TY - JOUR
T1 - Spatio-temporal changes and their relationship in water resources and agricultural disasters across China
AU - Gu, Xihui
AU - Bai, Wenkui
AU - Li, Jianfeng
AU - Kong, Dongdong
AU - Liu, Jianyu
AU - Wang, Yue
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was financially supported by the National Key R&D Programme of China [Grant no. 2018YFA0605603], the Strategic Priority Research Programme Grant of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [Grant no. XDA19070402], the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) [Grant nos CUG180614 and CUGCJ1702], the National Natural Science Foundation of China [Grant no. 41701038], and the Guangxi Natural Science Foundation [Grant no. 2017GXNSFBA198129]. Detailed information such as data can be obtained by writing to the corresponding author at [email protected]. We thank the four eminent reviewers, the associate editor Dr Alberto Viglione and the editor Dr Attilio Castellarin, whose comments and suggestions improved our study significantly.
Funding Information:
This work was financially supported by the National Key R&D Programme of China [Grant no. 2018YFA0605603], the Strategic Priority Research Programme Grant of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [Grant no. XDA19070402], the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) [Grant nos CUG180614 and CUGCJ1702], the National Natural Science Foundation of China [Grant no. 41701038], and the Guangxi Natural Science Foundation [Grant no. 2017GXNSFBA198129].
PY - 2019/3/12
Y1 - 2019/3/12
N2 - Changes in monthly streamflow and the potential influences and feedbacks of agricultural activities are investigated. Significant decreases in streamflow are observed in northern China, including the Yellow, Huaihe and Haihe river basins, while in southern China streamflow increases significantly in the Yangtze, Pearl and South river basins. This spatial pattern of changes in streamflow indicates that the imbalance in water resources between northern (dry) and southern (wet) China has increased during past decades. On the one hand, available water resources are a controlling factor determining the expansion of irrigated land and the structure of crop plantation (i.e. rice, wheat, corn or bean); on the other hand, crop planting structure and effective irrigated areas are important determinants of changes in streamflow. The increasing effective irrigation and rice planting areas in northern China may increase water withdrawal from rivers, causing subsequent decreases in streamflow, while in southeastern China, decreasing effective irrigation areas enhance the increases in streamflow.
AB - Changes in monthly streamflow and the potential influences and feedbacks of agricultural activities are investigated. Significant decreases in streamflow are observed in northern China, including the Yellow, Huaihe and Haihe river basins, while in southern China streamflow increases significantly in the Yangtze, Pearl and South river basins. This spatial pattern of changes in streamflow indicates that the imbalance in water resources between northern (dry) and southern (wet) China has increased during past decades. On the one hand, available water resources are a controlling factor determining the expansion of irrigated land and the structure of crop plantation (i.e. rice, wheat, corn or bean); on the other hand, crop planting structure and effective irrigated areas are important determinants of changes in streamflow. The increasing effective irrigation and rice planting areas in northern China may increase water withdrawal from rivers, causing subsequent decreases in streamflow, while in southeastern China, decreasing effective irrigation areas enhance the increases in streamflow.
KW - agriculture disasters
KW - China
KW - crop plantation structure
KW - irrigation
KW - water resources
UR - https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tandf/hsj/2019/00000064/00000004/art00007
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85063738348&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/02626667.2019.1587170
DO - 10.1080/02626667.2019.1587170
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85063738348
SN - 0262-6667
VL - 64
SP - 490
EP - 505
JO - Hydrological Sciences Journal
JF - Hydrological Sciences Journal
IS - 4
ER -
