Effects of Climate and Land-Use Change on the Supply and Demand Relationship of Water Provision Services in the Yellow River Basin
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Data
2.2.1. Meteorological Data
2.2.2. Land-Use and Cover Data
2.2.3. Soil Data and Plant Water Availability Data
2.2.4. Socio-Economic Data and Water Resource Data
2.3. Water Yield Model
2.4. Quantification of Water Demand
2.5. Quantification of Water Supply–Demand Relationship
2.6. The Precipitation Concentration Index (PCI)
2.7. Design of Experiment
3. Results
3.1. Climate and Land-Use Variations
3.2. Actual Evapotranspiration and Water Yield Variations
3.3. Water Demand and WSDR Variations
3.4. Climate and Land-Use Effects on Actual Evapotranspiration and Water Yield
3.5. Climate and Land-Use Effects on WSDR
4. Discussion
4.1. Climate and Land-Use Effects on Actual Evapotranspiration and Water Yield
4.2. Climate and Land-Use Effects on WSDR
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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LAND USE | Area in 1995 (km2) | Area in 2019 (km2) | Absolute Variation (km2) | Relative Variation (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Forest | 69,573 | 72,859 | 3286 | 4.72% |
Shrubland | 903 | 653 | −250 | −27.69% |
Grassland | 445,250 | 452,883 | 7633 | 1.71% |
Water | 3457 | 3876 | 419 | 12.12% |
Cropland | 217,203 | 204,276 | −12,927 | −5.95% |
Construction land | 1639 | 11,397 | 9758 | 595.36% |
Others | 33,057 | 25,138 | −7919 | −23.96% |
Effects | Actual Evapotranspiration Change Rate | Water Yield Change Rate | WSDR Change Rate | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
mm/year | p | mm/year | p | mm/year | p | |
Combined | 2.45 | <0.01 | 0.94 | <0.05 | 0.004 | 0.15 |
Climate | 2.38 | <0.01 | 0.99 | <0.01 | 0.007 | <0.01 |
Land use | 0.07 | <0.01 | −0.05 | <0.05 | −0.003 | <0.05 |
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Gao, F.; Luo, Y.; Zhao, C. Effects of Climate and Land-Use Change on the Supply and Demand Relationship of Water Provision Services in the Yellow River Basin. Land 2023, 12, 2089. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12122089
Gao F, Luo Y, Zhao C. Effects of Climate and Land-Use Change on the Supply and Demand Relationship of Water Provision Services in the Yellow River Basin. Land. 2023; 12(12):2089. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12122089
Chicago/Turabian StyleGao, Fei, Yi Luo, and Congju Zhao. 2023. "Effects of Climate and Land-Use Change on the Supply and Demand Relationship of Water Provision Services in the Yellow River Basin" Land 12, no. 12: 2089. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12122089