Comparative analysis of spatial–temporal differences in sustainable development between the Yangtze River Economic Belt and the Yellow River Economic Belt

The Yellow River Basin and the Yangtze River Basin are the two most important watersheds in China, which consist of several key ecological function areas and are crucial in terms of economic contributions. The evaluation of the ecosystem service value and the quantitative acquisition of the regional ecological quality status are necessary for supporting the ecological protection and high-quality development of the two basins. By considering basic data and adopting different ecological function models, this study was carried out to evaluate the value of ecosystem services in the Yellow River Basin and the Yangtze River Basin from 2015 to 2018 in terms of provisioning services, regulating services, and cultural services. Additionally, analysis was conducted in combination with economic indicators. The results showed that there were great differences in the ecosystem patterns between the Yellow River Basin, where grassland accounted for 45% of land use, and the Yangtze River Basin, where forest accounted for 39% of land use. The values of the ecosystem services of the two basins had similar spatial distributions, with higher values upstream (west) followed by downstream (east) and lower values in the middle (central China). The total annual ecosystem value of the Yangtze River Basin was more than three times that of the Yellow River Basin. In addition, the ecosystem services value of most counties in both basins was higher than their GDP, and there was a positive trend of transforming ecological benefits into economic benefits in the Yangtze River Basin. This research provides a methodology for evaluating ecosystem valuation. The results are helpful for formulating and implementing eco-compensation and payments for ecosystem service policies among different regions in the basins, and the results lay a foundation for the spatial planning and high-quality development paths of key basin areas in China.

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Remote-sensing reflectance characteristics of highly turbid estuarine waters – a comparative experiment of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River

International Journal of Remote Sensing ◽

10.1080/01431160903085610 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 31 (10) ◽

pp. 2639-2654 ◽

Cited By ~ 42

Author(s):

Fang Shen ◽

MHD. Suhyb Salama ◽

Yun-Xuan Zhou ◽

Jiu-Fa Li ◽

Zhongbo Su ◽

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Keyword(s):

Remote Sensing ◽

Yangtze River ◽

Yellow River ◽

The Yellow River ◽

Comparative Experiment ◽

The Yangtze River ◽

Estuarine Waters ◽

Remote Sensing Reflectance

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Simulated Effects of Cropland Expansion on Summer Climate in Eastern China in the Last Three Centuries

Advances in Meteorology ◽

10.1155/2013/501014 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 2013 ◽

pp. 1-10 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Quansheng Ge ◽

Jingyun Zheng ◽

Xuezhen Zhang ◽

Fanneng He

Keyword(s):

Northeast China ◽

Yangtze River ◽

Agricultural Development ◽

Industrial Revolution ◽

Yellow River ◽

Eastern China ◽

Heat Fluxes ◽

The Yellow River ◽

The Yangtze River ◽

Summer Climate

To understand the effects of the land use/cover changes due to agricultural development on summer climate in Eastern China, four 12-year simulations using the WRF-SSiB model were performed. We found that agricultural development resulted in warming and rainy effects. In the middle to lower reaches of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, the warming effects were approximately 0.6°C and resulted from increased surface net radiation and sensible heat fluxes. In Northeast China, the warming effects were very small due to increases in latent heat fluxes which resulted from the extensive conversion from grassland to cropland. The rainy effect resulted from increases in convective rainfall, which was associated with a warming surface in certain areas of the Yellow River and Yangtze River and a large increase in the surface moisture flux in Northeast China. Conversely, in the middle to lower reaches of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, the grid-scale rainfall decreased because the climatological northward wind, which is moist and warm, was partially offset by a southward wind anomaly. These findings suggest that the agricultural development left footprints not only on the present climate but also on the historical climate changes before the industrial revolution.

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