简介:ChangesoftherelationshipbetwenpopulationandenvironmentintheYangtzeRiverValeyinhistoryZHANGDixiangSUNPingThePopulationResearch...
简介:BasedonhistoricaldocumentsandrecordsthispaperanalyzesthecharacteristicsoffrequencyanddistributionofmajordisastersthattookplaceinthehistoryofChina.Thefindingsshowthatoccurrencesofdifferenttypesofdisastersvariedandspatialpatternatprovinciallevelaresignificantlydifferentaswell.Theresultsalsoindicatethatthereisastrongrelationshipbetweentypeofdisastersandspatialdistributionandthatthespatialpatternoflosseswasnotthesameasthatofthefrequency.Thereasonsare:(1)thehazard-formativeenvironmentswhich,toalargeextent,determinethespatialpatternofthedisastersaresignificantlydifferent;(2)thelossescausedbynaturaldisasterswerecloselyrelatedtotheconcentrationofeconomyandpopulation.Numberofdeathswasusuallylargeinareaswhereagriculture,cultureandbusinesswererelativelydeveloped.ThespatialpatternofdisasterlossesisanevitableresultofuneveneconomicdevelopmentinthehistoryofChina.
简介:Themercurycontentin158fishesand28musselsintheSecondSonghuariverweredetected.Therangeofmercuryconcentrationsinfishesandmusselswas0.02-0.66mg/kgand0.002-0.056mg/kg,respectively.Thehistorychangeofmercurycontentinfisheswasanalyzedinthispaper.Fromupstreamtodownstream,theaveragemercuryconcentrationsinfishesincreasedwiththeincreaseofthedistancetotheheadstream,thendecreasedinthedownstreamofWujiazhantown(samplingsite).Thefactilluminatedthatthesourceofmercurycontaminationwasmercuryinsediment.Inthedifferentspeciesoffishes,themercuryconcentrationinParasiburusasvtuswasthehighestandtheorderofmercurydistributioninfisheswas:themercuryvalueinfishesintheriverbottom>thatinfishesinthesurfaceandthatinpredaciousfishes>thatinherbivorousfishes.Intheinvestigation,therewereamountoffisheswhosemercuryvalueexceededthecriterionforthatinfishesthatsuggestedthatthemercurycontaminationintheSecondSonghuaRiverhavenotcompletelybeeneliminateduntilnow.