Changes in the Ecological Footprint of Rural Populations in the Taihang Mountains, China

doi:10.3390/su10103741

	Changes in the Ecological Footprint of Rural Populations in the Taihang Mountains, China
	Xiao, Xingyuan 1,2; Hu, Minyue 1; Tan, Minghong 2,3; Li, Xiubin 2,4; Li, Wei 2,4
刊名	SUSTAINABILITY
	2018-10-01
卷号	10 期号:10 页码:13
关键词	rural-urban migration ecological footprint mountainous area of China age structure
ISSN号	2071-1050
DOI	10.3390/su10103741
通讯作者	Tan, Minghong(tanmh@igsnrr.ac.cn)
英文摘要	Due to massive rural-urban migration, population size and age structure are subject to significant changes in the mountainous areas of China. This can influence the ecological pressure of the mountainous areas correspondingly. In particular, large numbers of young laborers migrate from rural areas, which may greatly decrease the intensity of local human activities. However, it is still unclear how population changes (size and age structure) affect environmental changes and how to measure these changes. We analyzed changes in the ecological footprint (EF) in the Taihang Mountain region in northern China using field survey data. From 2000 to 2016, the population size in the study area decreased by 9.7%, while the EF declined by 32.1%. The EF per capita (EF_per) decreased more rapidly with decreasing elevation, which indicated that at lower elevations, households were less dependent on local resources. For households with more elderly people, the EF_per was considerably lower than for other households in 2000. However, in 2016, this was not the case, and the households with a share of the working-age population between 50-75% had the lowest EF_per. Our study is of great practical significance for reasonably guiding population migration and rural sustainable development.
资助项目	Natural Science Foundation of China[41771116] ; National Program Key Basic Research Project of China (973 Program)[2015CB452700] ; National Key Research and Development Program of China[2016YFC0502103]
WOS关键词	URBAN MIGRATION ; LAND-USE ; VEGETATION GREENNESS ; WATER FOOTPRINT ; AREAS ; SUSTAINABILITY ; COUNTRIES ; PRESSURE ; DYNAMICS ; DRIVERS
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
语种	英语
出版者	MDPI
WOS记录号	WOS:000448559400383
资助机构	Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Program Key Basic Research Project of China (973 Program) ; National Key Research and Development Program of China
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/52524]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Tan, Minghong
作者单位	1.Shandong Univ Sci & Technol, Coll Geomat, Qingdao 266590, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Key Lab Land Surface Pattern & Simulat, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Int Coll, Beijing 10049, Peoples R China 4.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Coll Resources & Environm, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Xiao, Xingyuan,Hu, Minyue,Tan, Minghong,et al. Changes in the Ecological Footprint of Rural Populations in the Taihang Mountains, China[J]. SUSTAINABILITY,2018,10(10):13.
APA	Xiao, Xingyuan,Hu, Minyue,Tan, Minghong,Li, Xiubin,&Li, Wei.(2018).Changes in the Ecological Footprint of Rural Populations in the Taihang Mountains, China.SUSTAINABILITY,10(10),13.
MLA	Xiao, Xingyuan,et al."Changes in the Ecological Footprint of Rural Populations in the Taihang Mountains, China".SUSTAINABILITY 10.10(2018):13.