A GIS-Based Ecological Safety Assessment of Wushen Banner, China

	A GIS-Based Ecological Safety Assessment of Wushen Banner, China
	Pan, Donghua 1; Jia, Huicong 1; Yuan, Yi 1
刊名	HUMAN AND ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT
	2015
卷号	21 期号:2 页码:8-16
关键词	Wushen Banner spatial analysis eco-environmental sensitivity assessment ecological safety grid
通讯作者	Jia, HC (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Remote Sensing & Digital Earth, Key Lab Digital Earth Sci, 9 Dengzhuang South Rd, Beijing 100094, Peoples R China.
英文摘要	Eco-environmental sensitivity assessment as a new research field on sustainable development is the foundation for establishing early warning systems for ecological safety and environmental management. Many scholars have started to study national and social safety from an ecological point of view. Wushen Banner, which is located in the transitional area between Ordos Plateau in Inner-Mongolia and Loess Plateau in the north of Shanxi Province, is in the center of the Mu Us Desert, an area with a fragile environment. From the perspective of regional ecological safety, the regional eco-environmental sensitivity assessment index system was established, including sensitivity to soil erosion, landdesertification, bioinhabitation, and human settlements. Based on the grid module supported by the geographical information system (GIS), changing the spatial data into a 30m x 30m grid, through grid average weight calculation, the eco-environmental sensitivity assessment distribution map of Wushen Banner was compiled. The results show that an acute sensitivity area, located in the northwest area of Wushen Banner, represents about 29.1%. The main features of the physical environment are very poor. Soil salinization and grassland desertification are serious. This research could provide a scientific basis for exploring sustainable development of regional resources and environment as well as guiding local development construction and ecological risk management.
研究领域[WOS]	Biodiversity Conservation ; Environmental Sciences
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000342520900001
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.ceode.ac.cn/handle/183411/38482]
专题	遥感与数字地球研究所_SCI/EI期刊论文_期刊论文
作者单位	1.[Pan, Donghua 2.Yuan, Yi] Minist Civil Affairs Peoples Republ China, Natl Disaster Reduct Ctr China, Beijing, Peoples R China 3.[Jia, Huicong] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Remote Sensing & Digital Earth, Key Lab Digital Earth Sci, Beijing 100094, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Pan, Donghua,Jia, Huicong,Yuan, Yi. A GIS-Based Ecological Safety Assessment of Wushen Banner, China[J]. HUMAN AND ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT,2015,21(2):8-16.
APA	Pan, Donghua,Jia, Huicong,&Yuan, Yi.(2015).A GIS-Based Ecological Safety Assessment of Wushen Banner, China.HUMAN AND ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT,21(2),8-16.
MLA	Pan, Donghua,et al."A GIS-Based Ecological Safety Assessment of Wushen Banner, China".HUMAN AND ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT 21.2(2015):8-16.