简介:Riverregulationandrivertraininghavebeenperformedforvariouspurposesandnegativeeffectshavebeenshowninnumerouscases.Insomecasesthenegativeeffectsaresoseriousthathumanshavetoconsiderto'renaturalize'theregulatedrivers.Onlybyusingthestrategyofintegratedrivermanagementthediverseriverusesandnaturalfluvialprocessesandecologicalsystemsmaybeharmonized.Basedonanalysisofcasestudiesanddatacollectedfromliteraturesthispaperpresentstheconceptofintegratedrivermanagementandfourprinciplesofrivertraining.Theintegratedrivermanagementcomprises:1)takingthewatershed,upperstreambasinincludingthetributaries,middleandlowerreachesandtheestuaryasanintegratedentityintheplanning,designandmanagement;and2)mitigatingorcontrollingthenegativeimpactsonhydrology,erosionandsedimentation,fluvialprocesses,landuseandriveruse,environmentandecologywhileinachievingeconomicbenefitfromwaterresourcesdevelopment,floodsafetymanagementandhydropowerexploitation.Rivertrainingandmanagementshouldbeinaccordancewiththefourprinciples:1)extendingthedurationofriverwaterflowingonthecontinent,whichmaybeachievedbyextendingtherivercourseorreducingtheflowvelocity;2)controllingvariouspatternsoferosionsandreducingthesedimenttransportationintherivers;3)increasingthediversityofhabitatandenhancingtheconnectivitybetweentheriverandriparianwaters;and4)restoringnaturallandscapes.
简介:Overthepastthousandsofyears,humansocietyhasexperiencedevolutionfromtheprimitivecivilization,theagriculturalcivilization,theindustrialcivilizationandtotheecologicalcivilization,whichisahistoryfromlow-leveltoadvanceddevelopment.Thecoreoftheecologicalcivilizationis"respectingnature,complyingwithnatureandprotectingnature",whichisessentialtoharmoniousco-existencebetweenmanandnature.Thisharmoniousco-existencerequiresconstantlyimprovingsystemandmechanismforthedevelopmentofnationalspace,naturalresourceconservationandutilization,andecologicalenvironmentprotection,torealizethewin-winofresourcedevelopmentandenvironmentalprotection.Itisathousand-yearplafftoachieveecologicalcivilizationbasedonunifiedmanagementofnaturalresources.
简介:Groundwaterisastrategicresourceduetoitsusuallyhighqualityandperennialavailability.However,groundwatermanagementallovertheworldoftenlackssustainabilityasevidencedbyfallingwatertables,dryingwetlands,increasingsea-waterintrusionandgeneraldeteriorationofwaterquality.Asgroundwatercannotberenewedartificiallyonalargescale,sustainablemanagementofthisresourceisvital.Anumberofscientifictoolsareavailabletoassistinhistask.Threeitemsarediscussedhere.Theyincludemethodsforthedeterminationofgroundwaterrecharge,groundwatermodelingincludingtheestimationofitsuncertainty,andthenterfacingtothesocio-economicfield.Generallythequalityofwatermanagementworkcanbelargelyenhancedwithnewtoolsavailable,includingremotesensing,digitalterrainmodels,differentialGPS,environmentaltracers,automaticdatacollection,modelingandthecouplingofmodelsfromdifferentdisciplines
简介:RESEARCHANDPRACTICEOFSEDIMENTMANAGEMENTINTHEGEZHOUBAPROJECTWANGQiaoandPANQingxin1TheEnglishtextistranslatedbyDr.DING,Lianzhen...
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简介:Spatialdata,includinggeometricaldata,attributedata,imagedataandDEMdata,arehugeinvolumeandrelationsamongthemarecomplex.HowtoeffectivelyorganizeandmanagethosedataisanimportantprobleminGIS.SeveralproblemsaboutspacedataorganizationandmanagementinGeoStarwhichisabasicGISsoftwaremadeinChinaarediscussedinthispaper.Thepaperemphasizesonobjectmodelofspatialvector,dataorganization,datamanagementandhowtorealizethegoal,andthelike.
简介:AttheInternationalGeologicalCongressheldinFlorence,ItalyinAugust2004theIUGSCouncilapprovedtheformationofanewCommissiononGeoscienceforEnvironmentalManagement.ThisnewCommissionwasformedtocontinueIUGSactivitiesintheenvironmentfollowingtheclosureoftheIUGSCommissiononGeologicalSciencesforEnvironmentalPlanning(COGEOENVIRONMENT)whichhadcompleteditsterm(refertoseparatearticleinthisissue).
简介:THESCIENTIFICWATERMANAGEMENTINWINTERWHEATPRODUCTIONANDITSECONOMICBENEFITSINNORTHCHINAAnShunqing(安顺清)andLiuGengshan(刘庚山)Resear...
简介:TheThreeGorgesProjectisoneofthelargesthydro-projectsintheworldandhasdrawnmanydebatesinsideChinaandabroad.Themajorconcernisthatsedimentloadfromtheriverbasinmayeventuallyfailthefunctionsoftheprojectforfloodcontrolandpowergeneration.Toreducesedimentationinthereservoir,watershedmanagementhasbeenadopted.However,thereislimitedinformationregardingtheeffectivenessofvariouscontrolmeasuressuchasterracingandafforestationonawatershedscale.TheJialingRiver,amaintributaryoftheYangtzeRiver,contributesapproximately25%ofthetotalsedimentloadinthemainriverbutonlyrepresents8%ofthewholebasinarea.TherehavebeenvariouslandusepatternsandextensivehumanactivitiesforthousandsofyearsintheJialingRiverwatershed.BasedonanalysisofthemajorfactorsaffectingerosionintheJialingRiverwatershed,themainwatershedmanagementstrategies(afforestation,farmingandengineeringpractice)areillustrated,andtheireffectsonthereductionofsedimentandrunoffarestudiedindetail.Thesedimentbudgetofthewatershedshowsthat1/3ofthesedimentyieldistrappedbytheerosioncontrolmeasures(afforestationandfarming)ontheslope,1/3istrappedbythereservoirs,pondsanddamswithinthewatershed,andonlyabout1/3istransportedintotheYangtzeRiver,whichwillaffecttheThreeGorgesProject.