The Adaptive Countermeasures against Climate Change in Shulehe River Basin, China

JOURNAL OF DESERT RESEARCH

2011, Vol. 31

Issue (5): 1316-1322 DOI:

天气与气候

The Adaptive Countermeasures against Climate Change in Shulehe River Basin, China

SUN Xi-ke, ZHOU Li-hua, CHEN Yong

Key Laboratory of Desert and Desertification, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China

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Abstract Shulehe River is one of the three largest inland river water systems in Hexi Corridor of Gansu province, China, and it has been obviously affected by climate change in recent 100 years. This paper evaluates the adapting capacity against climate change in the Shulehe River basin based on field survey and questionnaire investigation, and puts forward the adaptive strategy for local social economy development. The results show that the adapting capacity against climate change is comparatively weak in the Shulehe River basin, and the main manifestations include: Climate change is significant and the amount of water resources decrease; grasslands in upper reaches of the Shulehe River degrade; The ability of herdsmen coping with climate change is limited and is weakening; The income gap between citizens and rural residences is becoming larger, and it is harmful to steady development of local society. The adaptive strategy against climate change are as follows: to strengthen the intergovernmental cooperation at all levels and their guidance; to use and manage water resources integrally; to improve education to the lower cultural residents; to accelerate transfer from rural surplus labor to city; to carry out ecological environment protection policies as before; and to optimize industrial structure.

Key words: climate change adaptive capacity adaptive strategy Shulehe River basin

Received: 27 November 2010 Published: 20 September 2011

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SUN Xi-ke;ZHOU Li-hua;CHEN Yong. The Adaptive Countermeasures against Climate Change in Shulehe River Basin, China. JOURNAL OF DESERT RESEARCH, 2011, 31(5): 1316-1322.

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