Zhang Weichen, Zhang Guojun, Wei Xiaoyan, et al. Coupling Relationship Between Soil Erosion Risk and Natural Suitability of Human Settlements in Guyuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region[J]. Bulletin of Soiland Water Conservation, 2023, 43(5): 252-261.
DOI:
Zhang Weichen, Zhang Guojun, Wei Xiaoyan, et al. Coupling Relationship Between Soil Erosion Risk and Natural Suitability of Human Settlements in Guyuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region[J]. Bulletin of Soiland Water Conservation, 2023, 43(5): 252-261. DOI: 10.13961/j.cnki.stbctb.2023.05.030.
Coupling Relationship Between Soil Erosion Risk and Natural Suitability of Human Settlements in Guyuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
[Objective] Investigating the coupling relationship between the risk of soil erosion and the natural suitability of human settlements in Guyuan City
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region provides theoretical support for the prevention and control of soil erosion in small watersheds
and thereby contributes more to the improvement of human settlements. [Methods] The PSR model and the human settlement index model were used to calculate the risk of soil erosion in a small watershed as well as the natural suitability for human settlement. The correlation and the coupling degree of the two factors were calculated to analyze their coupling coordination degree and the coupling coordination type. [Results] ① The small watersheds with moderate and high risk of soil erosion accounted for 28% of the area
and were located in the southwest and southeast. Small watersheds that were rated as unsuitable for human settlement accounted for 12% of the area
located in the southern of Xiji County and Northeastern Longde County. ② The correlation coefficient between soil erosion risk and natural suitability of human settlements was 0.61. 74% of small watersheds were found to have high coupling degree and benign resonance coupling areas
and 67% of small watersheds were found to be coordinated development and highly coordinated development areas. ③ There were 75
36
79
and 114 watersheds classified as coordination and synchronization type small watersheds
imbalance and co-loss type small watersheds
soil erosion lag type small watersheds
and human settlement lag type small watersheds
respectively. [Conclusion] ① Soil erosion and human settlement in Guyuan City had high correlation
high coupling degree
and significant mutual promotion effects. ② There were 79 small watersheds with lagging risk of soil erosion that needed to be controlled
and 36 dysfunctional co-loss type small watersheds should be treated and reconstructed according to the local conditions.
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