新疆生态足迹与环境压力的时空分异

提高生态现代化总体水平是改善区域生态环境承载力的核心和关键。利用生态环境质量指数和生态现代化指数(EM I)对我国西部生态环境脆弱区的新疆维吾尔自治区生态足迹和环境压力的变动态势进行了系统分析。结果表明:2004年新疆生态现代化指数在全国排名为27位,仍然为我国生态现代化水平落后的地区之一。1980—2005年,新疆综合现代化水平远低于高收入国家、世界平均水平和中等发达国家。1998年新疆人均生态足迹由25957hm2增加到2007年的40551hm2,人均生态承载力由3.1270hm2减少到2.8266 hm2。区域环境水平呈下降趋势。资源转化率、生态保护指数呈明显上升态势。环境治理指数呈剧烈变动,1996-2003年呈\"N\"型变动态势,区域生态脆弱性没有明显逆转。     

中国历年生态足迹计算与发展可持续性评估

可持续发展的定量测度是可持续发展战略得以实施的前提条件。加拿大学者 Mathis Wackernagel发展完善的生态足迹模型就是一种测量可持续性的方法。该方法通过计算支持特定区域人类社会所有消费活动所需要的土地 (生态足迹 )与该区域可提供的生物生产性土地 (生态承载力 )相比较来判断区域发展的可持续性。简单介绍了生态足迹模型的基本概念、研究进展、计算方法 ;对中国历年的生态足迹进行了实证研究 ,结果表明 :从 196 2～ 2 0 0 1年 ,中国人均生态承载力逐步下降 ,人均生态足迹则逐步上升 ,目前中国人均生态足迹已经超过人均生态承载力 ,生态赤字出现 ,并持续扩大 ,中国目前的发展处于一种强不可持续状态     

Does income growth relocate ecological footprint?

The aim of this paper is to investigate whether countries tend to relocate their ecological footprint as they grow richer. The analysis is carried out for a panel of 116 countries by employing the production and import components of the ecological footprint data of the Global Footprint Network for the period 2004–2008. With few exceptions, the existing Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) literature concentrates only on the income-environmental degradation nexus in the home country and neglects the negative consequences of home consumption spilled out. Controlling for the effects of openness to trade, biological capacity, population density, industry share and energy per capita as well as stringency of environmental regulation and environmental regulation enforcement, we detect an EKC-type relationship only between per capita income and footprint of domestic production. Within the income range, import footprint is found to be monotonically increasing with income. Moreover, we find that domestic environmental regulations do not influence country decisions to import environmentally harmful products from abroad; but they do affect domestic production characteristics. Hence, our findings indicate the importance of environmental regulations and provide support for the “Pollution Haven” and “Race-to-the-Bottom” hypotheses.     

Shrink and share: humanity's present and future Ecological Footprint

Sustainability is the possibility of all people living rewarding lives within the means of nature. Despite ample recognition of the importance of achieving sustainable development, exemplified by the Rio Declaration of 1992 and the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, the global economy fails to meet the most fundamental minimum condition for sustainability--that human demand for ecosystem goods and services remains within the biosphere's total capacity. In 2002, humanity operated in a state of overshoot, demanding over 20% more biological capacity than the Earth's ecosystems could regenerate in that year. Using the Ecological Footprint as an accounting tool, we propose and discuss three possible global scenarios for the future of human demand and ecosystem supply. Bringing humanity out of overshoot and onto a potentially sustainable path will require managing the consumption of food, fibre and energy, and maintaining or increasing the productivity of natural and agricultural ecosystems.     

