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2. Scenario analysis on the management practices and optimization of rural non-point source pollution with the coupling of source-process-end: A case study of the Guishui river basin
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Chen Xie, Leyao Zhang, Meilin Wang, and Qun'ou Jiang
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Guishui River Basin ,Non-point source pollution ,Optimization of management measures ,Priority control area ,SWAT model ,Ecology ,QH540-549.5 - Abstract
Currently, non-point source (NPS) pollution is the primary contributor to water pollution in river basins. Therefore, assessing the benefits of rural non-point source pollution management measures and optimizing their allocation are of great significance for improving water quality. In this study, a SWAT model was firstly constructed for the NPS pollution simulation and optimization based on the four-period land use data, which was more suitable for the Guishui River Basin. And then it was calibrated and verified by using the monitoring data. On the basis of spatiotemporal evolution of total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP) in the Guishui River Basin from 2007 to 2019, and the priority control areas for TP and TN were identified based on the RUSLE and additive models. Next, seven management measures scenarios were designed in the priority control areas from the perspectives of hydrological response units (HRUs), sub-basins, and basin scales. Finally, the cost-effectiveness of each scenario was quantitatively evaluated, and the optimal allocation scheme of pollution control management measures was determined. Results showed that the amounts of TP in the Guishui River basin was lower than that of TN, showing a fluctuating downward trend, and the spatial distribution of TP and TN was high in the central and low in the north and southeast. Compared the effect of management measures, it was found that process interception measures were more effective than source control and landscape management measures in reducing the TP and TN. Among them, vegetation filter strips (FS) and grassed waterways (GW) had more environmental benefits and better cost-effectiveness for the pollution reduction. As for the source control measures, 20% chemical fertilizer reduction (FRT20) had relative more effects for the pollutants control than the 10% chemical fertilizer reduction (FRT10) and no-tillage (NTIL). When it refers to landscape management, the reduction effect of return farmland to forest (CFTF) on TP and TN was not much different from that of GW. Considering the costs and benefits of optimized allocation, the combination of FRT20, FS and CFTF had better environmental benefits, while the combination of FRT20 and FS had higher cost-effectiveness. Therefore, the government should control the source emission, strengthen the process interception and pay attention to the end-of-pipe treatment in the downstream. These conclusions can provide a scientific basis for the prevention, control and management of NPS pollution in the Guishui River Basin.
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- 2024
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3. Spatial–Temporal Variations of the Gross Ecosystem Product under the Influence of the Spatial Spillover Effect of Urbanization and Ecological Construction in the Yangtze River Delta Region of China
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Lin Ji, Yuanjing Qi, Qun’ou Jiang, and Chunhong Zhao
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ecosystem service value ,gross ecosystem product ,urbanization ,spillover effects ,Agriculture - Abstract
Rapid development of urbanization and intense human activities had a profound influence on the ecosystem service functions. As an integrated monetary index for the evaluation of final ecosystem services, the gross ecosystem product (GEP) is widely used in the quantification of ecosystem service value (ESV). This study initially assessed and analyzed the spatial distribution of the GEP at the county-level scale using multisource data spanning 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, and 2020. Then, the spatial transfer characteristics of the GEP were measured. Finally, the study employed spatial panel econometric models and the geographically weighted regression (GWR) model to investigate the spatial effect of urbanization and ecological construction on the GEP. The results indicated that: (1) In 2020, the GEP in the Yangtze River Delta Region was RMB 15.24 trillion, and the GEP per unit area was RMB 42.58 million per square kilometer. It exhibited a cumulative decrease of RMB 298.72 billion from 2000 to 2020. (2) The spatial transfer efficiency of the GEP in urban agglomerations showed a clear decline trend. During the period of 2000–2020, over 96% of county-level units exhibited a decline with RMB 90,076,103.17/km2, indicating a consistent downward trend from the central regions towards the periphery. (3) Based on the decomposition effects of the spatial Durbin mode, urbanization and the ecological construction indicator showed spatial spillover effects on the GEP, but their impact mechanisms varied substantially. Among them, the urbanization rate (UR), population density (PD), and the proportion of impervious land (ILP) had the largest negative effect on the GEP, and a 1% rise in ILP locally resulted in a 0.044% decline in the local GEP and a 0.078% rise in the GEP of neighboring units. And the area of ecological land had a positive effect on the GEP of both local and neighboring areas. Those conclusions can offer evidence in favor of encouraging ecologically responsible building practices and sustainable growth in urban agglomerations.
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- 2024
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4. A global review of the development and application of soil erosion control techniques
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Xin Wen, Lin Zhen, Qun’ou Jiang, and Yu Xiao
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diversity ,dynamic development ,site erosion control ,sustainable soil management ,Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering ,TD1-1066 ,Environmental sciences ,GE1-350 ,Science ,Physics ,QC1-999 - Abstract
Various soil erosion control techniques (SECTs) have been applied for decades. Yet, dynamic development of SECTs on a global scale has not been fully explored in the literature. We identified 779 publications to summarize spatial and temporal patterns of SECT development across the world. To achieve this goal, we asked (a) how many SECTs have been applied in the real world? (b) How do susceptible erosion areas use SECTs? And (c) what are the temporal patterns of SECT development? We found 183 sub-categories of SECTs, including 85 sub-categories of engineering techniques, 76 sub-categories of cropping techniques, and 22 sub-categories of biological techniques. In contrast, there is a great deal of interest in the evaluation of biological techniques and cropping techniques for soil erosion control. SECT research has evolved from an initial focus on a single SECT evaluation to a combination of SECTs evaluations (e.g. a combination of conservation tillage and mulch). Likewise, 64% of SECT cases were found in six countries with a different focal SECT among them: China and Spain targeted vegetation restoration, Brazil and the United States focused on conservation tillage, Ethiopia prioritized mixed SECTs, and India emphasized on check dam. Lastly, SECT application started from site erosion control (1930s–1980s), watershed management (1980s–2010s), to sustainable management (after 2010s). We identify the gaps between SECT application and research and a lack of an international platform for knowledge sharing, and propose that a combination of different SETCs in a balanced way is a reliable approach to obtaining the goal of sustainable soil management.
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- 2023
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5. Processes, potential, and duration of vegetation restoration under different modes in the eastern margin ecotone of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
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Fengkui Ma, Qun'ou Jiang, Lidan Xu, Kexin Lv, and Guoliang Chang
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Vegetation restoration process ,Vegetation restoration potential ,Vegetation restoration duration ,Eastern margin ecotone of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau ,CASA model ,Ecology ,QH540-549.5 - Abstract
This study analyzed the process of vegetation restoration in the eastern margin ecotone of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (EMEQTP) from 2001 to 2019 under different restoration modes based on the vegetation net primary productivity (NPP) which was estimated by the Carnegie-Ames-Stanford approach (CASA) model. Then the potential NPP was calculated and the durations of NPP restoration were predicted based on the Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) model. Finally, the relative importance of main parameters in the CASA model as well as global sensitivity and uncertainty were discussed. The results showed that the NPP under a natural restoration mode had the highest increase with 20.1%, and its spatial change showed an overall trend of restoration. The NPP under the comprehensive restoration mode achieved an increase of 11.5%, with the southwestern area experiencing an insignificant trend of degradation, whereas the northeastern area experiencing a significant restoration trend. As for the NPP under the artificial restoration mode, it experienced the lowest increase with 10.5%, and the northern part experiencing a significant restoration trend, whereas the southeastern part experiencing an insignificant degradation trend. In addition, the highest potential NPP of vegetation restoration would be appeared in the area under a comprehensive restoration mode. The area under an artificial restoration mode would have the lowest potential NPP of vegetation restoration, but the duration of restoration would be longest under this mode, reaching up to 64 years. Although the natural restoration mode achieved the best effect of vegetation restoration, considering the limited scope of the promotion of this mode, further attention should be placed on restoration measures and the effects of the artificial and comprehensive restoration modes. Finally, APAR, GST and PET were relatively important for the CASA model, and the parameters including Topt, GST, and PET were sensitive. Those results can offer scientific references for the management of ecological environment in the EMEQTP.
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- 2021
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6. Optimization of the Ecological Network Structure Based on Scenario Simulation and Trade-Offs/Synergies among Ecosystem Services in Nanping
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Zixuan Wang, Ling Xiao, Haiming Yan, Yuanjing Qi, and Qun’ou Jiang
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ecosystem services ,scenario simulation ,trade-off ,ecological network structure ,optimization ,land use ,Science - Abstract
The optimization of the ecological network structure in Nanping can provide a scientific reference for guaranteeing ecological safety in Southeast China. This study estimated ecosystem services in Nanping with the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-offs (InVEST) model based on land-use data from 2020 to 2025 simulated with the CLUE-S model under the natural development scenario and ecological protection scenario and then explored their trade-offs and synergies. The ecological network structure was, thereafter, optimized in terms of the eco-matrix, eco-corridors and nodes based on simulated land use and ecosystem services. The results suggested that the average habitat quality and total soil retention increased, while the average degradation index and total water yield decreased under the ecological protection scenario, indicating that the ecological environment quality tended to be improved. In addition, soil retention had significant synergies with habitat quality and water yield, and habitat quality had significant trade-offs with ecological degradation and water yield on the regional scale under two scenarios, while ecological degradation also showed significant trade-offs with soil retention and water yield. In addition, the results suggested that 11 additional ecological sources could be added, and the number of eco-corridors increased from 15 to 136; a total of 1019 ecological break points were restored, and 1481 stepping stone patches were deployed, which jointly made network circuitry, edge/node ratio and network connectivity reach 0.45, 1.86 and 0.64, respectively, indicating that optimization could effectively improve the structure and connectivity of the ecological network. These findings can provide a theoretical basis for improving the ecological network structure and ecological service functions in Nanping and other regions.
