NDLI: Migration and reclamation in Northeast China in response to climatic disasters in North China over the past 300 years

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Author	Ye, Yu Fang, Xiuqi Aftab U Khan, Mohammad
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	Climatic disaster-induced migration and its effects on land exploitation of new settlements is a crucial topic that needs to be researched to better understand the impact of climate change and human adaptation. This paper focuses on the process and mechanism of migrant–reclamation in Northeast China in response to climatic disasters over the past 300 years. The research used comparative analysis of key interlinked factors in this response involving drought/flood events, population, cropland area, farmer revolts, administrations establishment, and land reclamation policies. It draws the following conclusions: (1) seven peaks of migrants–reclamation in Northeast China were evident, most likely when frequent climatic disasters happened in North China, such as the drought–flood in 1851–1859, drought in 1875–1877, and drought 1927–1929; (2) six instances of policy transformation adopted to cope with extreme climatic events, including distinctive examples like changing to a firm policy prohibiting migration in 1740 and a subsequent lifting of that prohibition in 1860; and (3) the fast expansion of the northern agricultural boundary since the middle of the nineteenth century in this area benefited from a climate change trend from a cold period into a warm period. Altogether, over the past 300 years, extreme climatic disasters in North China have deepened the contradiction between the limited land resources and the rapidly increasing population and have resulted in migration and reclamation in Northeast China. Climate, policy, and reclamation constructed an organic chain of response that dominated the land use/cover change process of Northeast China.
Starting Page	193
Ending Page	206
Page Count	14
File Format	PDF
ISSN	14363798
Journal	Regional Environmental Change
Volume Number	12
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	1436378X
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2011-08-06
Publisher Place	Berlin/Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Extreme climatic event Adaptation Policy response North China Reclamation of Northeast China Oceanography Regional/Spatial Science Geography (general) Geology Climate Change Nature Conservation
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Global and Planetary Change

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