The effect of wave-reduction engineering on sediment resuspension in a large, shallow, eutrophic lake (Lake Taihu)

Frequent resuspension of sediments is recognized as an important process in large shallow lakes, impeding the recovery of eutrophic lakes. A large-scale project, including a wave barrier (3.3 km long) and a soft enclosure, was implemented to reduce wave energy and sediment resuspension in Lake Taihu, eastern China. The effects of the wave-reduction engineering on sediment resuspension and internal nutrient loading were investigated. Results showed that sediment resuspension rates as well as suspended solids (SS) in the areas protected by the wave barrier and the soft enclosure were significantly lower than in the unprotected areas. There was a positive relationship between total phosphorus (TP) and SS; thus internal loading of phosphorus was significantly reduced by the wave-reduction structure. High nutrient levels and phytoplankton biomass persisted during the experiment period, suggesting that additional measures, such as re-establishment of the macrophyte community, must be included to help restore the water quality in such a large, shallow and eutrophic lake.     

The influence of water quality and sediment geochemistry on the horizontal and vertical distribution of phosphorus and nitrogen in sediments of a large,shallow lake

Distinct horizontal water column concentration gradients of nutrients and chlorophyll a (Chl a) occur within large, shallow, eutrophic Lake Taihu, China. Concentrations are high in the north, where some of the major polluted tributaries enter the lake, and relatively low in the south, where macrophytes generally are abundant. It is not clear, however, whether these water column concentration gradients are similarly reflected in spatial heterogeneity of nutrient concentrations within the bottom sediments. The main objective of this study was therefore to test if horizontal and vertical variations in the phosphorus and nitrogen content in bottom sediments of Lake Taihu are significantly related to (1) horizontal variations in overlying water column nutrient concentrations and (2) other sediment geochemical constituents. We measured the concentration of total phosphorus (TP) and total nitrogen (TN) in surficial sediments (0–2 cm) and TP, TN and Chl a concentrations in water column samples, collected from 32 sites in 2005. In 2006 sediment, TP, TN, carbon, iron and manganese concentrations were measured vertically at 2 cm intervals, extending to a depth of approximately 20 cm, at an additional eight sites. Linear correlation analysis revealed that surficial sediment TP concentrations across the 32 stations were related significantly, though weakly, to annual mean water column concentrations of TP, TN as well as Chl a. Correlations of surficial sediment TN with water column variables were, however, not significant (P > 0.05). Amongst the geochemical variables tested, the vertical variability of sediment TP concentrations was most strongly related to sediment manganese and carbon concentrations. A multiple stepwise linear regression revealed that the combination of sediment manganese and carbon concentrations explained 91% of the horizontal variability in sediment TP concentrations and 65% of the vertical variability. Handling editor: Luigi Naselli-Flores     

Investigating the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis by utilizing the ecological footprint as an indicator of environmental degradation

This study investigates the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis using a country’s ecological footprint as an indicator of environmental degradation. Ninety-three countries were examined, categorized by income. The fixed effects and the generalized method of moments results clearly showed an inverted U-shaped relationship between the ecological footprint and GDP growth, which represents the EKC hypothesis in upper middle- and high-income countries but not in low- and lower middle-income countries. This relationship only occurs in a stage of economic development in which technologies are available that improve energy efficiency, energy saving and renewable energy, which are not accessible for countries with low income due to their high cost. Moreover, energy consumption, urbanization, and trade openness increase environmental damage through their positive effect on the ecological footprint of most countries across all income groups. However, financial development reduces environmental degradation in lower middle-, upper middle- and high-income countries. This relationship confirms that loans from banks are primarily given to firms that establish investments in projects that are mostly environmentally friendly. From the results of this study, a number of recommendations can be provided for the investigated countries.     