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- 2022
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7. Spatio-Temporal Evolution of a Typical Sandstorm Event in an Arid Area of Northwest China in April 2018 Based on Remote Sensing Data
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Zhiyu Wu, Qun’ou Jiang, Yang Yu, Huijie Xiao, and Dirk Freese
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sandstorm event ,remote sensing ,dust source ,sensitivity of wind erosion in the arid area ,Science - Abstract
Northwest China is significantly affected by sandstorm disasters. To mitigate the negative impacts of sandstorm events, it is critical to understand the spatio-temporal variations in typical sand and dust storms and their influencing factors. In this work, using ground-based measurements of particulate matter and remote sensing data such as MODIS, OMI, and CALIPSO data, the sources of aerosol pollution and aerosol optical properties of a typical sandstorm event that occurred in Northwest China in 2018 was studied. In addition, the HYSPLIT model was used to explore the air mass trajectories in order to analyze the sand and dust migration process during the sandstorm event. Furthermore, the wind erosion sensitivity of Northwest China was analyzed via single factor analysis and multi-factor superposition of wind field intensity, soil drought index, vegetation coverage, and relief amplitude. Finally, the region of the study area having a high comprehensive wind erosion sensitivity was identified. The results showed that the PM10 concentrations exceeded 400 µg/m3 and the PM2.5/PM10 ratio did not exceeded 0.6 during the sandstorm event, indicating that natural particulate matter was dominant in the ambient air. At the epicenter of pollution, the aerosol optical depth (AOD) at 550 nm was 0.75–1. By combining AOD data with wind speed and direction data from field observation stations, it was found that the sandstorm event in 2018 mainly occurred between 1 April and 3 April, and affected all of Northwest China on 2 April and 3 April. The absorbed aerosol index (AAI) ranged between 2.5 and 4, indicating that the Taklimakan Desert was the main source of sandstorm events in Northwest China. The CALIPSO total attenuated backscatter coefficient at 532 nm indicated that the main component of tropospheric aerosol in this region was distributed in the range of 0–12.5 km. The simulated airflow track showed that it had the same dust source regions as AAI index studies. Moreover, investigation of wind erosion sensitivity in the study areas indicated that the Taklimakan Desert and other desert regions were the main ecologically sensitive areas. These conclusions can provide references and suggestions for the mitigation of damage caused by sandstorm events, in addition to the enhancement of ecological governance.
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- 2022
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8. Retrieval of Total Phosphorus Concentration in the Surface Water of Miyun Reservoir Based on Remote Sensing Data and Machine Learning Algorithms
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Zhi Qiao, Siyang Sun, Qun’ou Jiang, Ling Xiao, Yunqi Wang, and Haiming Yan
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machine learning algorithm ,retrieval model ,remote sensing data ,total phosphorus concentration ,Miyun Reservoir ,Science - Abstract
Some essential water conservation areas in China have continuously suffered from various serious problems such as water pollution and water quality deterioration in recent decades and thus called for real-time water pollution monitoring system underwater resources management. On the basis of the remote sensing data and ground monitoring data, this study firstly constructed a more accurate retrieval model for total phosphorus (TP) concentration by comparing 12 machine learning algorithms, including support vector machine (SVM), artificial neural network (ANN), Bayesian ridge regression (BRR), lasso regression (Lasso), elastic net (EN), linear regression (LR), decision tree regressor (DTR), K neighbor regressor (KNR), random forest regressor (RFR), extra trees regressor (ETR), AdaBoost regressor (ABR) and gradient boosting regressor (GBR). Then, this study applied the constructed retrieval model to explore the spatial-temporal evolution of the Miyun Reservoir and finally assessed the water quality. The results showed that the model of TP concentration built by the ETR algorithm had the best accuracy, with the coefficient R2 reaching over 85% and the mean absolute error lower than 0.000433. The TP concentration in Miyun Reservoir was between 0.0380 and 0.1298 mg/L, and there was relatively significant spatial and temporal heterogeneity. It changed remarkably during the periods of the flood season, winter tillage, planting, and regreening, and it was lower in summer than in other seasons. Moreover, the TP in the southwest part of the reservoir was generally lower than in the northeast, as there was less human activities interference. According to the Environmental Quality Standard for the surface water environment, the water quality of Miyun Reservoir was overall safe, except only for an over-standard case occurrence in the spring and September. These conclusions can provide a significant scientific reference for water quality monitoring and management in Miyun Reservoir.
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- 2021
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9. Identification and alleviation pathways of multidimensional poverty and relative poverty in counties of China
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Lidan Xu, Xiangzheng Deng, Qun’ou Jiang, and Fengkui Ma
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Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) - Published
- 2021
10. Spatio-Temporal Evolution, Future Trend and Phenology Regularity of Net Primary Productivity of Forests in Northeast China.
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Chunli Wang, Qun'ou Jiang, Xiangzheng Deng, Kexin Lv, and Zhonghui Zhang
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- 2020
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11. Spatial Structure of a Potential Ecological Network in Nanping, China, Based on Ecosystem Service Functions
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Ling Xiao, Li Cui, Qun’ou Jiang, Meilin Wang, Lidan Xu, and Haiming Yan
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landscape connectivity ,ecosystem service function ,least-cost path ,ecological network ,Nanping City ,Agriculture - Abstract
The increasing scale of urbanization and human activities has resulted in the fragmentation of natural habitats, leading to the reduction of ecological landscape connectivity and biodiversity. Taking Nanping as the study area, the core areas with good connectivity were extracted as ecological sources using a morphological spatial pattern analysis (MSPA) and landscape connectivity index. Then the ecosystem service functions of the ecological sources were evaluated based on the InVEST model. Finally, we extracted the potential ecological corridor based on the land type, elevation and ecosystem service functions. The results showed that the ecological source with higher landscape connectivity is distributed in the north and there are clear landscape connectivity faults in the northern and southern regions. Moreover, the areas with high habitat quality, soil retention and water production are mainly distributed in the northern ecological source areas. The 15 potential ecological corridors extracted were distributed unevenly. Among them, the important ecological corridors formed a triangle network, while the general ecological corridors were concentrated in the northwest. Therefore, it is suggested that the important core patches in the north be protected, and the effective connection between the north and south be improved. These results can provide a scientific basis for ecological construction and hierarchical management of the ecological networks.
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- 2020
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12. Simulation of Forestland Dynamics in a Typical Deforestation and Afforestation Area under Climate Scenarios
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Qun'ou Jiang, Yuwei Cheng, Qiutong Jin, Xiangzheng Deng, and Yuanjing Qi
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dynamics of forestland ,driving mechanism ,climate scenario ,simulation ,Technology - Abstract
Forestland dynamics can affect the ecological security of a country and even the global environment, and therefore it is of great practical significance to understand the characteristics of temporal and spatial variations of forestland. Taking Jiangxi Province as the study area, this study first explored the driving mechanism of the natural environment and social economy on deforestation and afforestation using a simultaneous equation model. The results indicate that population size, topographic and geomorphologic factors, climate, and location play leading roles in influencing forestland density fluctuations. Specifically, the population size, economic development level, gross value of forestry production, climate conditions, and government policies are key influencing factors of afforestation. Deforestation is mainly influenced by agricultural population, non-agricultural economy, forestry production, forestry density, location, transportation, and climate. In addition, this study simulated the spatial distribution of land use and analyzed the spatial characteristics and variation trends of forestland area and quality under the Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) climate scenarios from 2010 to 2030 using the Conversion of Land Use and its Effects (CLUE) model. The results indicate that forestland declines under the Asia-Pacific integrated model (AIM) climate scenario. The environment tends to be heavily damaged under this kind of scenarios, and measures should be taken in order to protect the environment. Although the model for energy supply strategy alternatives and their general environmental impact (MESSAGE) scenario is to some extent better than the AIM scenario, destruction of the environment will still occur, and it is necessary to restrain deforestation and convert shrub land into forestland or garden land. These results can provide significant information for environmental protection, forest resource exploitation, and utilization in the areas experiencing deforestation and afforestation.
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- 2015
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13. Impacts of Climate Change and Human Activity on the Runoff Changes in the Guishui River Basin
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Meilin Wang, Yaqi Shao, Qun’ou Jiang, Ling Xiao, Haiming Yan, Xiaowei Gao, Lijun Wang, and Peibin Liu
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SWAT model ,runoff changes ,climate change ,human activities ,Guishui River Basin ,Agriculture - Abstract
Guishui River Basin in northwestern Beijing has ecological significance and will be one of the venues of the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympic Games in 2022. However, accelerating climate change and human disturbance in recent decades has posed an increasing challenge to the sustainable use of water in the basin. This study simulated the runoff of the Guishui River Basin using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model to reveal the spatio-temporal variations of runoff in the basin and the impacts of climate change and human activities on the runoff changes. The results showed that annual runoff from 2004 to 2018 was relatively small, with an uneven intra-annual runoff distribution. The seasonal trends in runoff showed a decreasing trend in spring and winter while an increasing trend in summer and autumn. There was a first increasing and then decreasing trend of average annual runoff depth from northwest to southeast in the study area. In addition, the contributions of climate change and human activities to changes in runoff of the Guishui River Basin were 60% and 40%, respectively, but with opposite effects. The results can contribute to the rational utilization of water resources in the Guishui River Basin.
