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Landsat data, including ETM+ images obtained in 2000, TM images obtained in 2010, and OLI images obtained in 2020, were used to extract three periods of desertification land information using the classification and regression tree (CART) decision tree classification method in Alxa League. The spatio-temporal variation characteristics of desertification land were analyzed by combining the transfer matrix and barycenter migration model; the effects of climate change and human activities on regional desertification evolution were separated and recombined using the multiple regression residual analysis method and by considering the influence of non-zonal factors. The results showed that from 2000 to 2020, the overall area of desertification land in Alxa League was reduced, the desertification degree was alleviated, the desertification trend was reversed, and the desertification degree in the northern part of the region was more serious than in the southern part. The barycenter of the slight, moderate, and severe desertification land migrated to the southeast, whereas the serious desertification land\u2019s barycenter migrated to the northwest in the period of 2000\u20132010; however, all of them hardly moved from 2010 to 2020. The degree of desertification reversal in the south was more significant than in the north. Regional desertification reversal was mainly influenced by the combination of human activities and climate change, and the area accounted for 61.5%; meanwhile, the localized desertification development was mainly affected by human activities and accounted for 76.8%.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs15194867","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,9]],"date-time":"2023-10-09T04:56:43Z","timestamp":1696827403000},"page":"4867","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["The Latest Desertification Process and Its Driving Force in Alxa League from 2000 to 2020"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Jiali","family":"Xie","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Desert and Desertification, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China"},{"name":"University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China"},{"name":"Key Laboratory of Ecological Safety and Sustainable Development in Arid Lands, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9954-9321","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zhixiang","family":"Lu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Ecological Safety and Sustainable Development in Arid Lands, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China"},{"name":"Key Laboratory of Ecohydrology of Inland River Basin, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China"},{"name":"Qilian Mountains Eco-Environment Research Center in Gansu Province, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China"}]},{"given":"Shengchun","family":"Xiao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Ecological Safety and Sustainable Development in Arid Lands, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China"},{"name":"Key Laboratory of Ecohydrology of Inland River Basin, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China"},{"name":"Qilian Mountains Eco-Environment Research Center in Gansu Province, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China"}]},{"given":"Changzhen","family":"Yan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Desert and Desertification, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China"},{"name":"University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China"},{"name":"Key Laboratory of Ecological Safety and Sustainable Development in Arid Lands, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"681","DOI":"10.1111\/1467-7660.00222","article-title":"Advancing a Political Ecology of Global Environmental Discourses","volume":"32","author":"Adger","year":"2001","journal-title":"Dev. 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