ZHANG Jianxiang, ZHANG Duoyong, LIU Wanfeng, et al. ESAI Based Assessment of Desertification Risk in Loess Plateau[J]. Bulletin of Soiland Water Conservation, 2017, 37(2): 339-344.
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ZHANG Jianxiang, ZHANG Duoyong, LIU Wanfeng, et al. ESAI Based Assessment of Desertification Risk in Loess Plateau[J]. Bulletin of Soiland Water Conservation, 2017, 37(2): 339-344. DOI: 10.13961/j.cnki.stbctb.2017.02.051.
ESAI Based Assessment of Desertification Risk in Loess Plateau
[Objective] The risk of desertification was evaluated in Loess Plateau to provide scientific basis for the restoration
construction and protection of ecological environment. [Methods] Data of landform
climate
vegetation
soil and other socio-economic data were collected. Spatialization and digitalization were conducted using GIS and remote sensing. Upon which
desertification reasons were analyzed
and evaluation indices and risk assessment model were framed based on index of environmentally sensitive areas. [Results] (1) According to the bio-physical index in the framed model
under the scenario only considering natural factors as soil
climate and vegetation
25.2% of Loess Plateau was determined as high desertification risk area
where desertification was worst; 62.8% and 11.5% of Loess Plateau were determined as moderate and potential desertification risk areas; only 0.5% was considered having no risk. (2) If both natural factors and human interference were considered
risk area changed: coverages of extreme low
low and extreme high risk levels decreased by 5.6%
1.1% and 3.8%
respectively; whereas
coverages of lower and higher risk levels increased by 4.4% and 4.5%. [Conclusion] (1) The ESAI model can well explain the spatial distribution pattern of desertification risk of Loess Plateau
and the degree of desertification is gradually weakened from the northwest to the southeast. (2) Human activities have upset the long-term evolved stability of the natural eco-system to some extent
and have narrowed the gap between different risk levels of desertification.
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