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- 2020
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14. Response of plant reflectance spectrum to simulated dust deposition and its estimation model
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Weijun He, Ruirui Wang, Xinna Zhang, Xuemei Yan, Qiang Yu, Chengyang Xu, Huaguo Huang, Qun’ou Jiang, and Jiyou Zhu
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Multidisciplinary ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Plant physiology ,Near-infrared spectroscopy ,lcsh:R ,Red edge ,Mineralogy ,lcsh:Medicine ,010501 environmental sciences ,Edge (geometry) ,Coal dust ,01 natural sciences ,Article ,Amplitude ,Plant stress responses ,Reflection (physics) ,Environmental science ,lcsh:Q ,Plant ecology ,Absorption (electromagnetic radiation) ,lcsh:Science ,Deposition (chemistry) ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences - Abstract
To quantitatively reflect the relationship between dust and plant spectral reflectance. Dust from different sources in the city were selected to simulate the spectral characteristics of leaf dust. Taking Euonymus japonicus as the research object. Prediction model of leaf dust deposition was established based on spectral parameters. Results showed that among the three different dust pollutants, the reflection spectrum has 6 main reflection peaks and 7 main absorption valleys in 350–2500 nm. A steep reflection platform appears in the 692–763 nm band. In 760–1400 nm, the spectral reflectance gradually decreases with the increase of leaf dust coverage, and the variation range was coal dust > cement dust > pure soil dust. The spectral reflectance in 680–740 nm gradually decreases with the increase of leaf dust coverage. In the near infrared band, the fluctuation amplitude and slope of its first derivative spectrum gradually decrease with the increase of leaf dust. The biggest amplitude of variation was cement dust. With the increase of dust retention, the red edge position generally moves towards short wave direction, and the red edge slope generally decreases. The blue edge position moved to the short wave direction first and then to the long side direction, while the blue edge slope generally shows a decreasing trend. The yellow edge position moved to the long wave direction first and then to the short wave direction (coal dust, cement dust), and generally moved to the long side direction (pure soil dust). The yellow edge slope increases first and then decreases. The R2 values of the determination coefficients of the dust deposition prediction model have reached significant levels, which indicated that there was a relatively stable correlation between the spectral reflectance and dust deposition. The best prediction model of leaf dust deposition was leaf water content index model (y = 1.5019x − 1.4791, R2 = 0.7091, RMSE = 0.9725).
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- 2020
15. Processes, potential, and duration of vegetation restoration under different modes in the eastern margin ecotone of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
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Qun'ou Jiang, Kexin Lv, Guoliang Chang, Lidan Xu, and Fengkui Ma
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geography ,Plateau ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,Ecology ,Vegetation restoration process ,Mode (statistics) ,CASA model ,General Decision Sciences ,Primary production ,Ecotone ,Vegetation ,Margin (machine learning) ,Vegetation restoration potential ,Environmental science ,Autoregressive integrated moving average ,Physical geography ,Duration (project management) ,Eastern margin ecotone of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Vegetation restoration duration ,QH540-549.5 - Abstract
This study analyzed the process of vegetation restoration in the eastern margin ecotone of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (EMEQTP) from 2001 to 2019 under different restoration modes based on the vegetation net primary productivity (NPP) which was estimated by the Carnegie-Ames-Stanford approach (CASA) model. Then the potential NPP was calculated and the durations of NPP restoration were predicted based on the Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) model. Finally, the relative importance of main parameters in the CASA model as well as global sensitivity and uncertainty were discussed. The results showed that the NPP under a natural restoration mode had the highest increase with 20.1%, and its spatial change showed an overall trend of restoration. The NPP under the comprehensive restoration mode achieved an increase of 11.5%, with the southwestern area experiencing an insignificant trend of degradation, whereas the northeastern area experiencing a significant restoration trend. As for the NPP under the artificial restoration mode, it experienced the lowest increase with 10.5%, and the northern part experiencing a significant restoration trend, whereas the southeastern part experiencing an insignificant degradation trend. In addition, the highest potential NPP of vegetation restoration would be appeared in the area under a comprehensive restoration mode. The area under an artificial restoration mode would have the lowest potential NPP of vegetation restoration, but the duration of restoration would be longest under this mode, reaching up to 64 years. Although the natural restoration mode achieved the best effect of vegetation restoration, considering the limited scope of the promotion of this mode, further attention should be placed on restoration measures and the effects of the artificial and comprehensive restoration modes. Finally, APAR, GST and PET were relatively important for the CASA model, and the parameters including Topt, GST, and PET were sensitive. Those results can offer scientific references for the management of ecological environment in the EMEQTP.
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- 2021
16. Retrieval of Total Phosphorus Concentration in the Surface Water of Miyun Reservoir Based on Remote Sensing Data and Machine Learning Algorithms
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Haiming Yan, Yunqi Wang, Siyang Sun, Ling Xiao, Zhi Qiao, and Qun’ou Jiang
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Elastic net regularization ,Science ,Machine learning ,computer.software_genre ,Water conservation ,Lasso (statistics) ,Linear regression ,machine learning algorithm ,retrieval model ,remote sensing data ,total phosphorus concentration ,Miyun Reservoir ,Remote sensing ,business.industry ,Random forest ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,Environmental science ,Gradient boosting ,Water quality ,Artificial intelligence ,business ,Surface water ,computer ,Algorithm - Abstract
Some essential water conservation areas in China have continuously suffered from various serious problems such as water pollution and water quality deterioration in recent decades and thus called for real-time water pollution monitoring system underwater resources management. On the basis of the remote sensing data and ground monitoring data, this study firstly constructed a more accurate retrieval model for total phosphorus (TP) concentration by comparing 12 machine learning algorithms, including support vector machine (SVM), artificial neural network (ANN), Bayesian ridge regression (BRR), lasso regression (Lasso), elastic net (EN), linear regression (LR), decision tree regressor (DTR), K neighbor regressor (KNR), random forest regressor (RFR), extra trees regressor (ETR), AdaBoost regressor (ABR) and gradient boosting regressor (GBR). Then, this study applied the constructed retrieval model to explore the spatial-temporal evolution of the Miyun Reservoir and finally assessed the water quality. The results showed that the model of TP concentration built by the ETR algorithm had the best accuracy, with the coefficient R2 reaching over 85% and the mean absolute error lower than 0.000433. The TP concentration in Miyun Reservoir was between 0.0380 and 0.1298 mg/L, and there was relatively significant spatial and temporal heterogeneity. It changed remarkably during the periods of the flood season, winter tillage, planting, and regreening, and it was lower in summer than in other seasons. Moreover, the TP in the southwest part of the reservoir was generally lower than in the northeast, as there was less human activities interference. According to the Environmental Quality Standard for the surface water environment, the water quality of Miyun Reservoir was overall safe, except only for an over-standard case occurrence in the spring and September. These conclusions can provide a significant scientific reference for water quality monitoring and management in Miyun Reservoir.
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- 2021
17. Payments for ecosystem services as an essential approach to improving ecosystem services: A review
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Haiming Yan, Huicai Yang, Xiaonan Guo, Shuqin Zhao, and Qun'ou Jiang
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Economics and Econometrics ,General Environmental Science - Published
- 2022
18. Incorporating Temporal and Spatial Variations of Groundwater into the Construction of a Water-Based Ecological Network: A Case Study in Denko County
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Qiang Yu, Qun’ou Jiang, Di Yang, Depeng Yue, Huan Ma, Yuan Huang, Qibin Zhang, and Minzhe Fang
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water table depth ,groundwater distribution ,water-based ecological network ,Denko County ,Hydraulic engineering ,TC1-978 ,Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes ,TD201-500 - Abstract
It is of great practical significance to construct a water-based ecological network in arid and semi-arid areas. The spatial distribution of water resources is one of the most important factors in determining the ecological stability of such areas. In this study, groundwater level trends were analyzed with a model called Empirical Mode Decomposition (EMD). The temporal and spatial evolution of groundwater depth data from 1990 to 2016 were analyzed. The surface water bodies were analyzed using a point pattern analysis method. Based on this, a water-based ecological network was constructed with a minimum cumulative resistance surface model. The study indicated that the trend lines for the groundwater tables of 17 wells could be divided into five types in Denko County. The landscape types that changed from a desert landscape to an oasis landscape had a positive impact on groundwater. Precipitation trend was related to the spatial distribution of the groundwater depth, and the spatial pattern of the water nodes was characterized by a small-scale highly aggregated distribution and a large-scale uniform distribution in Denko County. These results suggest that for the stability of arid and semi-arid ecological environments, the appropriate human intervention (such as construction of an artificial oasis) is of great significance. Based on the analysis of groundwater and surface water bodies, a water-based ecological network in Denko County, which consisted of 391 ecological sources and 7360 ecological corridors, was constructed in 2016. The water-based ecological network constructed in this study was more sustainable and stable, and also suitable for arid and semi-arid areas, which is of great practical significance and application value.
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- 2017
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19. Observations and Modeling of the Climatic Impact of Land-Use Changes 2014
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Xiangzheng Deng, R. B. Singh, Qun’ou Jiang, Jinwei Dong, and Hongbo Su
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Meteorology. Climatology ,QC851-999 - Published
- 2015
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20. Seasonal and Interannual Variation in Energy Balance in the Semiarid Grassland Area of China
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Qun’ou Jiang, Enjun Ma, Jinyan Zhan, and Nana Shi
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Meteorology. Climatology ,QC851-999 - Abstract
Near surface energy budget changes have been proved to be induced by the land cover conversion through changing the surface physical properties, which can further impact the regional climate change. This study applies the DLS model to simulate the land cover under the business as usual (BAU) scenario and then analyses the seasonal and interannual variation of energy balance in the semiarid grassland area of China based on the simulated land cover with the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model. The results indicate that the grassland will show a growing trend under the BAU scenario. Downward long wave radiation and downward short wave radiation will all have small-scale increase with time going by, while the surface net radiation will decrease from 2030 to 2050. However, there is obvious seasonal variation. Summer has the highest downward long wave radiation and downward short wave radiation, followed by spring and autumn. The lowest are in winter. As for the net surface radiation, there is obvious decrease in southeast of study area due to returning cropland to grassland. Those research conclusions can offer valuable information for the land use planning and relieving the effects of land cover change on climate change at the semiarid grassland area.
