DEFORESTATION IN PREINDUSTRIAL CHINA - THE LOESS PLATEAU REGION AS AN EXAMPLE

被引：34

作者：

FANG, JQ ^{[1
]}

XIE, ZR ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] NANJING UNIV,DEPT GEO & OCEAN SCI,NANJING 210008,PEOPLES R CHINA

来源：

CHEMOSPHERE | 1994年 / 29卷 / 05期

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D O I：

10.1016/0045-6535(94)90164-3

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

According to historical records, vegetation destruction occurred nationwide and frequently in preindustrial China; the four most frequent causes were firewood collection, charcoal making for heating in winter, land reclamation, and brick making and construction of houses and palaces. As an example, the Loess Plateau, the cradle of ancient Chinese civilization, was well covered by grasses and trees at least until the Western Han (206 B.C.-A.D. 8), but has been largely turned into barren land after long-term vegetation destruction induced mainly by human activities and partly by climatic change. With this change, the region experienced the most intense soil erosion in the world and a significant decrease in water tables of rivers, lakes, and groundwater; it was turned from flat land into hills with deep gullies, and from a culturally and economically advanced area into a backward one,

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页码：983 / 999

页数：17