Analysis of vegetation changes and dominant factors on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau,China

This research was undertaken to clarify the characteristics of vegetation change and its main influencing factors on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Using the greenness rate of change(GRC) and correlation factors, we analyzed the trend of vegetation change and its dominant factors from 2000 to 2015. The results indicate that the vegetation tended to improve from 2000 to 2015 on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, with the improved area accounting for 39.93% of the total; and the degraded area accounting for 19.32%. The areas of degraded vegetation are mainly concentrated in the low-relief and intermediate-relief mountains of the high-altitude and extremely high-altitude areas on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, as the vegetation characteristics are impacted by the terrain. Temperature and precipitation have obvious response mechanisms to vegetation growth, but the effects of precipitation and temperature on vegetation degradation are not significant over a short time frame. Overgrazing and population growth are the dominant factors of vegetation degradation on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.     

青藏高原地形起伏度及其地理意义

地形起伏度是区域人居环境适宜性与资源环境承载力的关键评价指标之一。当前有关其最佳评价窗口、及其与海拔—相对高差的相互关系仍缺乏深入研究,进而影响该指标对区域地形起伏的有效表征。客观认识青藏高原地形起伏度有助于促进其国家生态安全屏障建设与区域绿色发展。以先进星载热发射和反射辐射仪全球数字高程模型（ASTER GDEM, 30 m）地形数据（V2）为基础,本文利用均值变点分析法确定了青藏高原地形起伏度评价的最佳分析窗口,基于地形起伏度模型（RDLS）研制了青藏高原首套30 m地形起伏度专题图,据此分析了地形起伏度与海拔、相对高差的相互关系,并界定了地形起伏度对区域地形起伏状况的有效表征。主要结果/结论包括：① 基于GDEM的青藏高原地形起伏度评价最佳窗口为41×41个像元的矩形邻域,对应面积约为1.51 km²,均值变点分析表明区域地形起伏度评价最佳窗口有其唯一性。② 青藏高原地形起伏度均值约为5.06,超3/5区域地形起伏度介于4.5~5.7之间;整体上,青藏高原地形起伏程度由其东北部向西南部、西部递增,仅在柴达木盆地、藏南谷地以及河湟谷地出现低起伏地貌特征。且地表起伏在不同纬度剖面变化较为一致（沿山脉走向）,但不同经度剖面起伏层次错落（横切山脉走向）。③ 相关性分析表明不同地形起伏度分别对应不同平均海拔、不同相对高差的地貌单元。青藏高原地形起伏度经纬向剖面分析表明,该区由东部的低山稳步爬升,山体经历骤然爬升（即地表起伏特征剧烈）后形成以极高山为主的有序错落起伏（喜马拉雅山脉）。     

Dynamics of the eco-environmental quality in response to land use changes in rapidly urbanizing areas: A case study of Wuhan,China from 2000 to 2018

Journal of Geographical Sciences - The dramatic land use changes that occur in rapidly urbanized areas are important inducement to changes in the eco-environmental quality. Investigating urban land...     

西宁市土地利用变化对区域生态系统服务价值的影响

分析了2003—2008年西宁市城市化背景下区域土地利用的变化情况,并计算由此导致的生态系统服务价值(ESV)变化。结果表明:研究期内,西宁市耕地、园地、牧草地和未利用地面积减少,耕地面积减少最多,林地、居民点及工矿用地、交通运输用地和水利设施用地面积增加,林地增加最多;研究区生态系统服务价值增加了51.43×106元,年变化率为0.21%,价值系数较高的林地面积大幅增加是造成这一结果的主要原因;在各项生态系统服务功能中,土壤形成与保护对生态系统服务价值的贡献最大;敏感性指数分析表明,生态系统服务价值对所指定的价值系数缺乏弹性,研究结果可信。西宁市生态系统相对安全,但是在增加林地和建设用地的同时,也应该充分考虑价值系数较高的草地保护。     

Factor analysis to detect the causes of land degradation in Maduo County, northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

The area of desertified land has increased by 27.3% from 1987 to 2000 in Maduo County,northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.Driving forces of land degradation has been extensively studied in the region.Using Factor Analysis (FA),we evaluate contribution of human activity and natural environmental change to land degradation.Four common factors were extracted in this study.The result shows that climate related other than human-related factors,are the major inducing factors of land degradation in Maduo County.Climate change and consequent change of permafrost account for 70% to the land degradation.Increasing evaporation and declining precipitation in the beginning of the growing season hamper seedling establishment.Decreasing frozen days and rising active layer lower bound make surface soil loose and less soil moisture available for plant.     

