Abstract
Abstract
The pastoral mobility of Kazakh nomads changes a lot due to large-scale farmland exploitation in North Xinjiang, China. We analyze the changes in nomadic pastoral mobility. We have collected some interview data through field research from a small town inhabited by Kazakh nomads in Fuyun County, Altay district of North Xinjiang, China. We find that pastoral mobility remains to a certain degree and the large-scale farmland exploitation has changed the nomadic pastoral mobility time, pastoral mobility organization, pastoral mobility range, and pastoral mobility distance. This condition is caused by the unstable amount of straw that is not sufficient for the flocks in a year because the expansion of farmland exploitation could be no limitation with the uncertainty of snowfall and rainfall in a drought area. Besides, the cultural reason also makes the nomadic pastoral mobility maintained to a certain degree.
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Research Square Platform LLC
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