An Fen, LI Xudong, Cheng Dongya. Ecological Vulnerability Assessment and Spatial Variation Characteristics of Wujiang River Basin in Guizhou Province[J]. Bulletin of Soiland Water Conservation, 2019, 39(4): 261-269.
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An Fen, LI Xudong, Cheng Dongya. Ecological Vulnerability Assessment and Spatial Variation Characteristics of Wujiang River Basin in Guizhou Province[J]. Bulletin of Soiland Water Conservation, 2019, 39(4): 261-269. DOI: 10.13961/j.cnki.stbctb.2019.04.041.
Ecological Vulnerability Assessment and Spatial Variation Characteristics of Wujiang River Basin in Guizhou Province
[Objective] The ecological vulnerability and spatial variation characteristics of the Wujiang River basin in Guizhou Province were studied to provide a scientific reference for the ecological environment construction and protection in the area.[Methods] By constructing the evaluation index system
the AHP was used to weight the ecological vulnerability factors of the basin
and GIS was used to comprehensively evaluate the ecological vulnerability of the basin.[Results] ① The three classifications of quantile
equal interval and natural discontinuity had little effect on the classification of ecological vulnerability
but there were significant differences in area ratio
and the proportions of extremely fragile and potentially vulnerable watershed were the smallest. ② The ecological fragility of the basin is mainly fragile and moderately fragile
the areas of the two fragilities accounting for more than 50%. ③ Human activities have a significant impact on the ecological vulnerability of the basin. The surrounding areas of large and medium-sized cities such as Guiyang and Zunyi City are mostly and extremely vulnerable. ④ The spatial distribution of the generally fragile areas in the basin is relatively scattered
which is not conducive to the ecological environment protection of the basin.[Conclusion] The ecological vulnerability level of the basin is gradually reduced from the upstream to the downstream
and the spatial distribution characteristics of vulnerability are obvious. The protection of the ecologically fragile areas of the basin in terms of the local conditions has a great effect on reducing the ecological vulnerability of the basin.
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