Interactions between water-land resources and oasis urban development at the northern slopes of the Tianshan Mountains,Xinjiang,China |
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| Authors: | Jun LEI Wen DONG Yu YANG Jie LU Thomas STERR |
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| Institution: | 1Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Urumqi 830011,China; 2Institute of Geographic Sciences and Nature Resources Research,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100101,China; 3Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100049,China; 4 Xinjiang Normal University,Urumqi 830054,China; 5 Geographical Institute of Heidelberg University,Heidelberg 69120,Germany |
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| Abstract: | Urban development in arid and semi-arid regions is largely constrained by fragile physical environments.The characteristics of an urban settlement are different from those in other regions of China.This paper analyses the coupling characteristics and spatio-temporal variations for oasis urban development and water-land resources at the northern slopes of the Tianshan Mountains by principal component analysis and a coupling degree model.The result shows that the degree and change in regional use of water and land resources are different among the studied cities/counties during their development.The built-up areas of these cities/counties have changed little with increasing populations and urbanization levels,which well reflects that the urban development in arid and semi-arid regions is limited by oasis areas.Per capita amount of water supplied,however,presented a trend of slowed growth with increasing levels of urbanization.Water consumption gradually increased with urban development and the improvement of people’s living standards,accompanied by enhanced water use efficiency. The level of urbanization can be assessed through the coupling degree between oasis urban development and the use of water and land resources.A high coupling degree represents a high level of comprehensive urban development and use of water-land resources.Alternatively,a low coupling degree denotes a low level of urban development and water-land resource use. |
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| Keywords: | oasis urban development water-land resources coupling factors coupling degree northern slopes of the Tianshan Mountains |
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