TY - JOUR
T1 - Environmental effects under China’s Western Development Strategy
T2 - a case study in the Beipan River basin, Guizhou
AU - Yu, Xiaojiang
N1 - Funding Information:
I would like first to express my gratitude to Dr Estelle Dryland (Macquarie University, Sydney) for her editing, to Dr Michael Brett-Crowther for his useful comments and to the anonymous referees who scrutinised this paper. I am grateful also for the research support provided by Jiang X. and Zhang X. (Guizhou Provincial Academy of Forestry), An Y. (University of Guizhou), Xiong K. (Guizhou Normal University), Li B. (Guizhou Provincial Government Office), Zhang H. (Guizhou Forest Department), Zhai C. (Guizhou Environmental Protection Department), Ye S. (Liaison Office of the Central Government in the Hong Kong SAR), Ma X. (South China Institute of Environmental Science, Ministry of Environmental Protection), Tseng N. (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) and Heung S., Yau T. and Yeung J. (Geography Department, Hong Kong Baptist University). I would also like to acknowledge the cooperation of all of the participants in Guiyang and the Beipan River basin who assisted me during my fieldwork and data collection. This research was funded by the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (GRF 2012-13/ 252412).
PY - 2015/1/2
Y1 - 2015/1/2
N2 - This paper is based on a case study in the Beipan River basin, which aims to assess the success of environmental initiatives in southwest China under the national Western Development Strategy. The research uses data searching, interviews and in situ observation. The results of erosion, Karst stony-desertification, reforestation and the water quality of the Beipan River reveal that the ecosystems in the basin were improved during 2000–2012. Geology, topography, hydrology, climate and human impacts will remain major challenges to the future ecological conservation and environmental protection. Future environmental development in the basin and southwest China will demand a long-term, holistic approach to overcome both natural and human impacts.
AB - This paper is based on a case study in the Beipan River basin, which aims to assess the success of environmental initiatives in southwest China under the national Western Development Strategy. The research uses data searching, interviews and in situ observation. The results of erosion, Karst stony-desertification, reforestation and the water quality of the Beipan River reveal that the ecosystems in the basin were improved during 2000–2012. Geology, topography, hydrology, climate and human impacts will remain major challenges to the future ecological conservation and environmental protection. Future environmental development in the basin and southwest China will demand a long-term, holistic approach to overcome both natural and human impacts.
KW - Ecosystems
KW - Environment
KW - Evaluation
KW - Restoration
KW - Southwest China
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84922402574&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/00207233.2014.961312
DO - 10.1080/00207233.2014.961312
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84922402574
SN - 0020-7233
VL - 72
SP - 132
EP - 145
JO - International Journal of Environmental Studies
JF - International Journal of Environmental Studies
IS - 1
ER -