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- 2015
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21. Variations of Near Surface Energy Balance Caused by Land Cover Changes in the Semiarid Grassland Area of China
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Qun’ou Jiang, Chengcai Tang, Enjun Ma, Yongwei Yuan, and Wei Zhang
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Meteorology. Climatology ,QC851-999 - Abstract
This study applies the Dynamics of Land System (DLS) model to simulating the land cover under the designed scenarios and then analyzes the effects of land cover conversion on energy flux in the semiarid grassland area of China with the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model. The results indicate that the grassland will show a steadily upgrowing trend under the coordinated environmental sustainability (CES) scenario. Compared to the CES scenario, the rate of increase in grassland cover is lower, while the rate of increase in urban land cover will be higher under the rapid economic growth (REG) scenario. Although the conversion from cropland to grassland will reduce the energy flux, the expansion of urban area and decreasing of forestry area will bring about more energy flux. As a whole, the energy flux of near surface will obviously not change under the CES scenario, and the climate therefore will not be possible to be influenced greatly by land cover change. The energy flux under the REG scenario is higher than that under the CES scenario. Those research conclusions can offer valuable information for the land use planning and climate change adaptation in the semiarid grassland area of China.
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- 2014
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22. Retrieval model for total nitrogen concentration based on UAV hyper spectral remote sensing data and machine learning algorithms – A case study in the Miyun Reservoir, China
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Qun'ou, Jiang, primary, Lidan, Xu, additional, Siyang, Sun, additional, Meilin, Wang, additional, and Huijie, Xiao, additional
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- 2021
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23. Spatio-Temporal Evolution, Future Trend and Phenology Regularity of Net Primary Productivity of Forests in Northeast China
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Xiangzheng Deng, Zhonghui Zhang, Kexin Lv, Qun’ou Jiang, and Chunli Wang
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Sustainable development ,Net Primary Productivity (NPP) ,Northeast China ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Phenology ,Science ,Lag ,Primary production ,Climate change ,Vegetation ,010501 environmental sciences ,01 natural sciences ,phenology regularity ,future trend ,Sustainability ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,Environmental science ,Physical geography ,sense organs ,China ,skin and connective tissue diseases ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences - Abstract
Net Primary Productivity (NPP) is one of the significant indicators to measure environmental changes; thus, the relevant study of NPP in Northeast China, Asia, is essential to climate changes and ecological sustainable development. Based on the Global Production Efficiency (GLO-PEM) model, this study firstly estimated the NPP in Northeast China, from 2001 to 2019, and then analyzed its spatio-temporal evolution, future changing trend and phenology regularity. Over the years, the NPP of different forests type in Northeast China showed a gradual increasing trend. Compared with other different time stages, the high-value NPP (700–1300 gC·m−2·a−1) in Changbai Mountain, from 2017 to 2019, is more widely distributed. For instance, the NPP has an increasing rate of 6.92% compared to the stage of 2011–2015. Additionally, there was a significant advance at the start of the vegetation growth season (SOS), and a lag at the end of the vegetation growth season (EOS), from 2001 to 2019. Thus, the whole growth period of forests in Northeast China became prolonged with the change of phenology. Moreover, analysis on the sustainability of NPP in the future indicates that the reverse direction feature of NPP change will be slightly stronger than the co-directional feature, meaning that about 30.68% of the study area will switch from improvement to degradation. To conclude, these above studies could provide an important reference for the sustainable development of forests in Northeast China.
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- 2020
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24. Spatial Structure of a Potential Ecological Network in Nanping, China, Based on Ecosystem Service Functions
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Li Cui, Ling Xiao, Qun’ou Jiang, Haiming Yan, Lidan Xu, and Meilin Wang
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010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Biodiversity ,landscape connectivity ,010501 environmental sciences ,01 natural sciences ,Ecosystem services ,lcsh:Agriculture ,Urbanization ,ecosystem service function ,ecological network ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Nature and Landscape Conservation ,Global and Planetary Change ,Ecology ,business.industry ,Environmental resource management ,least-cost path ,Fragmentation (computing) ,lcsh:S ,Ecological network ,Nanping City ,Geography ,Habitat ,Common spatial pattern ,business ,Landscape connectivity - Abstract
The increasing scale of urbanization and human activities has resulted in the fragmentation of natural habitats, leading to the reduction of ecological landscape connectivity and biodiversity. Taking Nanping as the study area, the core areas with good connectivity were extracted as ecological sources using a morphological spatial pattern analysis (MSPA) and landscape connectivity index. Then the ecosystem service functions of the ecological sources were evaluated based on the InVEST model. Finally, we extracted the potential ecological corridor based on the land type, elevation and ecosystem service functions. The results showed that the ecological source with higher landscape connectivity is distributed in the north and there are clear landscape connectivity faults in the northern and southern regions. Moreover, the areas with high habitat quality, soil retention and water production are mainly distributed in the northern ecological source areas. The 15 potential ecological corridors extracted were distributed unevenly. Among them, the important ecological corridors formed a triangle network, while the general ecological corridors were concentrated in the northwest. Therefore, it is suggested that the important core patches in the north be protected, and the effective connection between the north and south be improved. These results can provide a scientific basis for ecological construction and hierarchical management of the ecological networks.
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- 2020
25. Study on Microclimate Characteristics and Vertical Variation of Potential Evapotranspiration of the Robinia pseudoacacia Forest in the Loess Plateau of China
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Jianjun Zhang, Baoni Guo, Qun’ou Jiang, Hao Ru, and Zhen Wang
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Meteorology. Climatology ,QC851-999 - Abstract
With the water and soil conservation forests of Robinia pseudoacacia in the Malian beach of Hongqi farm, Ji County, Shanxi province, as the research object, this study estimated the potential evapotranspiration in the open space outside the forest and at the heights of 3 m, 6 m, and 10 m in the forests with the climate data during 2011-2012 and the upgraded Penman-Monteith formula; then, this study explored the microclimate characteristics inside and outside the Robinia pseudoacacia forest and thereafter revealed the vertical variation rules of potential evapotranspiration of Robinia pseudoacacia. The results indicate that the air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, and potential evapotranspiration at different heights above the ground surface showed similar changing trends, but with some variation during different periods. In addition, the weather also had impacts on the potential evapotranspiration. In April, July, and October, the change of potential evapotranspiration of the Robinia pseudoacacia forests showed a bimodal curve in the sunny days and rainy days, while it showed a single-peak curve with quite small fluctuation in the rainy days. However, it showed a single-peak pattern even in the sunny days in January, and it showed no fluctuation in the snowy days in January.
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- 2013
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26. Energy efficiency and carbon efficiency of tourism industry in destination
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Linsheng Zhong, Qun’ou Jiang, and Chengcai Tang
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Sustainable development ,Consumption (economics) ,020209 energy ,Hospitality management studies ,chemistry.chemical_element ,02 engineering and technology ,Environmental economics ,General Energy ,chemistry ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Business ,Life-cycle assessment ,Carbon ,Government sector ,Tourism ,Efficient energy use - Abstract
This study proposed the measuring models for the energy efficiency and carbon efficiency of the tourism industry in destination by the detailed bottom-up analysis method, the theory of life cycle assessment, and material flow. The Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area (WSHIA) in China was chosen as the research area; the energy efficiency and carbon efficiency of tourism industry in the WSHIA were measured and analyzed from 1979 to 2015. The research results showed that energy efficiency and carbon efficiency of tourism sectors and the whole tourism industry were improved with the evolution of the stage of tourism life cycle. There was a big discrepancy in energy efficiency and carbon efficiency among different sectors of tourism industry. Tourism activity had the highest of direct and total energy efficiencies and carbon efficiencies. Compared with the industries, the tourism industry in the WSHIA belonged to the low energy consumption and green low-carbon industry. The energy and environmental policies and the different strategies on the improvement of energy efficiency and carbon efficiency of tourism industry should be formulated and implemented by the government sector of tourism management and the tourism enterprises for green and low-carbon development of tourism destination.
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- 2017
27. Ecological environment assessment based on land use simulation: A case study in the Heihe River Basin
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Yaqi Shao, Qun'ou Jiang, Chunli Wang, Ling Xiao, Jianbin Guo, and Siyang Sun
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Environmental Engineering ,Watershed ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Land use ,Ecological environment ,Midstream ,010501 environmental sciences ,Structural basin ,01 natural sciences ,Pollution ,Land degradation ,Environmental Chemistry ,Environmental science ,Land use, land-use change and forestry ,Water resource management ,Waste Management and Disposal ,Heihe river ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences - Abstract
Ecological environment assessment can not only provide significant references for effective solutions to regional ecological problems, but also promote the benign interaction of socio-economic-ecological development. This study selected the Heihe River Basin (HRB) as the typical area to comprehensively evaluate the ecological environment from 2010 to 2030 based on the dynamics of land system (DLS) model, which is coupled with the biological abundance index (BAI), vegetation coverage index (VCI), water density index (WDI), land degradation index (LDI), and eco-environment quality index (EQI). The results indicate that the BAI and VCI will be high in the south and east, low in the north and west in general. Under the future baseline scenario, the changes of biological abundance, vegetation coverage, and deteriorating land in the midstream and downstream regions will may seriously hinder restoration of the ecological environment. In particular, the BAI in the midstream and downstream regions will decline more rapidly, with a rate of 10.30% and 18.59%, respectively. The water area will be scattered and less abundant overall, but the WDI in the midstream, that is up to 3.86 in 2030, will be higher than that in other regions. Results also show that the regions with high EQI are mainly located in the northeast and south region. It is predicted that the ecological fragile zones in the future will mainly distribute in the midstream and downstream regions, especially in Jiayuguan City and Jinta County. The EQI will drop by 44.28% and 11.40% during 2010-2030 without external conditions intervened. In addition, Qilian Mountain, Jiuquan City, Gaotai County, Linze County, and Shandan County will also have relatively strong recovery capacities under the influence of ecological policies. All above could provide the basis for the development of future watershed ecological environment management and protection planning.
