Ecological carrying capacity and Chongming Island's ecological construction

Abstract

Abstract: This paper overviewed the goals of Chongming Island's ecological construction and its background,analyzed the current eco-economic status and constraints of the Island,and put forward some scientific issues on its ecological construction.It was suggested that for the resources-saving and sustainable development of the Island,the researches on its ecological construction should be based on its ecological carrying capacity,fully take the regional characteristics into consideration,and refer the successful development modes at home and abroad.The carrying capacity study should ground on systemic and dynamic views,give a thorough evaluation of the Island's present carrying capacity,simulate its possible changes,and forecast its demands and risks.Operable countermeasures to promote the Island's carrying capacity should be worked out,new industry structure,population scale,and optimized distribution projects conforming to regional carrying capacity should be formulated,and effective ecological security alarming and control system should be built,with the aim of providing suggestions and strategic evidences for the decision-making of economic development and sustainable environmental resources use of the region.

Key words: Ecological carrying capacity, Chongming Island, Ecological construction, Ecological security, Sustainable development

CLC Number:

X171.4

WANG Kaiyun, ZOU Chunjing, KONG Zhenghong, WANG Tianhou, CHEN Xiaoyong . Ecological carrying capacity and Chongming Island's ecological construction[J]. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 2005, 16(12): 2447-2453.

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