Impact Assessment and Protection of Outstanding Landscape Integrity in a Natural Heritage Site: Fairy Valley, Kanas Nature Reserve, Xinjiang, China

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	Impact Assessment and Protection of Outstanding Landscape Integrity in a Natural Heritage Site: Fairy Valley, Kanas Nature Reserve, Xinjiang, China
	Han Fang ; Yang Zhaoping ; Liu Xinyu ; Di Feng
刊名	JOURNAL OF MOUNTAIN SCIENCE
	2011-02
卷号	8 期号:1 页码:46–52
关键词	Landscape integrity Landscape impact assessment Landscape protection Natural heritage site Kanas Nature Reserve Xinjiang
ISSN号	1672-6316
通讯作者	Yang, ZP
英文摘要	The essential purpose of the Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage is to protect the integrity of heritage values. Outstanding landscape is the core embodiment of the aesthetic value of a natural heritage site. This paper proposes a new assessment method from the point of view of the protection of heritage values. It is used to measure the degree of outstanding landscape integrity under the human and natural impact in natural heritage sites. This paper employ three indices, a visual index of outstanding landscape, a harmony index of the artificial landscape and a disturbance index of damaged landscape, to measure the impact of landscape integrity. The impact assessment model is based on a weighted combination of the three indices. The study site is the Fairy Valley, Kanas Nature Reserve, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China. The information employed is derived from field investigation and a Digital Elevation Model (DEM). A comprehensive evaluation of the Fairy valley was undertaken and it was determined that the outstanding landscape values are being compromised. Three protection methods are proposed to reduce the adverse effects and maintain landscape quality, thereby providing site managers with suggestions for the protection of natural heritage values. More broadly, the paper contributes novel methods of landscape assessment applicable to natural protected areas.
语种	英语
公开日期	2013-07-29
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.imde.ac.cn/handle/131551/5753]
专题	成都山地灾害与环境研究所_Journal of Mountain Science _Journal of Mountain Science-2011_Vol8 No.1
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Han Fang,Yang Zhaoping,Liu Xinyu,et al. Impact Assessment and Protection of Outstanding Landscape Integrity in a Natural Heritage Site: Fairy Valley, Kanas Nature Reserve, Xinjiang, China[J]. JOURNAL OF MOUNTAIN SCIENCE,2011,8(1):46–52.
APA	Han Fang,Yang Zhaoping,Liu Xinyu,&Di Feng.(2011).Impact Assessment and Protection of Outstanding Landscape Integrity in a Natural Heritage Site: Fairy Valley, Kanas Nature Reserve, Xinjiang, China.JOURNAL OF MOUNTAIN SCIENCE,8(1),46–52.
MLA	Han Fang,et al."Impact Assessment and Protection of Outstanding Landscape Integrity in a Natural Heritage Site: Fairy Valley, Kanas Nature Reserve, Xinjiang, China".JOURNAL OF MOUNTAIN SCIENCE 8.1(2011):46–52.