污染足迹及其在区域水污染压力评估中的应用——以太湖流域上游湖州市为例

传统生态足迹理论虽然在可持续发展评价等方面得到了广泛的应用,但却仍然无法全面衡量人类活动对生态系统造成的各种影响。其无法全面评估人类活动的根源在于,土地功能排他性假设限制了其对利用生态系统非生物生产性产品和服务的人类活动的衡量。为了摆脱传统生态足迹理论的局限性,建议承认土地功能多样性的客观事实,将生态足迹构建于多种生态系统服务功能之上。针对传统生态足迹对定义中废弃物吸纳的考虑不足,提出了基于污染物吸纳功能的生态足迹,即污染足迹。污染足迹不是对传统生态足迹中能源足迹的简单置换,而是能够囊括人类活动产生的大部分污染物,并可以根据不同的污染物类别或类型进一步细化的足迹类型。构建了太湖流域有机物、氮和磷污染足迹模型,并利用该模型对流域上游湖州市的水污染压力进行了综合评估。结果表明:(1)2007年湖州市污染足迹为39948.73 hm²,东部平原地区污染足迹较大,西部丘陵地区污染足迹相对较小;(2)湖州市人类活动排放的氮磷污染物对水域空间的生态占用已经远远超过了有机污染物;(3)2007年湖州市污染承载力为20896.00 hm²,污染赤字为19052.73 hm²,人类排污活动俨然超出了当地水域的承载能力;(4)2007年湖州市污染压力指数为1.91,当地水环境总体上处于轻度接近中度污染压力;(5)湖州市水污染压力较大的地区,区域内人类活动的维持建立在区域水环境质量恶化或污染物向下游输移的基础之上。     

A study of absorption characteristics of chromophoric dissolved organic matter and particles in Lake Taihu,China

Absorptions by non-phytoplankton particles and phytoplankton, and chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) were measured at 50 sites in large, shallow, Lake Taihu in winter and summer 2006 to study their seasonal and spatial variations, and their relative contributions to total absorption. The CDOM absorption was significantly higher in winter than in summer, due to degradation and release of fixed carbon in phytoplankton and submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV). The hyperbolic model was used to model the spectral absorption of CDOM, and the mean spectral slope of 6.38 nm⁻¹ was obtained. At most sites, the spectral absorption of non-phytoplankton particles was similar to that of the total particles, demonstrating that the absorption of the total particles is dominated by the absorption of non-phytoplankton particles. In summer, phytoplankton absorption increased markedly, due to frequent algal blooms especially in Meiliang Bay. In winter, the significant increase in non-phytoplankton particle absorption resulted from the increase of inorganic particulate matter caused by sediment resuspension. Strong linear relationships were found between a _d(440) and total suspended matter (TSM), organic suspended matter (OSM), and inorganic suspended matter (ISM). Strong linear relationships were also found between a _ph(440), a _ph(675) and chlorophyll a (Chl-a) concentration. The total relative contributions of non-phytoplankton particles over the range of photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) (400–700 nm) were 48.4 and 79.9% in summer and winter respectively. Non-phytoplankton particle absorption dominated the total absorption, especially in winter, in Lake Taihu, due to frequent sediment resuspension in the large shallow lake as a result of strong windy conditions. The results indicate that strong absorption by CDOM and non-phytoplankton particles at the blue wavelength has an impact on the spectral availability, and acts as a selection factor for the composition of the phytoplankton community, with cyanobacteria being the dominate species in Lake Taihu. Handling editor: L. Naselli-Flores     

太湖流域土地利用与景观格局演变研究

基于遥感、GIS技术和景观生态学方法,以太湖流域为研究区域,在1985年、1995年和2000年的土地利用图基础上,分析了土地利用与景观格局演变.结果表明,15年间,太湖流域农田呈减少趋势,建设用地、林地、草地、水体呈增加趋势,其中农田的减少占土地利用总减少量的89.64%,建设用地的增加占土地利用总增加量的79.21%;由于人类活动的干预,太湖流域景观结构与景观异质性发生了较大变化.从景观尺度上看,斑块密度、多样性指数和均匀度指数呈降低趋势,边界密度、优势度指数、景观形状指数呈增加趋势;从斑块尺度上看,各景观组分的异质性指数及其变化过程有较大的差异,体现了景观生态系统的复杂性.人口增长、经济、政策等因素是太湖流域近15年景观格局动态变化的主要驱动力.太湖流域土地利用变化产生了景观碎化、边缘效应、生境退化等景观生态效应.可通过调整景观尺度上的土地利用方式,使太湖流域生态建设及水土资源实现可持续发展.     

