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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"Yunnan"”.
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Field emission measurements of solid fuel stoves in Yunnan, China
… cooking tests of residential stoves in Yunnan Province, China. Fuel mixtures included coal, woody biomass, and agricultural waste. Compared to previously published emission measurements of similar stoves, these measurements have higher CO and PM2.5 emission factors. Real-time data show …
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Building a sustainability assessment model for highway infrastructure projects in Yunnan, China
Highway infrastructure development in Yunnan Province remains a top priority for the Chinese Government, the aim is to improve access to neighbouring countries and support economic growth and social development in the province. While the social and economic benefits of highway infrastructure …
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Cenozoic tectonic and geomorphic evolution of the Red River Region, Yunnan Province, China
(cont.) Xianshuihe-Xiaojiang fault system during growth of the southeast plateau margin. Cosmogenic ²⁶A1 and ¹⁰Be basin-wide erosion rate and burial ages indicate a background incision rate of [approximately] 0.05 to 0.10 mm/a, lower than the long-term incision rate minimum of [approximately] 0.26 …
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UNDERSTANDING BLOCK ROTATION ALONG STRIKE-SLIP FAULT ZONES IN YUNNAN (CHINA): PALEOMAGNETIC AND STRUCTURAL APPROACH
… di taglio che caratterizzano la provincia dello Yunnan (Cina): la faglia Gaoligong e la faglia del Red River. Durante il primo anno, sono stati campionati 50 siti (per un totale di 503 campioni) a distanze variabili (fino a ca.25 km) dalle miloniti affioranti lungo la zona di taglio Gaoligong. I …
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Cultivation practices, maize and soybean productivity and soil properties on fragile slopes in Yunnan Province, China
… land degradation and high population pressure. Yunnan Province, south-west China, is 94% mountainous and lacks flat land. Food shortages and inappropriate cultivation have led to intensive cultivation of steep, marginal and fragile land and have increased soil erosion. To curb this situation and …
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Soil conservation in relation to maize productivity on sub-tropical red soils in Yunnan Province, China
… soil erosion becoming an increasing problem. In Yunnan Province, south-west China, there is a long history of soil erosion due to soil type, climate, anthropogenic influence and because 95% of the Province is mountainous. Population pressure and lack of flat land necessitate cultivation of steep …
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Effects of Cultivation Techniques on Maize Productivity and Soil Properties on Hillslopes in Yunnan Province, China
… most serious soil erosion problems in the world. Yunnan Province, south-west China, has some 70% of its total of 6.53 million hectares of cultivated fields located on sloping land, most of which suffers from soil erosion. Furthermore, traditional downslope cultivation of these upland fields …
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An Economic Impact Assessment of Cooperation-88 Potato Variety in China
… China in 2001 and has become popular in China's Yunnan Province. The International Potato Center (CIP) and Yunnan Normal University collaborated to produce the variety, which is one of CIP's most successful varieties. C88 is popular due to its high quality and taste, and it is used commonly in …
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The impact of marketisation on higher education in post-Mao China, with case studies of universities in Yunnan Province
An important component of the New Public Management, which has spread through many countries in the world, is the emergence of hybrid governance, a structure which has replaced traditional hierarchical governance in many parts of the public sector. Hybrid governance lies between hierarchical …
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A generic protocol for an integrated land information system in humid subtropical highlands: a case study in Yunnan Province, China
… ha subtropical highland catchment of Wang Jia, Yunnan Province, China. Information, including meteorology, geology, geomorphology, biology, pedology and crop productivity, was integrated using a geomorphopedological approach and expressed as maps using GIS. The developed protocol is proposed as …
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Structure and geochronological constraints on the ductile deformation observed along the Gaoligong Shan and Chong Shan Shear Zones, Yunnan (China)
… (GSSZ) and the Chong Shan Shear Zone (CSSZ) in Yunnan, China. The presently inactive GSSZ is an important dextral Cenozoic (and possibly latest Mesozoic) ductile shear zone and appears to be the only right-lateral shear zone with the appropriate orientation to accommodate major pre- ca. 11 Ma …
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Effectiveness of an agricultural technology research and development project for increasing sustainability of cropping systems in upland areas of Yunnan Province, China
… Project was implemented in Wang Jia catchment in Yunnan Province using holistic and multi-disciplinary approaches to address the twin objectives of increasing productivity of maize, wheat and soybean in a more sustainable and environmentally-friendly way. It introduced into the catchment a range …
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De-Westernizing The Far East
<p>Isolated by the Tibetan highlands which frame Yunnan’s northwest fringes, the ethnic minorities who call the region home live in rural settings ranging from rice-terraced fields to tropical forests; lifestyle unchanged for hundreds of years. However, with globalization causing an exposure to …
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Deformation, erosion and sedimentation in collisional orogens : case studies from eastern Tibet and southwestern China
… thicknesses from eastern Tibet southeast into Yunnan province. The second chapter provides a review of the regional geology of western Yunnan and the detailed structural geology of the region around the first bend of the Jinsha (Yangzi) river. Structures record a long history of multiple …
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Bio-control of root rot disease in vanilla
… the major plantations in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province of China. This is of serious economic concern to the Province since the vanilla flavouring extractable from the beans of the plant is a valuable food product and an important export commodity. There are no fungicides registered for …
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代格拉佤语的松紧音研究 = A STUDY OF THE TENSE AND LAX CONTRAST IN DAIGELA WA
… village in Ximeng Wa Autonomous County of Yunnan Province is a variety of Masan sub-group of the Awa Dialect of Wa. Recent discovery has shown that Daigela Wa has the tense vs. lax contrast despite the previous common knowledge that varieties of the Masan sub-group have neither tone nor …
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Tomographic inversion of Pn travel times in western China
… including western Tien Shan, Burma, and western Yunnan, show prominent low Pn velocities. An apparent feature is the bent low velocity belt (LVB), which extends from west to east beneath the northern TP. This passes through the Qiangtang block and the Songpan Ganzi fold belt (SGFB), then turns …
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Performance Guide of the two-piano version of Zhang Zhao Piano Concerto No. II “The Might”
… Born in an ethnically diverse region of Yunnan, Zhang Zhao’s music is deeply influenced by local folk traditions, which he skillfully integrates with contemporary compositional techniques. Originally commissioned by the Suzhou National Orchestra, the concerto was later adapted for two …
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The genetic heritage of China: A genomic study of PR China based on nine representative ethnic populations
… Miao, Yao, Kucong and Tibetan communities from Yunnan province in the southwest of the country, and four Muslim populations, the Hui, Bo'an, Dongxiang and Sala from northern and central China. Both biparental and uniparental genetic influences on the populations were examined by the analysis of …
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