Challenges Towards Ecological Sustainability in China: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

✍ Scribed by Xiaojun Yang, Shijun Jiang

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 344
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book includes a selection of the best papers presented at the Jinan Forum on Geography and Ecological Sustainability held in Guangzhou, China, from 17 to 19 February 2017, as well as several invited papers. It discusses concepts, methods, and applications in geography and ecology with an emphasis on various issues challenging ecological sustainability in China. Chapters are written by leading scholars and researchers from a variety of disciplines including geography, ecology, environmental science and policy, and economics. Case studies are predominantly drawn from Southern China, where nearly four decades of dramatic urbanization has caused economic and ecological strains on land and people.
This book will appeal to a wide readership including researchers, upper-division undergraduate and graduate students, and professionals in the fields of sustainability science, geography, ecology, and environmental science and policy.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
Challenges Towards Ecological Sustainability in China: An Introduction (Xiaojun Yang, Shijun Jiang)....Pages 3-18
Regional Eco-security: Concept, Principles and Pattern Design (Liding Chen, Ranhao Sun, Lei Yang)....Pages 19-37
How to Design an Urban Ecological Landscape: Sustainability, Efficiency, and Harmony? (Ranhao Sun, Liding Chen)....Pages 39-54
Monitoring Urban Growth and Land Changes in Beijing, China’s Capital City by Remote Sensing: Progress and Challenges (Ting Liu, Xiaojun Yang)....Pages 55-67
Diatoms as an Evaluation Tool for the Ecological and Environmental Conditions of Rivers and Streams in China: A Retrospective Study (Yuanda Lei, Yasu Wang, Richard William Jordan, Shijun Jiang)....Pages 69-111
Front Matter ....Pages 113-113
Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Vegetation Health at the Baiyun Mountain National Forest Park, China (Shuisen Chen, Weiqi Chen, Jia Liu)....Pages 115-129
Comparison of Urbanization and Its Eco-environmental Effects in Three Large Pearl River Delta Metropolises, China (Rongbo Xiao, Changguang Wu, Zhishan Li)....Pages 131-148
Nutrient and Trace Metal Issues in the Pearl River Delta, China (Lichun Xie, Lei Gao, Jianyao Chen)....Pages 149-183
Flooding Hazards and Risk Analysis in the Pearl River Delta, China (Xianwei Wang)....Pages 185-212
Front Matter ....Pages 213-213
Potential Impacts of Urban Sprawl on the Thermal Environment in the Nanjing Metropolitan Area Based on the SLEUTH and WRF Models (Fanhua Kong, Haiwei Yin, Fei Jiang, Jiayu Chen)....Pages 215-239
Linking Land Use with Water Pollution in Coastal Watersheds of China (Jinliang Huang, Ayu Ervinia, Yaling Huang)....Pages 241-279
Water and Ecological Security at the Heart of China’s Silk Road Economic Belt (Yaning Chen, Zhi Li, Gonghuan Fang, Wei Bian)....Pages 281-306
The Spatial Network of Beibu Gulf Urban Agglomeration and Its Challenges for Coordinated Integral Development (Junneng Wang, Jianquan Cheng, Nianxiu Qin, Qingyi Chen)....Pages 307-324
Strategies to Promote Green Development in Coal Resource-Based Regions with China’s Shanxi Province as an Example (Jianhui Cong, Jun Yang, Qin Zhang, Zhou Zhou)....Pages 325-336
Back Matter ....Pages 337-340

✦ Subjects

Geography; Environmental Geography; Ecology; Hydrology/Water Resources; Sustainable Development; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry