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Modelling the response of surface water quality to the urbanization in Xi'an, China

  • Hongming He*
  • , Jie Zhou
  • , Yongjao Wu
  • , Wanchang Zhang
  • , Xiuping Xie
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • CAS - Institute of Earth Environment
  • University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • CAS - Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes
  • Nanjing University

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Abstract

The study investigated the response of surface water quality to urbanization in Xi'an, China. We qualitatively described the change in urban land use from 1996 to 2003, analyzed the status of the surface water environment, and constructed a model of urban expansion to simulate the water environment's response to urbanization. Our results revealed that patterns of land use changed dramatically, the rate of economic growth exceeded that of urbanization during the study period, and increasing urban land use was correlated with fluctuations in water quality. The simulated results suggested that urbanization had reached the environmental carrying capacity based on the average land utility and the marginal costs of pollution.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)731-749
Number of pages19
JournalJournal of Environmental Management
Volume86
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2008
Externally publishedYes

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  2. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  3. SDG 15 - Life on Land
    SDG 15 Life on Land

Keywords

  • Land-use change
  • Surface water quality
  • Urbanization
  • Xi'an

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