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- 2019
28. Adapting Water Scarcity for River Basin: Optimization of Land Uses
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Aisha Olushola Arowolo, Haiming Yan, Xiangzheng Deng, Zhihui Li, and Qun’ou Jiang
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geography ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,Land use ,Drainage basin ,Environmental science ,Water resource management ,Water scarcity - Published
- 2019
29. Simulation of Forestland Dynamics in a Typical Deforestation and Afforestation Area under Climate Scenarios
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Yuwei Cheng, Qun’ou Jiang, Yuanjing Qi, Qiutong Jin, and Xiangzheng Deng
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education.field_of_study ,Control and Optimization ,Land use ,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,Natural resource economics ,lcsh:T ,Population size ,Population ,Energy Engineering and Power Technology ,Representative Concentration Pathways ,simulation ,lcsh:Technology ,dynamics of forestland ,Environmental protection ,Deforestation ,driving mechanism ,Afforestation ,Environmental science ,Environmental impact assessment ,climate scenario ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,education ,Engineering (miscellaneous) ,Global environmental analysis ,Energy (miscellaneous) - Abstract
Forestland dynamics can affect the ecological security of a country and even the global environment, and therefore it is of great practical significance to understand the characteristics of temporal and spatial variations of forestland. Taking Jiangxi Province as the study area, this study first explored the driving mechanism of the natural environment and social economy on deforestation and afforestation using a simultaneous equation model. The results indicate that population size, topographic and geomorphologic factors, climate, and location play leading roles in influencing forestland density fluctuations. Specifically, the population size, economic development level, gross value of forestry production, climate conditions, and government policies are key influencing factors of afforestation. Deforestation is mainly influenced by agricultural population, non-agricultural economy, forestry production, forestry density, location, transportation, and climate. In addition, this study simulated the spatial distribution of land use and analyzed the spatial characteristics and variation trends of forestland area and quality under the Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) climate scenarios from 2010 to 2030 using the Conversion of Land Use and its Effects (CLUE) model. The results indicate that forestland declines under the Asia-Pacific integrated model (AIM) climate scenario. The environment tends to be heavily damaged under this kind of scenarios, and measures should be taken in order to protect the environment. Although the model for energy supply strategy alternatives and their general environmental impact (MESSAGE) scenario is to some extent better than the AIM scenario, destruction of the environment will still occur, and it is necessary to restrain deforestation and convert shrub land into forestland or garden land. These results can provide significant information for environmental protection, forest resource exploitation, and utilization in the areas experiencing deforestation and afforestation.
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- 2015
30. Analysis of critical land degradation and development processes and their driving mechanism in the Heihe River Basin
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Yuanjing Qi, Qun’ou Jiang, Chunli Wang, Ling Xiao, Yaqi Shao, and Meilin Wang
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Sustainable development ,Environmental Engineering ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Land use ,business.industry ,Grassland degradation ,Climate change ,010501 environmental sciences ,01 natural sciences ,Pollution ,Arid ,Environmental protection ,Land restoration ,Land degradation ,Environmental Chemistry ,Environmental science ,Land development ,business ,Waste Management and Disposal ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences - Abstract
In arid regions, land development and degradation (LDD) is sustained by the undesirable land development, human production and living, and climate change. Therefore, the understanding of LDD processes and their driving mechanism in the arid or semi-arid regions is significant to guarantee the sustainable development of ecological environment. This study explored the critical LDD processes in the Heihe River Basin (HRB) during 1990-2010 with the spatio-temporal evaluation of critical land use dynamics and its land quality changing trends. Then, the driving mechanism of cultivated land development process, grassland degradation process and water resource change process were analyzed by a simultaneous equations model which took the interaction of three processes into account. The results showed that the mutual transfers of cultivated land were primarily gathered in the middle reaches from 1990 to 2010. Its area grew by 13.5% and the average dynamic degree remained at 0.61%. The transfers between grassland and cultivated land, unused land were more remarkable, which led to the decline of grassland quality and even grassland degradation. Water area maintained a dynamic balance with almost unchanged area, but its dynamic trend was initially increasing and then decreasing. However, the average degradation of land quality in the whole study area is continuously alleviated. These changes were mainly due to the interaction of the LDD processes above, as well as socio-economic and climate change. Among them,agricultural research investments could restrain the unordered expansion of cultivated land resource for a relatively short period of time. Meanwhile, the variable of whether it is the main grain producing county is the main driver of grassland and water resource degradation in this region. These conclusions will provide scientific references for ecological land restoration and land quality improvement in the HRB.
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- 2020
31. Analysis on net primary productivity change of forests and its multi–level driving mechanism – A case study in Changbai Mountains in Northeast China
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Qun'ou Jiang, Johann Alexander Vera Mercado, Bernard A. Engel, Chunli Wang, and Zhonghui Zhang
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Driving factors ,Irrigation ,020209 energy ,Soil organic matter ,05 social sciences ,Multilevel model ,Primary production ,02 engineering and technology ,Vegetation ,Management of Technology and Innovation ,0502 economics and business ,Forest ecology ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Environmental science ,Precipitation ,Physical geography ,Business and International Management ,050203 business & management ,Applied Psychology - Abstract
It is significant to clarify the driving mechanism of the forest ecosystem changes at different scales in Northeast China with serious forest degradation. With Changbai Mountains in Northeast China as the study area, this study integrated multi–source data to explore the spatio–temporal changes of Net Primary Productivity (NPP) and its spatial agglomeration patterns, and probed its multi–level driving mechanism based on the Hierarchical Linear Model (HLM). The results showed the overall NPP in the study area had a gradual declining trend from southeast to northwest from 2001 to 2015. Besides, the ecological risk regions, including Low-Low (L–L) and High–Low (H–L) cluster types, expanded from 27.56% during 2001–2008 to 28.21% during 2008–2015, suggesting the local departments should focus on optimizing these regions and strengthen the construction of complex forests with large age differences to make the ecological environment healthier. In addition, results from the HLM suggested that key driving factors, e.g., the precipitation and vegetation coverage rate, had significant promoting effects on NPP at the grid scale. Whereas the soil organic matter content, distance to the highway, irrigation rate, percentage of the disaster area had significant inhibitory effects (p
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- 2020
32. Multilevel modeling of NPP change and impacts of water resources in the Lower Heihe River Basin
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Zhihui Li, Yongwei Yuan, Haiming Yan, Jinyan Zhan, and Qun’ou Jiang
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business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Multilevel model ,Environmental resource management ,Primary production ,Climate change ,Arid ,Ecosystem services ,Water resources ,Geophysics ,Desertification ,Geochemistry and Petrology ,Evapotranspiration ,Environmental science ,business ,media_common - Abstract
Net primary productivity (NPP) lays the foundation for provision of various ecosystem services, and understanding the impacts of potential influencing factors on NPP is of great significance to formulating appropriate management measures to guarantee the sustainable provision of essential ecosystem services. This study analyzed the impacts of potential influencing factors on NPP in the lower Heihe River Basin, a typical arid and semi-arid region in China. First, NPP was estimated with the C-FIX model, and then the multilevel model was used to analyze the impacts of potential influencing factors on NPP during 2000-2008. Finally decomposition analysis was used to further analyze the contribution of influencing factors to NPP change during 2000-2008. The average NPP increased by approximately 9.07% during 2000-2008, and results of the multilevel model indicate that both the socioeconomic variables and demographic variables are useful in explaining NPP change. In particular, coefficients of rainfall and evapotranspiration which represent the water availability reached 0.0456 and 0.2956, respectively. Results of decomposition analysis suggested that the water availability played an important role in increasing NPP, with a contribution rate of 44.17%, and it is necessary to carry out some policies that can promote the water use efficiency to increase NPP under the background of climate change and intensified human activities. There are some uncertainties in the results of this study, but these results still can provide valuable reference information for the water resource management to increase the ecosystem service supply in the lower Heihe River Basin. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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- 2015
33. Environmental cost and pollution risk caused by the industrial transfer in Qinghai Province
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Jinyan Zhan, Qun’ou Jiang, Feng Wu, Chengcai Tang, and Wei Zhang
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Pollutant ,Pollution ,Environmental protection ,media_common.quotation_subject ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,Environmental science ,Real estate ,Cleaner production ,Environmental pollution ,Energy consumption ,China ,media_common ,Water scarcity - Abstract
With the rising pressure due to energy consumption and costs of environmental protection and recovery, industrial transfer from the eastern to central and western areas has surged in China. However, extremely fragile ecological conditions and severe water shortage are significant hurdles for industry development in Western China. Whether the vulnerable environment can bear the pollution caused by the transferred industry from Eastern China becomes a significant issue. This study firstly estimates energy and environmental costs in different areas of China, and assesses the necessity to upgrade the industrial structure of Qinghai Province. Then the emissions of waste water, waste gas, and smoke caused by transferred industries are calculated by Input-Output Model. On the basis of the effect analysis of waste emission on environment, pollution risks of Qinghai province are assessed. The results illustrate that the costs of environmental protection and recovery in China have a gradient distribution, of which the energy efficiency is lower while environmental costs are higher in Western China. Industrial structure adjustment has different impacts on the pollution of different sectors. Although the development of machinery and equipment, hotels and catering services, and real estate, leasing, and business services has increased the emission of pollutants, it is offset by the decreasing emissions caused by other industries such as construction and metal products. Therefore, although economic development will increase environmental pollution, industrial adjustments can effectively decrease waste water and waste gas emissions to reduce the pollution risk. It should be noted that there are still tremendous challenges for industrial transfer in Qinghai Province to coordinate the environment and industry development.
