简介:LandusechangesoccurringinChinaduringthetimeperiodofrapideconomicdevelopmentarelinkedtothedegradationofwaterqualityinstreamsandlakes.ThispaperexaminestheselinkagesintheDianchiLakewatershedinYunnaninsouthwestChinabasedonatwenty-yeardatasetfrom1988to2008.Pearsoncorrelationanalysisandsimplelinearregressionanalysisareemployedtoexploretherelationshipsbetweenlandusechangeandwaterqualityoftwosub-basins,theCaohaiLakebasinandtheWaihaiLakebasin,withintheDianchiLakewatershed.LandusecategoriesmorestronglycorrelatetowaterqualityintheCaohaiLakebasinthanthatintheWaihaiLakebasin.Thedifferentstructureoflandusecategories,spatialdistributionoflandcover,andscalesofbufferzonescouldbethefactorsresultinginthedissimilaritiesbetweenthesetwolakes.TheresearchcanprovidevaluableinsightsforpolicymakersintolandusemanagementinordertocurbfurtherwaterdegradationinDianchiLake.
简介:Tobuildtheartificialforestecosystemisthemajoreco-economicdevelopmentmodelinthewatershedofMiyunReservoir.Itisveryimportanttoevaluatethebenefitsofthoseecosystems.Emergytheoriesareveryhelpfulforustoestablishascience-basedassessmentframework.EmergyevaluationoftheartificialforestecosystemsinthewatershedofMiyunReservoirisusedtoassestherelativevaluesofseveralecologicalfunctions(sometimescalledecosystemservices)andmainecosystemstorages(sometimescallednaturalcapital).Themaindrivingenergies,internalprocessesandstoragesareevaluated.Themainfunctions,includingtranspiration,GPPandinfiltration,areevaluated,whichare609em$/ha/yr,6,245em$/ha/yrand340em$/ha/yrrespectively.Thetotalvaluesofmajorenvironmentalservicesare4,683em$/ha/yrintheartificialforestecosystem.Themainstoragesofnaturalcapitalincludinglivebiomass,soilmoisture,organicmatter,undergroundwaterandlandformareestimated,whichare112,028em$/ha,9em$/ha,40,718em$/ha,34em$/haand6,400,514em$/harespectively.Thelargestvalueislandform,whichaccountsfor97.7%ofthesecalculatedtotalemdollarvalues.Theconceptofreplacementvalueisexploredusingtheemergyvaluesofbothecosystemservicesandnaturalcapital.Thetotalcalculatedreplacementvaluesare302,160em$/ha.
简介:PhysiographyandsoilinMaeRimwatershed,ChiangMaiProvince,Thailandwereinvestigatedbyusingaerialphotographsandsatelliteimageinconjunctionwithfieldwork,andsoilinfiltrationrateandsoilshearresistanceweremeasuredinfield.ManyfactorsaffectingrunoffwereanalyzedusigtheIntegratedLandandWaterInformaitonSystem(ILWIS).Asaresult,amodeldeterminingfloodhazarwassetup.Threempsincludingrunoffcurvenumbermap,runoffcoefficentmap,andfloodinumdationmapwerecreated,Inaddition,thetimeofconcentrationwaspredicted.