Abstract: Based on the methods of questionnaire survey, semi-structured interview and mathematical statistics, in this study some farming and grazing households in Uxin Banner, situated in Ordos City, Inner-Mongolia, were interviewed in 2009 to identify the main measures of the farmers and herders to adapt climate change, restricting factors to the adaptation, and factors affecting their adaptation attitudes. The results are as follows: (1) The main measures used by the farmers and herders for adapting climate change were to dig wells, loan and seek other work instead of farming and pasturing work; (2) The main restricting factors for the farmers and herders to take adaptation measures were the shortage of money, lacking and backward technology and shortage of water resources; (3) Results from Binary Logistic model indicated that the income from livestock breeding, grassland areas and gender were the main factors affecting the adaptation attitudes of herders in the banner, while the income from crop farming, family net income, age and gender were those affecting the adaptation attitudes of farmers. The low-income communities should be paid more attention to in working out and implementing the policy for adapting climate change in Uxin Banner in the future.

Key words: climate change, farming-pasturing area, adaptation attitude   climate change, farmingpasturing area, adaptation attitude, questionnaire survey, Uxin Banner, Ordos climate change, farming-pasturing area, adaptation attitude, questionnaire survey, Uxin Banner, Ordos