干旱区生态环境知识资源中心(Arid): Coupling analysis of social-economic water consumption and its effects on the arid environments in Xinjiang of China based on the water and ecological footprints

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DOI	10.1007/s40333-020-0050-5
	Coupling analysis of social-economic water consumption and its effects on the arid environments in Xinjiang of China based on the water and ecological footprints
	Zhang, Pei 1; Deng, Mingjiang 2; Long, Aihua 1,3; Deng, Xiaoya 1; Wang, Hao 1; Hai, Yang 1; Wang, Jie 3; Liu, Yundong 4
通讯作者	Long, Aihua
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF ARID LAND
ISSN	1674-6767
EISSN	2194-7783
出版年	2020
卷号	12 期号:1 页码:73-89
英文摘要	In arid areas, ecological degradation aroused by over-exploitation of fresh water, expansion of artificial oasis and shrinkage of natural oasis, has drawn attention of many scholars and officials. The water and ecological footprints can be used to quantitatively evaluate the water consumption of social-economic activities and their influence on the eco-environments. In addition, increase of the water footprint indicates the expansion of artificial oasis, and the influence on the natural oasis could be reflected by the variation of the ecological footprint. This study was conducted to answer a scientific question that what is the quantitative relationship between the expansion of the artificial oasis and the degradation of the natural oasis in the arid environments of Xinjiang, China. Thus, based on the social-economic data, water consumption data and meteorological data during 2001-2015, we calculated the water and ecological footprints to express the human-related pressure exerted on the water resources and arid environments in Xinjiang (including 14 prefectures and cities), and explore the relationship between the water and ecological footprints and its mechanism by using the coupling analysis and Granger causality test. The results show that both the water and ecological footprints of Xinjiang increased significantly during 2001-2015, and the increasing rate of the ecological footprint was much faster than that of the water footprint. The coupling degree between the water and ecological footprints was relatively high at the temporal scale and varied at the spatial scale. Among the 14 prefectures and cities examined in Xinjiang, the greater social-economic development (such as in Karamay and Urumqi) was associated with the lower coupling degree between the two footprints. Increases in the water footprint will cause the ecological footprint to increase, such that a 1-unit increase in the consumption of water resources would lead to 2-3 units of ecological degradation. The quantitative relationship between the increases of the water and ecological footprints, together with the intensities of water consumption both in the natural and artificial oases of Tarim River Basin, have approved the fact that the formation and expansion of 1 unit of the artificial oasis would bring about the degradation of 2 units of the natural oasis. These conclusions not only provide a technical basis for sustainable development in Xinjiang, but also offer a theoretical guide and scientific information that could be used in similar arid areas around the world.
英文关键词	water consumption ecological footprint water footprint Granger causality test natural oasis artificial oasis Tarim River
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	Peoples R China
开放获取类型	Bronze
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000522856000006
WOS关键词	CARBON FOOTPRINT ; CROP PRODUCTION ; RIVER-BASIN ; TIME-SERIES ; REGION ; RESOURCES
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
来源机构	北京林业大学
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/314889
作者单位	1.China Inst Water Resources & Hydropower Res, State Key Lab Simulat & Regulat Water Cycle River, Beijing 100038, Peoples R China; 2.Xinjiang Water Conservancy & Hydropower Planning, Urumqi 830000, Peoples R China; 3.Shihezi Univ, Coll Water Conservancy & Architectural Engn, Shihezi 832003, Peoples R China; 4.Beijing Forestry Univ, Coll Soil & Water Conservat, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhang, Pei,Deng, Mingjiang,Long, Aihua,et al. Coupling analysis of social-economic water consumption and its effects on the arid environments in Xinjiang of China based on the water and ecological footprints[J]. 北京林业大学,2020,12(1):73-89.
APA	Zhang, Pei.,Deng, Mingjiang.,Long, Aihua.,Deng, Xiaoya.,Wang, Hao.,...&Liu, Yundong.(2020).Coupling analysis of social-economic water consumption and its effects on the arid environments in Xinjiang of China based on the water and ecological footprints.JOURNAL OF ARID LAND,12(1),73-89.
MLA	Zhang, Pei,et al."Coupling analysis of social-economic water consumption and its effects on the arid environments in Xinjiang of China based on the water and ecological footprints".JOURNAL OF ARID LAND 12.1(2020):73-89.