Evolution and changes of permafrost on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau during the Late Quaternary

Due to the uplift of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau(QTP), the cryosphere gradually developed on the higher mountain summits after the Neocene, becoming widespread during the Late Quaternary. During this time, permafrost on the QTP experienced repeated expansion and degradation. Based on the remains and cross-correlation with other proxy records such as those from glacial landforms, ice-core and paleogeography, the evolution and changes of permafrost and environmental changes on the QTP during the past 150,000 years were deduced and are presented in this paper. At least four obvious cycles of the extensive and intensive development, expansion and decay of permafrost occurred during the periods of 150–130, 80–50, 30–14 and after 10.8 ka B.P.. During the Holocene, fluctuating climatic environments affected the permafrost on the QTP, and the peripheral mountains experienced six periods of discernible permafrost changes:(1) Stable development of permafrost in the early Holocene(10.8 to 8.5–7.0 ka B.P.);(2) Intensive permafrost degradation during the Holocene Megathermal Period(HMP, from 8.5–7.0 to 4.0–3.0 ka B.P.);(3) Permafrost expansion during the early Neoglacial period(ca. 4,000–3,000 to 1,000 a B.P.);(4) Relative degradation during the Medieval Warm Period(MWP, from 1,000 to 500 a B.P.);(5) Expansion of permafrost during the Little Ice Age(LIA, from 500 to 100 a B.P.);(6) Observed and predicted degradation of permafrost during the 20 th and 21 st century. Each period differed greatly in paleoclimate, paleoenvironment, and permafrost distribution, thickness, areal extent, and ground temperatures, as well as in the development of periglacial phenomena. Statistically, closer dating of the onset permafrost formation, more identification of permafrost remains with richer proxy information about paleoenvironment, and more dating information enable higher resolution for paleo-permafrost reconstruction. Based on the scenarios of persistent climate warming of 2.2～2.6 °C in the next 50 years, and in combination of the monitored trends of climate and permafrost changes, and model predictions suggest an accelerated regional degradation of plateau permafrost. Therefore, during the first half of the 21 st century, profound changes in the stability of alpine ecosystems and hydro(geo)logical environments in the source regions of the Yangtze and Yellow rivers may occur. The foundation stability of key engineering infrastructures and sustainable economic development in cold regions on the QTP may be affected.     

基于线性光谱分离技术的西藏乃东县土地覆被变化监测

青藏高原是全球气候变化研究关注的热点地区,也是中国生态保护的重点区域,其土地覆被变化研究对优化土地利用结构、改善土地覆被状况和生态环境具有重要意义。线性光谱分离技术是利用遥感手段监测土地覆被变化的有效方法。本文选取西藏乃东县为研究区,利用1988、2000和2010年三期Landsat TM、ETM遥感影像,采用线性光谱分离技术,定量提取了研究区三期影像中单个像元的植被、裸土、裸岩覆被率比例,同时将植被分量与NDVI结果进行对比分析。结果表明：①研究区山峦重叠,沟谷纵横,地表破碎,混合像元比例高,线性光谱分离技术可以很好地处理复杂地物的土地覆被变化;②1988-2010年间,研究区裸土面积下降幅度较大,植被覆盖率及裸岩覆盖率有所上升,说明本区植被得到一定的恢复,但同时石漠化也在进一步加剧;③通过对线性光谱分离的植被分量与NDVI结果比较,发现线性光谱分离技术对青藏高原土地覆被识别具有较好的适用性。     

