Oasis Agricultural Ecology and Sustainable Development and Utilization of Oasis Resources—2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

Oases in arid climates have a unique ecological function and production efficiency based on a clever combination of abundant water resources in the upper mountainous regions and their own superior light and heat resources. The special combination of light, heat, water, and soil has formed a unique oasis agriculture with superior conditions for establishing high-quality, high-yield, and high-efficiency agriculture. Oases are the only special ecosystem that can effectively counteract arid climatic conditions. The title of this Special Issue is “Oasis Agricultural Resources Utilization and Sustainable Development”, and we intend to focus on both the environmental problems of oasis resources in arid areas and the development of oasis agriculture. We comprehensively reflect on the new achievements, theories, methods, and technologies used in the research of oasis agricultural resources utilization in arid and semi-arid areas. Focusing on the theme of “Oasis Agricultural Resources Utilization and Sustainable Development”, Sustainability attaches importance to the rational exploitation of light, heat, water, soil, biology, and other resources, as well as the development of oasis agriculture. Sustainability mainly publishes innovative and practical research papers, research briefs, literature reviews, and snapshots of the latest research developments in the fields of, for this Special Issue, the oasis process and its environmental effects, oasis ecology and resource exploitation, oasisization response to global change, water-saving irrigation theory and technology, oasis water and salt dynamic processes, and oasis agricultural farming and cultivation.

Dr. Weichao Wang
Dr. Zhibo Cheng
Prof. Dr. Fenghua Zhang
Guest Editors

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• arid zone
• oasis agriculture
• resource utilization
• sustainable development
• ecology