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- 2014
34. Variations of Near Surface Energy Balance Caused by Land Cover Changes in the Semiarid Grassland Area of China
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Chengcai Tang, Qun’ou Jiang, Enjun Ma, Wei Zhang, and Yongwei Yuan
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Atmospheric Science ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,Article Subject ,Agroforestry ,Energy flux ,Land-use planning ,Land cover ,lcsh:QC851-999 ,Urban area ,Pollution ,Grassland ,Geophysics ,Geography ,Weather Research and Forecasting Model ,Sustainability ,lcsh:Meteorology. Climatology ,Physical geography ,China - Abstract
This study applies the Dynamics of Land System (DLS) model to simulating the land cover under the designed scenarios and then analyzes the effects of land cover conversion on energy flux in the semiarid grassland area of China with the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model. The results indicate that the grassland will show a steadily upgrowing trend under the coordinated environmental sustainability (CES) scenario. Compared to the CES scenario, the rate of increase in grassland cover is lower, while the rate of increase in urban land cover will be higher under the rapid economic growth (REG) scenario. Although the conversion from cropland to grassland will reduce the energy flux, the expansion of urban area and decreasing of forestry area will bring about more energy flux. As a whole, the energy flux of near surface will obviously not change under the CES scenario, and the climate therefore will not be possible to be influenced greatly by land cover change. The energy flux under the REG scenario is higher than that under the CES scenario. Those research conclusions can offer valuable information for the land use planning and climate change adaptation in the semiarid grassland area of China.
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- 2014
35. Regional Climate Effects of Conversion from Grassland to Forestland in Southeastern China
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Qun’ou Jiang, Zhe Yan, Haiming Yan, Rui Yu, and Xinsheng Wang
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Atmospheric Science ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,Article Subject ,Representative Concentration Pathways ,Land cover ,Vegetation ,lcsh:QC851-999 ,Pollution ,Grassland ,Geophysics ,Geography ,Climatology ,Weather Research and Forecasting Model ,Common spatial pattern ,lcsh:Meteorology. Climatology ,Precipitation ,China - Abstract
The land-use and land-cover change (LUCC) is the synthetic result of natural processes and human activities; it largely depends on the surface vegetation conditions, and the mutual conversion among land cover types can accelerate or alleviate the regional and global climate changes. Aiming at analyzing the regional climatic effects of the conversion from grassland to forestland, especially in the long term perspective, we carried out the comparison simulation using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model in Fujian province, results indicated that this conversion had a significant influence on the regional climate; the annual average temperature decreased by 0.11°C and the annual average precipitation increased by 46 mm after 11.2% of the grassland was converted into the forestland in the study area from 2000 to 2008. In the future (form 2010 to 2050), the conversion from grassland to forestland is significant under two representative concentration pathways (RCPs) (RCP6 and RCP8.5); the spatial pattern of this conversion under the two scenarios is simulated by dynamic of land system (DLS); then, the regional climate effects of the conversion are simulated using WRF model.
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- 2013
36. Study on Microclimate Characteristics and Vertical Variation of Potential Evapotranspiration of theRobinia pseudoacaciaForest in the Loess Plateau of China
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Hao Ru, Qun’ou Jiang, Zhen Wang, Baoni Guo, and Jianjun Zhang
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Hydrology ,Atmospheric Science ,Article Subject ,biology ,Robinia ,Microclimate ,Loess plateau ,lcsh:QC851-999 ,biology.organism_classification ,Pollution ,Wind speed ,Geophysics ,Geography ,Evapotranspiration ,Air temperature ,lcsh:Meteorology. Climatology ,Relative humidity ,Soil conservation - Abstract
With the water and soil conservation forests ofRobinia pseudoacaciain the Malian beach of Hongqi farm, Ji County, Shanxi province, as the research object, this study estimated the potential evapotranspiration in the open space outside the forest and at the heights of 3 m, 6 m, and 10 m in the forests with the climate data during 2011-2012 and the upgraded Penman-Monteith formula; then, this study explored the microclimate characteristics inside and outside theRobinia pseudoacaciaforest and thereafter revealed the vertical variation rules of potential evapotranspiration ofRobinia pseudoacacia. The results indicate that the air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, and potential evapotranspiration at different heights above the ground surface showed similar changing trends, but with some variation during different periods. In addition, the weather also had impacts on the potential evapotranspiration. In April, July, and October, the change of potential evapotranspiration of theRobinia pseudoacaciaforests showed a bimodal curve in the sunny days and rainy days, while it showed a single-peak curve with quite small fluctuation in the rainy days. However, it showed a single-peak pattern even in the sunny days in January, and it showed no fluctuation in the snowy days in January.
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- 2013
37. Scenario-Based Analysis on the Structural Change of Land Uses in China
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Qian Xu, Kai Cao, Xing Li, Qun’ou Jiang, and Xiangzheng Deng
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Atmospheric Science ,Article Subject ,Environmental change ,Land use ,business.industry ,Global warming ,Environmental resource management ,Climate change ,Land-use planning ,Global change ,Land cover ,lcsh:QC851-999 ,Pollution ,Geophysics ,Geography ,lcsh:Meteorology. Climatology ,Land use, land-use change and forestry ,business - Abstract
Land Use/Land Cover change (LUCC) is a key aspect of global environmental change, which has a significant impact on climate change. In the background of increasing global warming resulting from greenhouse effect, to understand the impact of land use change on climate change is necessary and meaningful. In this study, we choose China as the study area and explore the possible land use change trends based on the AgLU module and ERB module of global change assessment model (GCAM model and Global Change Assessment Model). We design three scenarios based on socioeconomic development and simulated the corresponding structure change of land use according to the three scenarios with different parameters. Then we simulate the different emission of CO2under different scenarios based on the simulation results of structure change of land use. At last, we choose the most suitable scenario that could control the emission of CO2best and obtain the relatively better land use structure change for adaption of climate change. Through this research we can provide a theoretical basis for the future land use planning to adapt to climate change.
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- 2013
38. Ecological Risk Assessment of Benzo[a]pyrene in Yellow River Delta
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Qun’ou Jiang, Xing Li, Qin Jin, Feng Wu, and Xiangzheng Deng
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geography ,River delta ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,Probabilistic risk assessment ,Ecology ,Range (biology) ,Structural basin ,Pollution ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Benzo(a)pyrene ,chemistry ,Evaluation methods ,Environmental Chemistry ,Environmental science ,Ecosystem ,Ecological risk ,Water resource management ,Water Science and Technology - Abstract
Ecological risk assessment is of great significance to promoting the rational management effectively for the oil-polluted areas. A comprehensive evaluation method of ecological risk, including probabilistic risk assessment and regional ecological risk assessment, is developed through employing the contaminant benzo[a]pyrene as an indicator to assess ecological risk of five oil mining plots, respectively in Yellow River Delta. In this study, firstly we evaluate the ecological risk probability of five oil mining plots using overlapping area of probabilistic curves, and the results show that local ecological risk varies between the maximum 0.4 and the minimum 0.01. Then we overlay boundaries of five administrative divisions in Yellow River Delta and the spatial distribution patterns of ecosystems to generate new risk receptor plaques, and calculate the integrated value of 30 specifically classified plaques for comprehensive evaluation of ecological risk. The results, fluctuating within the range of 0.00005 and 0.25, indicate that local government should be vigilant to ecological risk of benzo[a]pyrene to some extent, although the current situation is not severe in whole.
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- 2012
39. Estimation of land production and its response to cultivated land conversion in North China Plain
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Shujin He, Qun’ou Jiang, Jinyan Zhan, and Xiangzheng Deng
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Hydrology ,Estimation ,Land use ,business.industry ,Geography, Planning and Development ,North china ,Forestry ,Cultivated land ,Geography ,Agricultural land ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,Production (economics) ,Land development ,business ,China - Abstract
Food safety and its related influencing factors in China are the hot research topics currently, and cultivated land conversion is one of the significant factors influencing food safety in China. Taking the North China Plain as the study area, this paper examines the changes of cultivated land area using satellite images, estimates land productivity from 1985 to 2005 using the model of Estimation System for Land Productivity (ESLP), and analyzes the impact of cultivated land conversion on the land production. Compared with the grain yield data from statistical yearbooks, the results indicate that ESLP model is an effective tool for estimating land productivity. Land productivity in the North China Plain showed a slight decreasing trend from 1985 to 2005, spatially, increased from the north to the south gradu- ally, and the net changes varied in different areas. Cultivated land area recorded a marginal decrease of 8.0 × 10 5 ha, mainly converted to other land uses. Cultivated land conversion had more significant negative impacts on land produc- tion than land productivity did. Land production decreased by about 6.48 × 10 6 t caused by cultivated land conversion between 1985 and 2005, accounting for 91.9% of the total land production reduction. Although the land productivity increased in Anhui and Jiangsu provinces, it can not offset the overall adverse effects caused by cultivated land con- version. Therefore, there are significant meanings to control the cultivated land conversion and improve the land pro- ductivity for ensuring the land production in the North China Plain.
