Research of Soil and Water Conservation[ISSN 1005-3409/CN 61-1272/P] Volume:
18
Number of periods:
2011 06
Page number:
240-244
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Public date:
2011-12-20
- Title:
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Study on Suitable Scale of Qiemo Oasis
- Author(s):
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ZHENG Shu-dan1
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1. College of Resources and Environmental Science, Xinjiang University, Key Laboratory of Oasis Ecology, Ministry of Education, Urumqi 830046, China;
2. School of Environment and Spatial Informatics, China University of Mining & Technology, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221008, China
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- Keywords:
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Qiemo oasis; water and heat balance method; suitable scale
- CLC:
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F301.24
- DOI:
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- Abstract:
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Arid plain oasis scale should be identified in terms of the priority of the capacity of water supply, and desertification caused by over-exploitation of land under the situation of water shortages should be prevented in the oasis. The Qiemo oasis appropriate development scale was studied by using mathematical model for oasis scale based on ecological water and heat balance method. The main conclusion are as follows:(1)the stability index of Qiemo oasis is 0.535 8, so the oasis is in the second stable state, the ecological system starts to degenerate, so oasis requires a higher input to keep stable;(2)Qiemo oasis suitable scale is 609.22~812.29 km2, suitable cultivated area in Qiemo oasis is 92.66~123.55 km2. The existing scale of Qiemo oasis is 992.16 km2 which is beyond Qiemo oasis suitable scale 0.2~0.6 times. The existing cultivated area is 150.88 km2, which is also beyond suitable cultivated area 0.2~0.6 times. From the view of ecological sustainability, oasis area is unfavorable to expand.