陕西县域植被覆盖与土地退化关系的研究

本文依据最新遥感影像和多种统计资料,分别计算了陕西省96个市县植被覆盖与土地退化指数。采用全样本统计和典型剖面分析的方法,对陕西县域植被覆盖和土地退化的关系进行了分析,结果显示:(1)植被覆盖与土地退化有着极为密切的关系,随着植被覆盖指数的降低,土地退化呈明显的加重趋势,植被覆盖≤20%为其临界值;(2)在湿润指数≤1.2的关中平原和汉江谷底,由于农业开发和城镇建设,植被覆盖与土地退化关系不甚明显。     

Implementation of land and ecosystem accounts at the European Environment Agency

The European Environment Agency has started the implementation of a programme of land use and ecosystem accounts, following the System of Environmental and Economic Accounts (SEEA) guidelines of the United Nations. The purpose is to integrate information across the various ecosystem components and to support further assessments and modelling of these components and their interactions with economic and social developments. This programme reflects the increasing demand for environmental policy integration in Europe, both vertically through thematic policies as well as horizontally across policies in those sectors that contribute most to environmental impacts. The construction of land and ecosystem accounts is now feasible due to continuous improvements in monitoring, collecting and processing data and progress with the development of statistical methods that facilitate data assimilation and integration. The accounts are based on explicit spatial patterns provided by comprehensive land cover accounts that can be scaled up and down using a 1 km² grid to any type of administrative region or ecosystem zone (e.g., river basin catchments, coastal zones or bio-geographic areas). Land cover accounts have been produced for 24 countries in Europe and first results published in the European Environment State and Outlook2005 report of the EEA.¹     

How to overcome the implementation gap in ecosystem services? A user-friendly and inclusive tool for improved urban management

One of the main issues with the concept of ecosystem services is its absence on the ground in concrete operational decision-making contexts; that is, an implementation gap. In this study, we investigated if this gap could be overcome through the use of open-source data and free tools, and the adoption of a short-term participatory process. We tested these methods in the context of a project in the urban metropolitan area of Bordeaux (Communauté urbaine de Bordeaux: CUB) in France. The ecosystem services were defined using a participatory approach involving local stakeholders, and then selected scenarios were simulated to test the impact of various development or conservation plans. The study addressed three main questions: (1) Is it possible to adopt a simple methodological approach that overcomes the implementation gap through the development of a user-friendly and inclusive method? (2) What is the added value of a participatory approach? (3) With regards to four scenarios in this territory, what are the ES trends in the selected biophysical and monetary indicators, and will knowledge of these trends help planners to shape a sustainable trajectory for the territory?     

Compliance of land cover changes with municipal land use planning: Evidence from the Lisbon metropolitan region (1990–2007)

In the past few decades, urbanisation has become a major phenomenon in European cities, thus representing one of the key human land cover changes with socio-economic and environmental impacts. In the Lisbon metropolitan region it is estimated that 17% of natural and farmland have been transformed into artificial areas. Since the end of 1990s, specific EU guidelines have been issued to contain urban sprawl and preserve agricultural land. Spatial planning in Portugal obviously is integrating these assumptions into the statutory land-use master plans. But what is the performance of this land use planning system regarding land cover evolution itself? Based on the Lisbon metropolitan region (LMR), one of the major areas of urban growth in Portugal, we examine spatio-temporal land cover patterns between 1990 and 2007 by integrating cross-matrix analysis, spatial metrics, and gradient analysis. Additionally, we overlay these land cover dynamics with municipal master plans that regulate land development in order to assess the compliance levels of this land-use regulatory system. Results indicate that: artificial areas are growing by coalescence and/or by scattered development along an urban–rural gradient; agricultural land is reducing and fragmentation is increasing to enlarge peri-urban spaces; there are high levels of conversion of agricultural land into urban land in protected areas, thus showing a lack of compliance to the land use regulatory system visible in the existing gaps between the original land-use assignments of the master plan and the actual developments.     

Mapping changes in land use/land cover and prediction of future extension of bowé in Benin,West Africa

Desertification and land degradation are worldwide problems affecting soil, vegetation and the livelihoods of rural populations. Bowal (plural bowé) is a particular form of degraded land that occurs in tropical regions and leads to the exposure of ferricretes, which are unsuitable for farming. Bowé are more common on farmland and degraded savanna. Changes in land use/land cover were used to map a region of 6.7 million ha in northern Benin, West Africa in 1975, 1990 and 2010. The changes observed during these periods (1975–1990, 1990–2010 and 1975–2010) were used to predict the occurrence of bowé in the period up to 2050 using Markovian chain analysis. The results showed a considerable change in land use/land cover during the three periods. The types of land on which bowé occur (farmland and degraded savanna) increased in northern Benin by 5.4% per year during the period 1975–1990 and 9.5% per year during the periods 1990–2010, while the natural vegetation (forest, woodland and tree savanna) decreased by the same amount. The future scenarios also predicted the same trend. In the period 1975–1990, 1.28 million ha (26%) of natural vegetation was converted to degraded savanna and farmland while 2.23 million ha (53%) of natural vegetation was converted to degraded savanna and farmland in the period 1990–2010. Based on the dynamics recorded during the period 1975–1990 and 1990–2010 respectively, a total of 1.28 million ha (26% of the natural vegetation that was present in 1975) and 1.29 million ha (31% of the natural vegetation that was present in 1990) will be converted to farmland and degraded savanna in the study area by 2050.Thus bowalization will persist and increase in the period up to 2050. The natural vegetation could disappear if protection and restoration measures are not taken. It is thus important to take measures to stop the degradation and to implement programs to restore soils on bowé based on the soil and water conservation techniques used on highly degraded West African soils, such as zaï pit and stone rows with grass strips. Some native plants species adapted to bowalization and resistant to climate change in northern Benin (e.g. Asparagus africanus, Andropogon pseudapricus and Combretum nigricans) should be used in association with soil and water conservation techniques on bowé.     