近30年来三江源地区土地覆被与宏观生态变化特征

利用1970年代中后期MSS图像和1980年代末、2004年以及2008年三期TM图像并结合野外调查,获得三江源地区四期土地覆被空间数据集,提出了土地覆被转类指数和土地覆被状况指数,以表征该区域生态变化的趋势。通过计算土地覆被转类途径和幅度、土地覆被转类指数和土地覆被状况指数,分析青海三江源地区1970年代中后期以来土地覆被时空变化特征及其反映的宏观生态状况变化。结果表明:三江源地区近30年平均土地覆被状况指数为38.20,土地覆被状况为4级,其中黄河流域最好,其次为澜沧江流域,长江流域最差;三江源地区土地覆被转类,在1970s~1990s和1990s~2004年两个时段,均主要以高生态级别向低生态级别转移为主,2004~2008年时段,主要以低生态级别向高生态级别转移为主;由土地覆被状况指数变化率和土地覆被转类指数,可以反映出近30年来三江源地区土地覆被和宏观生态状况,总体上经历了变差(1970s~1990s时段土地覆被状况指数变化率Zc为-0.63,土地覆被转类指数LCCI为-0.58)—显著变差(1990s~2004时段Zc为-0.94,LCCI为-1.76)—略有好转(2004~2008时段Zc为0.06,LCCI为0.33)的变化过程。这一变化过程前、中期主要受到气候变化和草地载畜压力共同驱动的影响,后期则叠加了生态建设工程的驱动作用。     

Tessellons,topography, and glaciations on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has developed into a vast fortress-like structure that has recently presented a barrier limiting the egress of moisture-bearing air masses. Lower sea levels also affected the climate. This paper examines their effects on the current evidence for the timing of past glaciations, and the development and evolution of permafrost. There are two theories regarding glaciation on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau(QTP). Kuhle suggested that there was a major, unified ice-cap during the Last Glacial Maximum(LGM), whereas major Chinese glaciologists and others have not found or verified reliable evidence for this per se. There have been limited glaciations during the last 1.1 Ma B.P. but with increasing dominance of permafrost including both primary and secondary tessellons infilled with rock, sand or loess. The East Asia Monsoon was absent in this area during the main LGM, starting at 30 ka B.P. on the plateau, with sufficient precipitation reappearing about 19 ka B.P. to produce ice-wedges. A weak Megathermal event took place between 8.5 and 6.0 ka B.P., followed by Neoglacial events exhibiting peak cold at 5.3–4.7 ka, 3.1–1.5 ka, and the Little Ice Age(LIA) after 0.7 ka. Subsequently,mean annual air temperature has increased by 4 °C.     

Responses of aboveground biomass of alpine grasslands to climate changes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Aboveground biomass in grasslands of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has displayed an overall increasing trend during 2003-2016, which is profoundly influenced by climate change. However, the responses of different biomes show large discrepancies, in both size and magnitude. By applying partial least squares regression, we calculated the correlation between peak aboveground biomass and mean monthly temperature and monthly total precipitation in the preceding 12 months for three different grassland types (alpine steppe, alpine meadow, and temperate steppe) on the central and eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The results showed that mean temperature in most preceding months was positively correlated with peak aboveground biomass of alpine meadow and alpine steppe, while mean temperature in the preceding October and February to June was significantly negatively correlated with peak aboveground biomass of temperate steppe. Precipitation in all months had a promoting effect on biomass of alpine meadow, but its correlations with biomass of alpine steppe and temperate steppe were inconsistent. It is worth noting that, in a warmer, wetter climate, peak aboveground biomass of alpine meadow would increase more than that of alpine steppe, while that of temperate steppe would decrease significantly, providing support for the hypothesis of conservative growth strategies by vegetation in stressed ecosystems.     

Status of land use intensity in China and its impacts on land carrying capacity

Land use intensity quantifies the impacts of human activities on natural ecosystems, which have become the major driver of global environmental change, and thus it serves as an essential measurement for assessing land use sustainability. To date, land-change studies have mainly focused on changes in land cover and their effects on ecological processes, whereas land use intensity has not yet received the attention it deserves and for which spatially-explicit representation studies have only just begun. In this paper, according to the degree and reversibility of surface disturbance by human activities, there are four main classes of land use intensity: artificial land, semi-artificial land, semi-natural land, and natural land. These were further divided into 22 subclasses based on key indicators, such as human population density and the cropping intensity. Land use intensity map of China at a 1-km spatial resolution was obtained based on satellite images and statistical data. The area proportions of artificial land, semi-artificial land, semi-natural land, and natural land were 0.71%, 19.36%, 58.93%, and 21%, respectively. Human and economic carrying capacity increased with the increase of land use intensity. Artificial land supports 24.58% and 35.62% of the total population and GDP, using only 0.71% of the total land, while semi-artificial land supported 58.24% and 49.61% of human population and GDP with 19.36% of China’s total land area.     

