[1]HUANG Xin-hui,LI Xiao-ying,MU Xing-min,et al.The Severe Drought Occurred in Southwest China in 2010: An Examination from Perspective of Ecology[J].Research of Soil and Water Conservation,2013,20(04):282-287,292.
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Research of Soil and Water Conservation[ISSN 1005-3409/CN 61-1272/P] Volume:
20
Number of periods:
2013 04
Page number:
282-287,292
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Public date:
2013-08-28
- Title:
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The Severe Drought Occurred in Southwest China in 2010: An Examination from Perspective of Ecology
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HUANG Xin-hui1, LI Xiao-ying1, MU Xing-min2, WANG Ke-qin1, TIAN Kun1, DUAN Chang-qun3, YU Fu-ke3
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1. College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China;
2. Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China;
3. Institute of Environmental Sciences and Ecological Restoration, School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China
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- Keywords:
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Southwest China; severe drought; causes; impacts; enlightenments
- CLC:
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S423
- DOI:
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- Abstract:
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The extraseasonal, persistent, severe drought occurred unusually in five provinces (autonomous region, municipality) in Southwest China in 2010 was examined from prospective of ecology. Three important scientific issues were analyzed and discussed. (1) Causes of the drought. Causes of the severe drought were analyzed through comprehension of cognitions from public, government, scholar and media on the drought, and authors’ viewpoint on causes of the drought was illustrated. It pointed that the severe drought was not pure natural disaster but the result of comprehensive effects of natural factors and social elements. (2) Impacts of the drought. It included: ① Direct damage and potential threat of the severe drought on natural environment; ② Serious influence and great loss of the severe drought on agricultural production; ③ Widespread impacts of the severe drought on social economy. (3) Enlightenments of the drought. It included: ① Painful cost of short sights in economic development and strengthening and popularizing of ecological concepts; ② Lag of disaster research and catching up and deepening scientific research of this subject; ③ Deficiency of long-term programming for disaster prevention and its draft and implementation. It was emphasized that in relative research fields some important scientific issues should be investigated. They are essential causes of water shortage in province with rich water resources, scientific allocation and efficient utilization of regional water resources, impacts of great engineering construction on ecological environment, ecological water requirement of regional typical artificial vegetation, and ecological degradation mechanism and vegetation restoration technology in disaster area, respectively. It is expected to provide new thought for subsequent researches of the severe drought in Southwest China.