About Arid Land Geography

Arid Land Geography (ISSN 1000-6060，CN 65-1103/X；Original name: Geography of Xinjiang), founded in 1978, is a monthly academic Chinese journal with 12 issues per year. This journal is superintended by Chinese Academy of Sciences, jointly sponsored by Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Geographical Society of China, and published by China Science Publishing & Media Ltd. (CSPM).

1. Content

The main academic contents of Arid Land Geography include the new theories, technologies, methods and achievements in geography of the arid region, particularly in the fields of physical geography, human geography, regional geography, natural resource exploitation and utilization, environment evolution, disaster prevention and control meteorology and climatology in arid area. The aim of the journal is to promote academic exchange at home and aboard and to set up the forum for prospering and developing geography of arid land.

2. Column

In response to issues related to climate change, sustainable use of land and water resources, vegetation evolution and dynamic changes, ecology and environment in arid and semi-arid areas, Arid Land Geography adds the following columns from time to time: climate change and its impact, sustainable development and utilization of land and water resources, vegetation evolution and dynamic change, land use and ecological evaluation, urban and rural development and tourism planning in arid and semi-arid areas.

Experts are sincerely invited to cooperate with the editorial department of Arid Land Geography. Arid Land Geography can setup short- or long-term feature columns and organize manuscripts according to special regions, key projects or key research directions, which can effectively improve the continuity and influence of scientific research results published by scientific research teams, and enhance the influence of the journal.

3. Service Object

        The readers of Arid Land Geography are scientific and educational workers, science and technology management personnel, graduate students and university students in the fields of physical geography, regional geography, hydrology, ecology, meteorology, vegetation and ecological restoration in arid and semi-arid areas.