哈大齐工业走廊土地利用变化的生态环境效应

基于哈大齐工业走廊1990年、2000年、2005年3期TM影像,获取15年来不同时段的土地利用变化信息。利用景观格局指数和生态环境质量指数两种生态环境效应评价指数,定量对比分析七个市县土地利用变化带来的生态环境效应。结果表明:①15年来,哈大齐工业走廊耕地、建设用地增加,草地、水域、未利用地减少。②整体生态环境恶化,区域差异显著;空间格局呈中心城区高周边农牧区低;大庆、杜蒙、泰来因草地、湿地“三化”等原因,破碎化加剧、多样性锐减、环境质量恶化最为显著,建议加强生态保护。③两种评价指数从不同角度反映出相似的区域差异特征。两方法结合分析实现更为客观全面的评价效果,以期为区域综合定量评价提供方法借鉴。     

青藏高原土地资源人类活动适宜性评价方法及实证应用

针对中国现有土地资源人类活动适宜性评价方法存在的问题,搭建了适用于青藏高原的评价流程框架,建立了基于栅格单元的建设用地和耕地适宜性定量评价模型,提出了空气密度、气温、坡地适建、坡耕地土壤抗蚀等关键参数的普适性算法,并以藏东南米林县为例进行了实证研究。结果表明：① 米林县建设用地和耕地适宜性可划分为适宜、较适宜、一般适宜、欠适宜、不适宜5个等级类型,30 m精度建设用地各适宜性等级面积占土地面积比例依次为1.26%、2.92%、2.12%、2.77%和90.93%;50 m、100 m各等级面积较30 m误差±0.34%,250 m误差 ±1.11%,500 m、1000 m误差较大。30 m精度耕地各适宜性等级面积占土地面积比例依次为0.72%、3.07%、2.62%、1.35%和92.25%;50 m、100 m、250 m与30 m误差±0.52%,500 m、1000 m误差较大;② 米林县现状城镇村及工矿用地主要分布在建设用地较适宜、适宜和一般适宜等级类型,30 m精度三者合计占比达95.96%,50 m、100 m占比分别为95.96%和94.74%。现状耕地和种植园用地主要分布在较适宜、一般适宜和适宜等级类型,3种栅格精度下三者合计占比大于96%;③ 业已建立的评价方法、定量模型及参数算法是可行的和适用的,青藏高原建设用地和耕地适宜性评价的适宜栅格精度为100 m,最大不超过250 m;④ 建立了可应用于青藏高原的土地资源建设用地和耕地适宜性等级类型与地形高程及坡度对应谱系。     

Exploring the impacts of future tourism development on land use/cover changes

Land use/cover changes (LUCC) are central to tourism because land is used in multiple ways as a resource for tourism-focused activities. Tourism is essentially a geographical phenomenon, encompassing the movement and flow of people (seen as the demand side) and spatial distribution patterns relating to land use consumption (seen as the supply side). However, the impacts of tourism on LUCC are difficult to track and monitor. Contributing factors of this problem include a lack of empirical studies, shortage of micro-level LUCC datasets, and scarce methodological frameworks which can be used for assessments. This paper aims to provide a LUCC modelling approach in order to explore the impacts of tourism development on built-up areas. We developed a Cellular automata model (CA) which integrates Markovian transition probabilities and logistic regression transition suitability maps. LUCC rules for tourism development are framed within the national land use policy guidelines for the development of new tourism accommodation establishments (TAE). This primarily takes into consideration land cover compatibility and the proposed development's proximity to the coastline.Three scenarios were established to explore the impacts of tourism development in LUCC for the year 2020 in a Portuguese coastal region: business as usual (BAU); tourism trends (TOUR); and natural restrictions (NATR). TOUR results indicate that the tourism and urban land use/cover growth is higher and focuses heavily on the coastal region (within 5,000 m) when compared to the other scenarios. The overall results for BAU and NATR show a general convergence with the land use policy guidelines in terms of tourism nucleation and new TAE distance to the coastline.     

