• Geographical Research
  • Vol. 39, Issue 8, 1707 (2020)
Fang WANG1、*, Lizhe AN2, Anrong DANG3, Jianye HAN4, Changhong MIAO5, Jing WANG6, Guanghan ZHANG7, and Yong ZHAO8
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture / NSFC-DFG Sino-German Cooperation Group on Urbanization and Locality, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
  • 2Academy of Ecological Conservation and High-quality Development of the Yellow River Basin, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
  • 3School of Architecture, GIS Laboratory for Human Settlements Research, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • 4School of history, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
  • 5Key Research Institute of Yellow River Civilization and Sustainable Development & Collaborative Innovation Center on Yellow River Civilization, Henan University, Kaifeng 475001, Henan, China
  • 6College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
  • 7China Academy of Urban Planning and Design, Beijing 100044, China
  • 8Department of Water Resources, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing 100038, China
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    DOI: 10.11821/dlyj020200217 Cite this Article
    Fang WANG, Lizhe AN, Anrong DANG, Jianye HAN, Changhong MIAO, Jing WANG, Guanghan ZHANG, Yong ZHAO. Human-land coupling and sustainable human settlements in the Yellow River Basin[J]. Geographical Research, 2020, 39(8): 1707 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The Yellow River Basin is one of the regions with the most complex human-land relationship in China, and takes responsibility for the construction of ecological security and economic and social development. Since ancient times, human beings and the Yellow River has been in the process of coevolution. In recent years, there is an increasing pressure of ecological protection brought about by economic development. And there is a higher risk and greater vulnerability of water resources in the river basin. In order to resolve the human-land contradiction, it is necessary to explore the dynamic coupling mechanism of urban settlements and rivers. As "ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin" has become a major national strategy, this study focuses on the spatial differentiation and evolution of human-land relationship in this basin, as well as the difficulties and opportunities of resources and ecological protection, from the perspective of urban and rural planning, physical geography, environmental archaeology, ecology, hydrology and water resources, land resource management and other related fields. The balance between built environment and natural environment is the basis of sustainable development. The Yellow River Basin should be regarded as a “community of life”, in which the natural and human environment interact and depend on each other, and sustainable development strategies should be discussed from the aspects of systematization, intersection, locality and adaptability.
    Fang WANG, Lizhe AN, Anrong DANG, Jianye HAN, Changhong MIAO, Jing WANG, Guanghan ZHANG, Yong ZHAO. Human-land coupling and sustainable human settlements in the Yellow River Basin[J]. Geographical Research, 2020, 39(8): 1707
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