGeographicalScience
BeijingNormalUniversity
母体文献
Journal of Geographical Sciences
年卷期
2017年09期
年份
2017
分类号
K878
P467
关键词
abandonedsettlements
climatechange
oasis
Xinjiang
thelast2000years
文摘内容
The study on the relationship of abandoned settlements and climate change in the oases could provide a historical reference for understanding human responses to present and future global warming in the arid zone. A total of 554 abandoned historical settlements in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China, were used to examine the relationship between abandoned settlements and temperature change over the past 2000 years. The analysis covered dynastic epochs from the Han Dynasty(206BC–220AD) to the Qing Dynasty(1644AD– 1911AD) in the oases of Xinjiang. Greater density of settlements was found at the oases larger than 2000 km~2, which were more stable and less sensitive to climate change compared to smaller oases. Settlements flourished at small oases and the middle and lower reaches of rivers during warm periods and shrank back to piedmont basins and upstream alluvial fans during cold periods. These results demonstrated responses of oasis agriculture to climate change.