Anthropogenic activities and coastal environmental quality: a regional quantitative analysis in southeast China with management implications
| Autor: | Hongwei Ke, Huorong Chen, Shengyun Yang, Yan Liu, Dongren Huang, Minggang Cai, Songbin Zhang, Kai Chen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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China
Conservation of Natural Resources 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Socioeconomic development 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Kuznets curve Environmental protection Urbanization Water Quality Per capita Environmental Chemistry Environmental quality 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Sustainable development business.industry Environmental resource management General Medicine Pollution Geography Bays Water quality Economic Development business Coastal management Environmental Monitoring |
| Zdroj: | Environmental science and pollution research international. 25(4) |
| ISSN: | 1614-7499 |
| Popis: | Regional analysis of environmental issues has always been a hot topic in the field of sustainable development. Because the different levels of economic growth, urbanization, resource endowments, etc. in different regions generate apparently different ecological responses, a better description and comparison across different regions will provide more valuable implications for ecological improvement and policymaking. In this study, seven typical bays in southeast China that are a rapid developing area were selected to quantitatively analyze the relationship between socioeconomic development and coastal environmental quality. Based on the water quality data from 2007 to 2015, the multivariate statistical method was applied to analyze the potential environmental risks and to classify the seven bays based on their environmental quality status. The possible variation trends of environmental indices were predicted based on the cross-regional panel data by Environmental Kuznets Curve. The results showed that there were significant regional differences among the seven bays, especially Quanzhou, Xiamen, and Luoyuan Bays, suffered from severer artificial disturbances than other bays, despite their different development patterns. Socioeconomic development level was significantly associated with some water quality indices (pH, DIN, PO4–P); the association was roughly positive: the areas with higher GDP per capita have some worse water quality indices. In addition, the decreasing trend of pH values and the increasing trend of nutrient concentration in the seven bays will continue in the foreseeable future. In consideration of the variation trends, the limiting nutrient strategy should be implemented to mitigate the deterioration of the coastal environments. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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