黄河重要水源补给区甘南高原气候变化及其对生态环境的影响

利用甘南高原黄河重要水源补给区气候资料和生态观测资料及统计资料,分析研究区域气候变化特征及其草原湿地生态环境效应。结果表明,甘南高原黄河重要水源补给区降水量年际变化呈下降趋势,降水量的年际变化存在6~7a、15a的周期振荡特征。甘南高原黄河重要水源补给区气温年际变化呈上升趋势,增温速度大于全国增温速度。1980年之后持续偏暖,草地年干燥指数变化呈显著上升趋势。气候变化是草原生态退化的自然诱发因素,而超载过牧、滥采滥挖、人为破坏、生物链失衡等环境蠕变是造成生态退化的人为因素,二者共同作用导致黄河首曲草原湿地水资源锐减、生物多样性减少、生态环境退化。     

中国土地利用变化生态环境效应的空间分异性与形成机理

中国复杂的自然要素、社会经济要素、区域发展战略和政策调控形成了当前中国不均衡的经济发展空间格局、土地利用空间格局和生态环境质量空间格局。厘清中国生态环境质量的空间格局及形成机理对中国土地资源的可持续利用和生态环境的有效保护具有重要的实践意义和价值。以往研究缺乏对中国县域尺度土地利用/土地覆被变化生态环境效应的空间分异性及形成机理的相关研究,本研究基于1995—2015年间中国土地利用现状遥感监测数据,尝试采用生态环境质量指数方法测度中国土地利用变化的生态环境效应,并且综合运用重心分析、热点分析工具（Getis-Ord G_i*）和地理探测器等研究方法,分析1995—2015年中国生态环境质量时空演变特征及形成机理。研究结果如下：① 东部季风区生态环境质量指数高于青藏高寒区和西北干旱区,东部季风区生态环境质量低值区主要分布在人口和经济集聚的城市群以及省会城市周边地区。研究期间中国生态环境质量重心持续向西北方向迁移;② 1995—2015年间中国生态环境质量变化的热点区域主要分布在西藏地区、新疆、重庆、贵州以及位于黄土高原的省份（青海、甘肃、宁夏、内蒙古、山西、陕西以及河南）境内,冷点区域主要分布在长江经济带沿线地区省份以及东南部沿海地区省份;③ 土地利用程度对于生态环境质量影响力显著强于其他因子,东部季风区的社会经济和交通区位因子对生态环境质量影响力强于青藏高寒区、西北干旱区和生态大区过渡带;④ 影响因子之间相互作用主要包括非线性增强作用和双因子增强作用两种类型,以非线性增强作用为主。     

Evaluation method and empirical application of human activity suitability of land resources in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

The current suitability evaluation methods for land resources human activity in China suffer from theoretical deficiencies related to fundamental data accuracy, elevation and slope classification, and suitability class judgment. Empirical application of these methods is also hindered by excessive evaluation indicators, data acquisition difficulties, and limited applicability to high altitude regions. To address these issues, this paper proposes a technical evaluation framework for the Qinghai-Ti...     

Effects of land use patterns on slope soil water in the semiarid Loess Plateau,China

Journal of Geographical Sciences - Land use patterns (LUPs) are the form in which various land use types are combined spatially, evidently impacting soil water. However, the influence mechanism by...     

1990-2015年中国工矿用地扩张及其对粮食安全的潜在影响

中国城市化和工业化进程所带来的粮食安全问题一直是政府和学术界关注的焦点。中国近25年来快速的城市化与工业化导致耕地资源减少和环境污染加剧,对国家粮食安全和农业可持续发展产生一定影响。本文基于中国土地利用/覆盖变化最新解译结果和中国分县粮食产量数据,重建了中国1 km分辨率的粮食产量空间数据,分析了中国1990-2015年工矿用地扩张及其对粮食产能的影响。结果表明：中国工矿用地面积在1990-2015年间增长了326%,扩张速率从1990-2000年的288 km²/a增加到2000-2010年的1482 km²/a,近5年(2010-2015年)扩张速率最快,达2600 km²/a。过去25年间工矿用地扩张导致耕地面积减少1.7×10⁴ km²,直接导致粮食产能损失约6.49 Mt(10⁶ t),因工矿用地扩张可能会对周边耕地污染等间接影响的粮食产量达83.20 Mt。经评估,国家工矿用地扩张对粮食产能潜在影响总体上是当前粮食总产能的17%。在空间分布特征方面,工矿用地扩张对粮食产能的直接影响呈现由东部沿海地区向西北地区逐渐减小趋势;间接影响在中部和西部地区相对较大。     

Land consolidation and eco-environmental sustainability in Loess Plateau: A study of Baota district,Shaanxi province,China

Journal of Geographical Sciences - Eco-environmental sustainability is the basis for sustainable development in ecologically fragile areas. Land consolidation plays an important role in...