Mapping mountain diversity: Ethnic minorities and land use land cover change in Vietnam's borderlands

In the complex agro-ecological conditions of Vietnam's northern borderlands, attempts by ethnic minority farmers to create sustainable livelihoods, along with the impacts of state development policies, have direct consequences for land use and land cover (LULC) change. In this paper we analyse the degree to which LULC has changed and diversified from 1999 to 2009 in Lào Cai Province and the underlying relationships with ethnic minority livelihood diversification strategies. We examine the correlation between LULC diversity and various socioeconomic and biophysical proxies using a spatial autoregressive model. Our findings indicate two major changes in LULC: an increase in closed canopy forest and substantial urban growth. LULC diversity increased between 1999 and 2009, suggesting a transition between land uses and/or a diversification of livelihood strategies. Socioeconomic proxies are significant predictors of LULC diversity in both years, while biophysical proxies are only effective predictors in 2009. In-depth interviews regarding state-led policies and ethnic minority livelihoods reveal some of the underlying mechanisms of such LULC transitions and associations.     

常德市土地利用/覆被变化分析

通过GIS空间分析功能,选取常德市的四个县市:桃源县、汉寿县、临澧县、津市市,从土地利用现状、土地利用时空变化、土地利用类型动态度、土地利用程度变化以及土地利用变化区域差异等五个方面对常德市2009年和2012年土地利用、覆被变化进行定量、定性分析比较。研究结果表明:12009-2012年期间,四个县市的城镇、交通水利等建设用地需求持续增加;2 2009-2012年期间,土地利用程度综合指数呈增长的趋势;3常德市2009-2012年间土地利用程度变化不大,并且区域不平衡;4 2009-2012年期间,四个县市中相对变化最大的为临澧县城镇建设用地。     

基于多源数据融合的地表覆盖数据重建研究进展综述

地表覆盖数据对于全球环境变化、生物多样性和发展政策制定有着重要意义。遥感已成为获取地表覆盖数据的重要手段。而目前的地表覆盖数据产品,如Globe Land30、FROM-GLC、MODIS Collection5、MODIS Cropland、Glob Cover、GLC2000等,存在数据精度不高、数据间一致性较差、与统计数据差异较大等问题。因此,基于多源数据融合的数据重建方法成为目前研究中的热点问题。文章检索了近10年关于多源数据融合在地表覆盖数据重建中的应用的相关文献,概括了多源数据在数据重建中的应用现状,并对基于多源数据融合的地表覆盖数据重建方法进行了归纳总结,重点评述了不同方法的特点及应用情况,阐明了各种方法的优势与不足,同时对存在的问题进行探讨并展望了未来基于多源数据融合的地表覆盖数据重建研究的发展方向。基于多源数据融合的数据重建方法包括基于多源遥感数据融合法以及基于多源遥感和非遥感数据融合法。该文在对基于多源遥感数据融合的数据重建方法进行论述时,主要讨论了其中应用最广泛的两种融合方法:基于数据一致性的融合法和基于回归分析的融合法。对于其他基于多源遥感数据融合的数据重建方法,如基于D-S证据理论融合法、基于数据集成融合法、基于统计模型融合法,也列举了最具代表性的相关文献进行论述。在对基于遥感数据和非遥感数据融合的数据重建方法进行论述时,主要讨论了其3种空间分配方法:完全依赖法、部分依赖法、动态依赖法。在对目前研究进行探讨的过程中,该文对其研究区域、数据源、地表覆盖类型、空间分辨率、融合方法和文献来源进行总结分析,并重点就融合方法展开讨论。围绕各种融合方法在数据重建中的运用,该文归纳出目前研究中存在的主要问题:研究对象和区域上的不足,研究区多为全球及欧美,其他区域的研究过少,研究对象多为所有地表覆盖类型和森林,对耕地和草地的研究过少;融合算法上的不足、重建结果精度上的不足。最后,指出基于多源数据融合的数据重建方法未来的发展方向,即综合运用两类方法,得到具有详细完整空间信息的长时间序列的地表覆盖数据集。     

略论农业科技期刊封面设计的地域文化性

地域文化是期刊美术工作者可以深度挖掘的艺术宝藏。文章以《农村新技术》杂志为例,分析了期刊美术设计引入地域文化的重要性,并从突出地方特色、抓典型、求真实等方面作了较全面的论述,说明引入地域文化资源和自然资源对构筑农业科技期刊特色品牌、扩大期刊的知名度和传播力、提升中华文化的世界影响力之意义重大。     

英文求职信的人际功能分析

本文基于系统功能语法中的人际功能和评价系统理论,对英文求职信进行分析与研究,旨在揭示英文求职信实现人际意义的语言手段。本文试从语气系统、情态系统、评价系统三个方面分析英文求职信的人际功能。