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- 2011
40. Impacts of economic development on ecosystem risk in the Yellow River Delta
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Jinyan Zhan, Haiming Yan, Xiangzheng Deng, and Qun’ou Jiang
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Risk analysis ,Economic growth ,geography ,River delta ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,Land use ,Economic development ,business.industry ,Environmental resource management ,Biodiversity ,Monte Carlo model ,Yellow River Delta ,Ecosystem services ,ecosystem risk ,Urbanization ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,Population growth ,Ecosystem ,Business ,panel data model ,General Environmental Science - Abstract
With the economic development and population growth, humans have changed ecosystems more rapidly and extensively to meet the rapidly growing demand for food, fresh water, timber, fiber and fuel. This has led to a substantial and largely irreversible loss of the biodiversity on earth. The ecosystem risk is created as a new concept to understand the environmental problems. Therefore, it is important to develop quantitative methods for regional ecosystem risk analysis. Yellow River Delta is the widest, most intact and youngest delta both in China and in the world; its ecosystem environment is much more vulnerable due to its special location and industrial structure. Therefore, it is very important to manage them wisely and strategically. Therefore, Yellow River Delta is selected as the case area to reveal the impacts of economic development on ecosystem risk in this study. This study selected the ecological quality index to show the potential ecosystem risk and estimated the impacts of economic development on ecosystem risk using the panel data model on the pixel level based on the GIS, RS technique. It's found that the economic development will have impacts on the ecological environment to a certain degree, however, these impacts can exchange to a greater degree with the development. Then more funds and advanced technologies can be used to promote the intensive development of land use, which may decrease the impacts of economic development on the environment. Therefore, we need to ensure the coordinated development of the economy and ecological environment. The research results provide meaningful decision-making information for the urbanization process and environmental protection in the Yellow River Delta.
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- 2011
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41. Simulation on the dynamics of forest area changes in Northeast China
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Jinyan Zhan, Shujin He, Yingzhi Lin, Qun’ou Jiang, and Xiangzheng Deng
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Forest inventory ,Land use ,business.industry ,Ecology ,Forest management ,Environmental resource management ,Forest restoration ,Geography ,Habitat ,Forest ecology ,Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) ,Forest farming ,business ,Intact forest landscape - Abstract
There is plenty of forests in Northeast China which contributes a lot to the conservation of water and land resources, produces timber products, and provides habitats for a huge number of wild animals and plants. With changes of socio-economic factors as well as the geophysical conditions, there are dramatic changes on the spatial patterns of forest area. In this sense, it is of great significance to shed light on the dynamics of forest area changes to find the underlining reasons for shaping the changing patterns of forest area in Northeast China. To explore the dynamics of forest area change in Northeast China, an econometric model is developed which is composed of three equations identifying forestry production, conversion from open forest to closed forest and conversion from other land uses to closed forest so as to explore the impacts on the forest area changes from demographic, social, economic, location and geophysical factors. On this basis, we employ the Dynamics of Land System (DLS) model to simulate land-use conversions between forest area and non-forest cover and the land-use conversions within the sub-classes of forest area for the period 2000-2020 under business as usual scenario, environmental protection scenario and economic growth scenario. The simulation results show that forest area will expand continuously and there exist various kinds of changing patterns for the sub-classes of forest area, for example, closed forest will expand continuously and open forest and shrub will decrease a little bit, while area of other forest will keep intact. The research results provide meaningful decision-making information for conserving and exploiting the forest resources and making out the planning for forestry production in the Northeast China region.
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- 2010
42. Incorporating Temporal and Spatial Variations of Groundwater into the Construction of a Water-Based Ecological Network: A Case Study in Denko County
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Di Yang, Qun’ou Jiang, Qiang Yu, Qibin Zhang, Yuan Huang, Minzhe Fang, Depeng Yue, and Huan Ma
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0106 biological sciences ,lcsh:Hydraulic engineering ,water table depth ,groundwater distribution ,water-based ecological network ,Denko County ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Geography, Planning and Development ,Point pattern analysis ,Aquatic Science ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Biochemistry ,lcsh:Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes ,lcsh:TC1-978 ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Water Science and Technology ,Ecological stability ,Hydrology ,lcsh:TD201-500 ,Resistance (ecology) ,Arid ,Ecological network ,Water resources ,Environmental science ,Surface water ,Groundwater - Abstract
It is of great practical significance to construct a water-based ecological network in arid and semi-arid areas. The spatial distribution of water resources is one of the most important factors in determining the ecological stability of such areas. In this study, groundwater level trends were analyzed with a model called Empirical Mode Decomposition (EMD). The temporal and spatial evolution of groundwater depth data from 1990 to 2016 were analyzed. The surface water bodies were analyzed using a point pattern analysis method. Based on this, a water-based ecological network was constructed with a minimum cumulative resistance surface model. The study indicated that the trend lines for the groundwater tables of 17 wells could be divided into five types in Denko County. The landscape types that changed from a desert landscape to an oasis landscape had a positive impact on groundwater. Precipitation trend was related to the spatial distribution of the groundwater depth, and the spatial pattern of the water nodes was characterized by a small-scale highly aggregated distribution and a large-scale uniform distribution in Denko County. These results suggest that for the stability of arid and semi-arid ecological environments, the appropriate human intervention (such as construction of an artificial oasis) is of great significance. Based on the analysis of groundwater and surface water bodies, a water-based ecological network in Denko County, which consisted of 391 ecological sources and 7360 ecological corridors, was constructed in 2016. The water-based ecological network constructed in this study was more sustainable and stable, and also suitable for arid and semi-arid areas, which is of great practical significance and application value.
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- 2017
43. Immediate impacts of the Wenchuan Earthquake on the prices and productions of grain and pork products
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Zhigang Xu, Shaoqiang Wang, Xiangzheng Deng, Qun’ou Jiang, Yingzhi Lin, Hongbo Su, Quan-sheng Ge, and Jifu Du
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business.industry ,Reduction rate ,Agricultural economics ,Mining engineering ,Agriculture ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,Grain yield ,Environmental science ,National level ,Statistical analysis ,Agricultural productivity ,Livestock breeding ,business ,Loss rate - Abstract
Based on field survey and statistical analysis, the immediate impacts of the Wenchuan Earthquake happened on May 12, 2008, are evaluated from two aspects, i.e., the influence on the prices and yields of grain and pork products in the local region and that on China. Wenchuan Earthquake, undoubtedly, has some negative effects on the local agricultural yields in Sichuan Province. It has caused immediate impacts on the grain and livestock breeding industry in the earthquake worst-hit counties. For example, due to the earthquake, the grain yields in Sichuan Province will decreased more than 0.4% and the pork productions decrease 5% at least. Thus, prices of grain and pork products are likely to rise in local mountainous areas over a short term. Our studying results that the disaster rate, the hazard rate and the complete loss rate of grain productions are 18%, 10% and 6% respectively in the earthquake worst-hit counties, while the disaster rate in the eastern plain areas even reach to 30%-49%. Even so, the results of model analysis for sample survey indicates that Wenchuan Earthquake has caused only marginal impacts on agricultural production, does not heavily hurt the stability of the prices and yields of grain and pork products at the national level. In other words,Wenchuan Earthquake had not affected the overall situation of national agricultural production. It is estimated that the reduction rate of national grain yield is as low as 0.006%, and the price changes of grain and pork products are no more than 0.5% and 2.2% respectively.
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- 2009
44. Seasonal and Interannual Variation in Energy Balance in the Semiarid Grassland Area of China
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Nana Shi, Qun’ou Jiang, Jinyan Zhan, and Enjun Ma
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Atmospheric Science ,geography ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,Article Subject ,Energy balance ,Climate change ,Land-use planning ,Land cover ,Seasonality ,lcsh:QC851-999 ,medicine.disease ,Pollution ,Grassland ,Geophysics ,Climatology ,Weather Research and Forecasting Model ,medicine ,lcsh:Meteorology. Climatology ,China - Abstract
Near surface energy budget changes have been proved to be induced by the land cover conversion through changing the surface physical properties, which can further impact the regional climate change. This study applies the DLS model to simulate the land cover under the business as usual (BAU) scenario and then analyses the seasonal and interannual variation of energy balance in the semiarid grassland area of China based on the simulated land cover with the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model. The results indicate that the grassland will show a growing trend under the BAU scenario. Downward long wave radiation and downward short wave radiation will all have small-scale increase with time going by, while the surface net radiation will decrease from 2030 to 2050. However, there is obvious seasonal variation. Summer has the highest downward long wave radiation and downward short wave radiation, followed by spring and autumn. The lowest are in winter. As for the net surface radiation, there is obvious decrease in southeast of study area due to returning cropland to grassland. Those research conclusions can offer valuable information for the land use planning and relieving the effects of land cover change on climate change at the semiarid grassland area.
