A holistic approach for evaluating ecological water allocation in the Yellow River Basin of China |
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Authors: | Yang Zhifeng Cui Baoshan and Chen He |
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Institution: | (1) State Key Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China |
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Abstract: | The characteristics and sustainable management of water resources on a basin scale require that they should be managed using
a holistic approach. In this study, a holistic methodology called the holistic approach in a basin scale (HABS) is proposed
to determine the ecological water requirements of a whole basin. There are three principles in HABS. First, ecological water
requirements in a basin scale indicate not only the coupling of hydrological and ecological systems, but also the exchange
of matter and energy between each ecological type through all kinds of physical geography processes. Second, ecological water
requirements can be divided into different types according to their functions, and water requirements of different types are
compatible. Third, ecological water requirements are related to a multiple system including water quality, water quantity,
and time and space, which interact with each other. The holistic approach in a basin scale was then used in the Yellow River
Basin and it suggested that 265.0 × 108 m3 of water, 45% of the total surface water resources, should be allocated to ecological systems, such as rivers, lakes, wetlands
and cities, to sustain its function and health. The ecological water requirements of inside river systems and outside river
systems were respectively 261.0 × 108 and 3.65 × 108 m3. |
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Keywords: | holistic approach ecological flow Yellow River Basin |
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