The Comprehensive Management Zoning of Mountains, Rivers, Forests, and Farmlands Based on Element Recognition

Huiting Yu and Jiupai Ni ()
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Huiting Yu: College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
Jiupai Ni: College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China

Land, 2023, vol. 12, issue 11, 1-25

Abstract: Land subsidence, soil erosion, and landscape fragmentation frequently occur in regions of backward production capacity. Therefore, it is imperative to carry out efforts for ecological restoration in these mine-closed regions. The proposal of holistic conservation of mountains, rivers, forests, farmlands, lakes, grasslands, and deserts provides important guidance for ecological restoration. To support the governance of regional ecology, this paper aims to discuss the layout of element governance zoning in four southern towns of Qijiang District, Chongqing. SBAS-InSAR technology, vulnerability assessment, linear trend analysis, and suitability evaluation were used to divide the mountain, water, forest, and farmland management areas. Regional comprehensive management work was implemented according to the severity of each element’s existing ecological questions. Eventually, a comprehensive management pattern of mountains, rivers, forests, and farmlands can be obtained. The results show that the mountain management area is 8.03 km 2 (3.24% of the total management area), the hydrological management area is 212.07 km 2 (85.80% of the total management area), the forest management area is 7.04 km 2 (2.84% of the total management area), and the farmland management area is 20.07 km 2 (8.12% of the total management area). In light of the current circumstances, this study advocates for the implementation of three integrated governance approaches, with a focus on managing hydrological factors. These approaches include ridge-based mountain, water, and forest governance, valley-based mountain, water, and farmland governance, and undergrowth economy-based water, forest, and farmland governance. This study explores the spatial layout and priority of the governance areas from the perspective of elements, which provides a new development direction for the current research on the life community based on policy analysis.

Keywords: life community; element recognition; comprehensive treatment; ecological restoration; region of the backward production capacity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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