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Temporal and spatial evolution and obstacle diagnosis of resource and environment carrying capacity in the Loess Plateau
Natural resources are scarce in the Loess Plateau, and the ecological environment is fragile. Sustainable development requires special attention to resource and environmental carrying capacity (RECC). This study selected 24 representative cities in five natural areas of the Loess Plateau; used the e...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8372938/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34407117 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256334 |
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author | Huang, Huan Wang, Rui Wang, Jue Chai, Jixing Xiao, Yi |
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description | Natural resources are scarce in the Loess Plateau, and the ecological environment is fragile. Sustainable development requires special attention to resource and environmental carrying capacity (RECC). This study selected 24 representative cities in five natural areas of the Loess Plateau; used the entropy-weight-based TOPSIS method to evaluate and analyze the RECC of each city and region from 2013 to 2018; established a diagnosis model to identify the obstacle factors restricting the improvement of RECC; and constructed the theoretical framework of the RECC system mechanism. The results show that the RECC of the Loess Plateau is increasing in general but is relatively small. The environmental and social subsystems have the highest and lowest carrying capacities, respectively. There is an evident contradiction between economic development and the environment. Population density, investment in technological innovation, per capita sown area, and per capita water resources are the main obstacles affecting the improvement of RECC in the Loess Plateau. Such evaluations and diagnoses can support ecological civilization and sustainable development. |
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spelling | pubmed-83729382021-08-19 Temporal and spatial evolution and obstacle diagnosis of resource and environment carrying capacity in the Loess Plateau Huang, Huan Wang, Rui Wang, Jue Chai, Jixing Xiao, Yi PLoS One Research Article Natural resources are scarce in the Loess Plateau, and the ecological environment is fragile. Sustainable development requires special attention to resource and environmental carrying capacity (RECC). This study selected 24 representative cities in five natural areas of the Loess Plateau; used the entropy-weight-based TOPSIS method to evaluate and analyze the RECC of each city and region from 2013 to 2018; established a diagnosis model to identify the obstacle factors restricting the improvement of RECC; and constructed the theoretical framework of the RECC system mechanism. The results show that the RECC of the Loess Plateau is increasing in general but is relatively small. The environmental and social subsystems have the highest and lowest carrying capacities, respectively. There is an evident contradiction between economic development and the environment. Population density, investment in technological innovation, per capita sown area, and per capita water resources are the main obstacles affecting the improvement of RECC in the Loess Plateau. Such evaluations and diagnoses can support ecological civilization and sustainable development. Public Library of Science 2021-08-18 /pmc/articles/PMC8372938/ /pubmed/34407117 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256334 Text en © 2021 Huang et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Huang, Huan Wang, Rui Wang, Jue Chai, Jixing Xiao, Yi Temporal and spatial evolution and obstacle diagnosis of resource and environment carrying capacity in the Loess Plateau |
title | Temporal and spatial evolution and obstacle diagnosis of resource and environment carrying capacity in the Loess Plateau |
title_full | Temporal and spatial evolution and obstacle diagnosis of resource and environment carrying capacity in the Loess Plateau |
title_fullStr | Temporal and spatial evolution and obstacle diagnosis of resource and environment carrying capacity in the Loess Plateau |
title_full_unstemmed | Temporal and spatial evolution and obstacle diagnosis of resource and environment carrying capacity in the Loess Plateau |
title_short | Temporal and spatial evolution and obstacle diagnosis of resource and environment carrying capacity in the Loess Plateau |
title_sort | temporal and spatial evolution and obstacle diagnosis of resource and environment carrying capacity in the loess plateau |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8372938/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34407117 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256334 |
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