[1]YANG Haiping,WEN Kun.Evaluation on Ecological Carrying Capacity of Inner Mongolia Based on Ecological Footprint Theory[J].Research of Soil and Water Conservation,2017,24(04):152-157.
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Research of Soil and Water Conservation[ISSN 1005-3409/CN 61-1272/P] Volume:
24
Number of periods:
2017 04
Page number:
152-157
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Public date:
2017-08-28
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Evaluation on Ecological Carrying Capacity of Inner Mongolia Based on Ecological Footprint Theory
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YANG Haiping1, WEN Kun2
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1. Hunan Medical College, Huaihua, Hunan 418000, China;
2. Jiangxi Administration College, Nanchang 330003, China
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- Keywords:
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regional ecology; ecological carrying capacity; ecological footprint theory; ecological deficit; sustainable development
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X24
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- Abstract:
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The ecological footprint theory is an important foundation for studying the sustainable development level of regional resources, which is of great significance to formulate scientific regional development planning. Using a variety of resources and environment data, we calculated per capita ecological footprint, ecological carrying capacity, ecological surplus, ecological deficit per capita, ecological footprint of ten thousand yuan GDP index, etc. in Inner Mongolia in 2001—2014. The results showed that from 2001 to 2014, the per capita ecological footprint presented a trend of rapid growth, and increased from 4.158 9 hm2 per capita to 22.948 1 hm2 per capita, average annual growth was 14.59%; all kinds of ecological productive land per capita ecological footprint decreased in the order: fossil energy land>cultivated land>grassland>construction land>forest land>water area, average possession ratios were 65.22%, 22.51%, 10.34%, 0.84%, 0.82% and 0.27%, respectively. Due to the increase of per capita ecological footprint year by year, its growth rate was far higher than the growth rate of per capita ecological carrying capacity, which resulted in a state of ecological deficit in 2001—2014, and ecological deficit was mainly caused by increasing the ecological footprint of raw coal, crude oil and other fossil energy land. Ten thousand yuan GDP per capita ecological footprint overall presented a trend of decline, the energy use of the study area was in the transition period. Finally, we analyzed the sources of uncertainty of ecological footprint theory research methods, the way of further improvement was suggested. The study on has important guiding significance for the practice of Inner Mongolia ‘ecological civilization’, constructing ecological security barrier in the north, and achieving sustainable economic and social development.