中国太湖1950年以来主要环境的变化和迅速富营养化的开始

太湖是我国第三大淡水湖,面积２３５０ｋｍ＾２,位于长江三角洲（面积３５０００ｋｍ＾２）的中部,自６０００年前太湖形成以来,湖泊经历了几个主要变化,１９５０年以前太湖最明显的变化发生在海侵和湖盆大小,海侵是太湖形成的主要原因。太湖形成后,在不同的干燥和湿润时期,湖盆经历了由一系列的小湖或统一湖盆之间的波动,但一般来说,近２０００年以来,湖盆的大小在增大,然而１９５０年以后,为适应人口的增长,许多浅水     

太湖流域农田稻季CH4通量特征及影响因子

开展太湖流域农田稻季CH₄排放研究,深入了解稻田CH₄排放规律,为稻田CH₄减排、制定合理稻田管理措施提供科学依据。以太湖流域稻麦轮作农田为研究区域,运用涡度相关法观测其稻季CH₄通量变化,分析其通量变化特征及影响因子。结果表明:太湖流域典型稻麦轮作区稻季为CH₄的源,CH₄排放总量为28.95 g/m²,稻季CH₄通量日变化表现为无规则型与单峰型两种模式;稻季CH₄排放整体集中在水稻生长前期（81.61%）及中期（16.16%）、后期排放相对较弱（2.23%）,返青期排放量较低(日均0.102μmol m^-2 s^-1),分蘖期较强(日均0.451μmol m^-2 s^-1),成熟期最低(日均0.006μmol m^-2 s^-1);模型所模拟的累计CH₄排放通量比累计测量CH₄通量低6.69%,较好地模拟了太湖流域稻田CH₄的排放,土壤温度、土壤水分、土壤电导率、摩擦风速可确认为太湖流域农田稻季CH₄排放的主要驱动因子。     

中国能源足迹增长波动的驱动因子分析

基于生态足迹方法计算了中国1953～2006年的人均能源足迹,利用经验模态分解(empirical mode decomposition, EMD)方法提取其增长的波动周期,利用因子分析方法探讨了不同时间尺度下驱动中国人均能源足迹增长的主要因子.结果发现:(1)53a来,中国人均能源足迹在波动中不断增长,人均能源足迹年增长率存在准4a、准13a、准17a和准27a 4个主要波动周期;(2)对与中国能源足迹波动高度相关的37个影响因子在IMF1、IMF2、IMF3 3个主要尺度下的因子分析发现,人均GDP增长率、轻工业产值增长率、第二产业增长率、工业增长率、工业总产值增长率、社会消费品零售增长率、资本形成总额增长率、重工业产值增长率、第三产业增长率、建筑业增长率、交通运输仓储增长率等是3个尺度下共同的第1影响因子.据此,建议中国的能源政策制定者更应关注稳定经济增长、优化产业结构、调整国内石油开采、提高交通运输效益等.     

太湖流域生态安全格局构建与调控——基于空间形态学-最小累积阻力模型

构建生态安全网络是在快速城镇化和生态环境恶化的背景下保护生物多样性的重要举措。以典型跨界的太湖流域为地理研究单元,使用多源空间数据,采用空间形态学方法(Morphological spatial pattern analysis, MSPA)和最小累积阻力模型(Minimal cumulative resistance, MCR)以及地理学统计方法建立“生态源地-活动廊道-保护网络-阻力特征-分区调控”的生态安全模式。研究结果显示：(1)太湖流域20个具有保护生物多样性功能的生态源地主要分布在浙西区和湖西区,包括大型湖体和丘陵森林等;(2)流域内重要性廊道贯穿太湖连接大型湖体和森林,一般性廊道集中分布在浙西-湖西区,将生态源地两两相连;(3)根据节点-廊道-源地网络分布,参考生态阻力和生境质量的空间性特征,构建流域“四区一带”生态安全格局并提出分区管控措施,为经济发展快速但生境脆弱的太湖流域生态体系建设与生物多样性保护提供参考。