Ecological effects of land-use changes in a small town of Zhejiang Province,China

Abstract

Abstract: By the methods of systematic ecology,and that of Simpson's biodiversity indices in particular,this paper quantitatively analyzed the ecological effects of ten years land use changes in a small town with rapid rural urbanization of Shaoxing County,Zhejiang Province,aimed to provide a scientific basis for healthy development of towns and small cities in China.The results showed that owing to the changes of land use functions,the biodiversity of green plants and soil microorganisms was obviously decreased,and the local climate conditions deteriorated,which was represented by the increase of annual mean air temperature and the decrease of annual mean relative humidity in this town.It was suggested that the long-term ecological changes in biodiversity should be considered in land use with rural urbanization.

Key words: Small town, Land-use change, Ecological effect, Biodiversity

CLC Number:

F311
X176

ZHOU Qixing, WANG Mei'e, ZHANG Qianru, WANG Rusong . Ecological effects of land-use changes in a small town of Zhejiang Province,China[J]. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 2005, 16(4): 651-654.

References

[1] Browder JO. 2002. The urban-rural interface:Urbanization and tropical forest cover change. Urban Ecosyst, 6(1～2):21～41
[2] Cohen B. 2004. Urban growth in developing countries:A review of current trends and a caution regarding existing forecasts. World Devel, 32(1):23～51
[3] Environmental Society of China(中国环境科学学会).1995.Resources, Environment and Strategy of Sustainable Development.Beijing:China Environmental Science Press. (in Chinese)
[4] Harris LD. 1988. The nature of cumulative impacts on biotic diversity of wetland vertebrates. Environ Man, 12:675～693
[5] Ho SPS, Lin GCS. 2004. Converting land to nonagricultural use in China's coastal provinces:Evidence from Jiangsu. Modern China,30(1):81～112
[6] Liu GG, Wu X, Peng C, et al. 2003. Urbanization and health care in rural China. Contemp Econ Policy, 21 (1):11～24
[7] National Bureau of Environmental Protection(国家环境保护局).1995. The 21st Agenda of Environmental Protection in China. Beijing:China Environmental Science Press. (in Chinese)
[8] Pascoe GA. 1993. Wetland risk assessment. Environ Tox Chem,12:2293～2307
[9] Reid WV, Miller KR. 1989. Keeping Options Alive:The Scientific Basis for Conserving Biodiversity. Washington, DC:World Resources Institute.
[10] Sun T-H(孙铁珩),Zhou Q-X(周启星),Li P-J(李培军).2001.Pollution Ecology.Beijing:Science Press.(in Chinese)
[11] Wang R-S(王如松),Zhou Q-X(周启星),Hu D(胡聃).2000.Eco-Regulation Methods of Cities.Beijing:China Meteorological Press.(in Chinese)
[12] Zhang H-W(张惠文),Zhang Q-R(张倩茹),Zhou Q-X(周启星),et al.2003.Introduction and progress of molecular microbial ecology.Chin J Appl Ecol(应用生态学报),14(2):286～292(in Chinese)
[13] Zhou Q-X(周启星).1995.Ecdogy of CombinedPollution.Beijing:China Environmental Science Press.(in Chinese)
[14] Zhou Q-X(周启星).1996.The long-term effectsof development of industry on a farm environment andthe role of environmental planning.Agro-Environ Prot(农业环境保护),15(2):65～67(in Chinese)
[15] Zhou Q-X(周启星).1997.Advancesin agroenvironmentology and sustainable development of agriculture and rural areasin China.In:Yan L-J(严力蛟),eds.Research on and Probeinto Ecology.Beijing:China Environmental Science Press.1～8(in Chinese)
[16] Zhou Q-X(周启星).2004.Methodology of enacting standards for remediation of contaminated soils.Chin J Appl Ecol(应用生态学报),15(2):316～320(in Chinese)
[17] Zhou QX,Cheng Y,Zhang QR,Liang JD.2004.Quantitative analyses of relationships between ecotoxicological effects and combined pollution.Sci China,47(4):332～339
[18] Zhou Q-X(周启星),Sun S-J(孙顺江).2002.Intemational trends of applied ecology and its future developmentin China.Chin J Appl Ecol(应用生态学报),13(7):879～884(in Chinese)
[19] Zhou Q-X(周启星),Sun T-H(孙铁珩).2000.Current situation of pollution eco-chemistry ndits prospects.Chin J Appl Ecol(应用生态学报),11(5):795～798(in Chinese)
[20] Zhou Q-X(周启星),Wang R-S(王如松).1997.Ecological risk and background warning values of water pollutionfrom rural urbanization.chin J Appl Ecol(应用生态学报),8(3):309～313(in Chinese)
[21] Zhou Q-X(周启星),Wang R-S(王如松).1998.Ecological risk assessment of urbanization processes-A case study.Acta Ecol sin (生态学报),18(4):337～342(in Chinese)
[22] Zhou Q-X(周启星),Song Y-F(宋玉芳).2004.Principles and Methods of Contaminated Soil Remediation. Beijing:Science Press.(in Chinese)