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- 2015
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45. Impact Assessments on Water and Heat Fluxes of Terrestrial Ecosystem Due to Land Use Change
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Chunhong Zhao, Xiangzheng Deng, Li Jiang, Qun’ou Jiang, Enjun Ma, Rui Yu, and Jiyuan Liu
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Sustainable land management ,Hydrology ,Latent heat ,Global warming ,Grassland degradation ,Climate change ,Environmental science ,Land use, land-use change and forestry ,Land cover ,Sensible heat - Abstract
Water and heat fluxes of terrestrial ecosystem play an important role in the sustainable development of ecosystem services. In this chapter, we first investigated the spatial variation of heat fluxes and surface temperature in an inland irrigation area of the northern China. Irrigated agriculture has the potential to alter regional to global climate significantly. We investigate how irrigation will affect regional climate in the future in an inland irrigation area of northern China, focusing on its effects on heat fluxes and near-surface temperature. Using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model, we compare simulations among three land cover scenarios: the control scenario (CON), the irrigation scenario (IRR), and the irrigated cropland expansion scenario (ICE). Our results show that the surface energy budgets and temperature are sensitive to changes in the extent and spatial pattern of irrigated land. Conversion to irrigated agriculture at the contemporary scale leads to an increase in annual mean latent heat fluxes of 12.10 W m−2, a decrease in annual mean sensible heat fluxes of 8.85 W m−2, and a decrease in annual mean temperature of 1.3 °C across the study region. Further expansion of irrigated land increases annual mean latent heat fluxes by 18.08 W m−2, decreases annual mean sensible heat fluxes by 12.31 W m−2, and decreases annual mean temperature by 1.7 °C. Our simulated effects of irrigation show that changes in land use management such as irrigation can be an important component of climate change and need to be considered together with greenhouse forcing in climate change assessments. Then, the spatial variation of surface temperature and precipitation due to grassland conversion to forestry area in southeast China was examined. The land use/land cover change (LUCC) is the synthetic result of natural processes and human activities; it largely depends on the surface vegetation conditions, and the mutual conversion among land cover types can accelerate or alleviate the regional and global climate change. Aiming at analyzing the regional climatic effects of the conversion from grassland to forestland, especially in the long-term perspective, we carried out the comparison simulation using the WRF model in Fujian Province, and results indicated that this conversion had a significant influence on the regional climate; the annual average temperature decreased by 0.11 °C, and the annual average precipitation increased by 46 mm after 11.2 % of the grassland was converted into the forestland in the study area from 2000 to 2008. In the future (from 2010 to 2050), the conversion from grassland to forestland is significant under two representative concentration pathways (RCPs) (RCP6 and RCP8.5); the spatial pattern of this conversion under the two scenarios is simulated by dynamics of land system (DLS); then, the regional climate effects of the conversion are simulated using WRF model. Further, the spatial variation of surface heat fluxes due to land use change across China was estimated. We estimate the heat flux changes caused by the projected land transformation over the next 40 years across China to improve the understanding of the impacts of land dynamics on regional climate. We use the WRF model to investigate these impacts in four representative land transformation zones, where reclamation, overgrazing, afforestation, and urbanization dominate the LUCC in each zone, respectively. As indicated by the significant variance of albedo due to different LUCCs, different surface properties cause great spatial variance of the surface flux. From the simulation results, latent heat flux increases by 2 and 21 W/m2 in the reclamation and afforestation regions, respectively. On the contrary, overgrazing and urban expansion result in decrease of latent heat flux by 5 and 36 W/m2, correspondingly. Urban expansion leads to an average increase of 40 W/m2 of sensible heat flux in the future 40 years, while reclamation, afforestation, and overgrazing result in the decrease of sensible heat flux. Results also show that reclamation and overgrazing lead to net radiation decrease by approximately 4 and 7 W/m2, respectively; however, afforestation and urbanization lead to net radiation increase by 6 and 3 W/m2, respectively. The simulated impacts of projected HLCCs on surface energy fluxes will inform sustainable land management and climate change mitigation. Finally, we summarized the predicted impacts of land use change on surface temperature in the typical areas around the world. This study focuses on the potential impacts of large-scale LUCC on surface temperature from a global perspective. As important types of LUCC, urbanization, deforestation, cultivated land reclamation, and grassland degradation have effects on the climate, the potential changes of the surface temperature caused by these four types of large-scale LUCC from 2010 to 2050 are downscaled, and this issue is analyzed worldwide along with RCPs of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The first case study presents some evidence of the effects of future urbanization on surface temperature in the Northeast megalopolis of the USA. In order to understand the potential climatological variability caused by future forest deforestation and vulnerability, we chose Brazilian Amazon region as the second case study. The third selected region in India is a typical region of cultivated land reclamation, where the possible climatic impacts are explored. In the fourth case study, we simulate the surface temperature changes caused by future grassland degradation in Mongolia. Results show that the temperature in built-up area would increase obviously throughout the four land types. In addition, the effects of all four large-scale LUCCs on monthly average temperature change would vary from month to month with obviously spatial heterogeneity.
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- 2015
46. Simulation of the Plausible Climate Effects of Ecological Restoration Programs in China
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Anping Liu, Enjun Ma, Qun’ou Jiang, and Yanfei Li
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business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Environmental resource management ,Grassland degradation ,Carbon sink ,Climate change ,Natural resource ,Desertification ,Deforestation ,Environmental science ,Population growth ,business ,Restoration ecology ,Environmental planning ,media_common - Abstract
This chapter focuses on the climate effect of ecological restoration programs in China. The fourth assessment report of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC AR4) indicated that the human activities are a significant influencing factor of climate change. Deforestation, grassland degradation, and desertification, which are mainly induced by human activities, have been greatly intensified due to the irrational exploitation of the natural resources, rapid population growth, and the expansion of road network in the past decades. Some ecological restoration programs have been recently carried out, e.g., Green for Grain Project, which can affect the climate through not only the carbon sink but also the thermal properties of the land surface.
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- 2014
47. Spatially Explicit Land-Use and Land-Cover Scenarios for China
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Qian Xu, Feng Wu, Xing Li, Qun’ou Jiang, and Yongwei Yuan
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Land use ,business.industry ,Environmental resource management ,Biodiversity ,Energy balance ,Environmental science ,Terrestrial ecosystem ,Climate model ,Land cover ,Water cycle ,business ,Global environmental analysis - Abstract
In climate modeling, land use data is applied as underlying surfaces and definitively determines the simulation results of regional climate. Researches show that Land Use and Cover Change (LUCC) not only affects the terrestrial ecosystem biodiversity, energy balance, water cycle, but also exerts influence on climate and social economy (Berg et al. 2010; Liu and Diamond 2005). Besides, LUCC is a significant performance of material and energy interactions between human and global environment.
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- 2014
48. Energy efficiency and carbon efficiency of tourism industry in destination.
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Chengcai Tang, Linsheng Zhong, and Qun'ou Jiang
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ENERGY consumption ,CARBON dioxide mitigation ,TOURISM & the environment ,LIFE cycle hypothesis (Economic theory) ,VACATIONS - Abstract
This study proposed the measuring models for the energy efficiency and carbon efficiency of the tourism industry in destination by the detailed bottomup analysis method, the theory of life cycle assessment, and material flow. TheWulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area (WSHIA) in China was chosen as the research area; the energy efficiency and carbon efficiency of tourism industry in the WSHIA were measured and analyzed from 1979 to 2015. The research results showed that energy efficiency and carbon efficiency of tourism sectors and the whole tourism industry were improved with the evolution of the stage of tourism life cycle. There was a big discrepancy in energy efficiency and carbon efficiency among different sectors of tourism industry. Tourism activity had the highest of direct and total energy efficiencies and carbon efficiencies. Compared with the industries, the tourism industry in the WSHIA belonged to the low energy consumption and green low-carbon industry. The energy and environmental policies and the different strategies on the improvement of energy efficiency and carbon efficiency of tourism industry should be formulated and implemented by the government sector of tourism management and the tourism enterprises for green and low-carbon development of tourism destination. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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49. Incorporating Temporal and Spatial Variations of Groundwater into the Construction of aWater-Based Ecological Network: A Case Study in Denko County.
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Qiang Yu, Qun'ou Jiang, Di Yang, Depeng Yue, Huan Ma, Yuan Huang, Qibin Zhang, and Minzhe Fang
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GROUNDWATER ,WATER supply management ,WATER quality management ,WATER conservation ,URBAN watersheds - Abstract
It is of great practical significance to construct a water-based ecological network in arid and semi-arid areas. The spatial distribution of water resources is one of the most important factors in determining the ecological stability of such areas. In this study, groundwater level trends were analyzed with a model called Empirical Mode Decomposition (EMD). The temporal and spatial evolution of groundwater depth data from 1990 to 2016 were analyzed. The surface water bodies were analyzed using a point pattern analysis method. Based on this, a water-based ecological network was constructed with a minimum cumulative resistance surface model. The study indicated that the trend lines for the groundwater tables of 17 wells could be divided into five types in Denko County. The landscape types that changed from a desert landscape to an oasis landscape had a positive impact on groundwater. Precipitation trend was related to the spatial distribution of the groundwater depth, and the spatial pattern of the water nodes was characterized by a small-scale highly aggregated distribution and a large-scale uniform distribution in Denko County. These results suggest that for the stability of arid and semi-arid ecological environments, the appropriate human intervention (such as construction of an artificial oasis) is of great significance. Based on the analysis of groundwater and surface water bodies, a water-based ecological network in Denko County, which consisted of 391 ecological sources and 7360 ecological corridors, was constructed in 2016. The water-based ecological network constructed in this study was more sustainable and stable, and also suitable for arid and semi-arid areas, which is of great practical significance and application value. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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50. Projecting the land use changes in China for the next two decades using a dynamic simulation framework
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Jinyan Zhan, Xiangzheng Deng, Xingquan Liu, and Qun’ou Jiang
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geography ,Plateau ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,Land use ,business.industry ,Environmental resource management ,Forestry ,Vegetation ,Diversification (marketing strategy) ,Urbanization ,Scenario analysis ,Far East ,business ,China - Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to illustrate a modelling framework to simulate large-scale land use changes, and its effect on the structural and functional diversity of the ecosystem and social-economy based on the remotely sensed digital images. The improved DLS model is developed with three scenarios in China from 2001 to 2020. The projection results show that obvious land use changes will take place in the forestry area, grassland, cultivated land and unused land. Dramatic changes will appear in Cultivated area in Northeast China, Huang-Huai-Hai plain and Southwest China. The changes of forestry area are characterized by regional diversification. Grassland decreases mainly along the Great Wall of Inner Mongolia and on Tibets Plateau. The newly expanded urban land, comparably smaller, distributes mainly around the old towns or residential centers. There is no obvious change in water area. The unused area shrinks with the expansion of forest and grass area in Western China. Based on this study, the capability of improved DLS modelling framework in projecting the LUCC scenarios was tested successfully, and a conclusion was made that DLS model is an useful model in scenario construction.
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- 2008
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