Challenges Towards Ecological Sustainability in China

This book includes a selection of the best papers presented at the Jinan Forum on Geography and Ecological Sustainability held in Guangzhou, China, from 17 to 19 February 2017, as well as several invited papers. It discusses concepts, methods, and applications in geography and ecology with an emphasis on various issues challenging ecological sustainability in China. Chapters are written by leading scholars and researchers from a variety of disciplines including geography, ecology, environmental science and policy, and economics. Case studies are predominantly drawn from Southern China, where nearly four decades of dramatic urbanization has caused economic and ecological strains on land and people. This book will appeal to a wide readership including researchers, upper-division undergraduate and graduate students, and professionals in the fields of sustainability science, geography, ecology, and environmental science and policy.

Auteur
Dr. Xiaojun Yang is a tenured Full Professor of Geography in the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy at Florida State University (FSU). He completed his higher education in China, the Netherlands, and the USA. His research interests include the development of remote sensing and geospatial information techniques to support geographic inquiries in the urban and environmental domains. He has done research for NASA and has received competitive grants from US National Science Foundation (NSF) and US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Yang has authored or co-authored more than 100 publications including six books; his book "Urban Remote Sensing: Monitoring, Synthesis, and Modelling in the Urban Environment" was translated into Chinese and was selected to receive one of the Best Imported Book Awards by China Press Association in 2016. In addition to his own publications, Yang was guest editor for six SCI journals. He also served as a Director of Cartography and Geographic Information Society (CaGIS) and Chair of the Commission on Mapping from Remote Sensor Imagery of the International Cartographic Association (ICA).
Dr. Shijun Jiang is a Full Professor of Paleoecology at Jinan University, Guangzhou, China. He followed higher education in China and the USA. He uses fossil community and geochemical means to study the biotic responses to environmental change and the dynamic processes of aquatic ecosystems over a range of timescales. His research has gained competitive funding from US Consortium for Ocean Leadership, Chinese National Science Foundation, Chinese National Key Basic Research Program, and China National Offshore Oil Corporation. Jiang has authored or co-authored more than 40 journal articles and has been a reviewer for more than 10 high profile international journals. He currently serves in the Fossil Algae Committee of Paleontological Society of China, the Freshwater Ecology Committee of the Ecological Society of Guangdong Province, the editorial boards of Marine Micropaleontology and Advances in Oceanography & Marine Biology, and the Urban Environmental and Resources Protection Committee of the Guangzhou Municipal People's Congress.

Contenu

1. Geography and Ecological Sustainability: Concepts, Methods, and Applications
2. Ecological Security Assessment: Theories and Applications
3. From Urban Remote Sensing to Urban Sensing: How Can We Better Perceive Urban Complex Systems?
4. Green Development Strategies for Shanxi Province, China
5. Lessons for the Future from Perspectives of the Last Great Global Warming
6. Soil Security Utilization and Spatial Regulation in the Pearl River Delta, China
7. Urbanization in the Pearl River Delta and its Impact on Flooding
8. Impacts of Landscape Configuration on Non-Point Pollution Process at the Watershed Level: Monitoring and Simulations
9. Water Resource Utilization and Sustainable Ecosystem Management in Some Critical Areas along the Silk Road
10. Contributions of Groundwater to Ecosystem Integrity in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas
11. Nutrients in Groundwater and Associated Processes in the Coastal Zone of the Pearl River Delta, China
12. Remote Sensing-Based Monitoring of Some Critical Water Indicators along High-Polluted Coasts in Guangdong Province, China
13. Current State of China's Xuwen Coral Reef Ecological Health: A View from Remote Sensing of Water Quality Change
14. Monitoring Anthropogenic Disturbance with Benthic Macroinvertebrates and their Isotopic Compositions in a Typical Subtropical River
15. Epilithic Diatom Biogeography and its Implications to Ecological Conditions of Brooks in South China
16. Biodiversity of the Harmful Benthic Dinoflagellates in the Tropical Waters of the South China Sea
17. Coastal Environmental Bioremediation and Seaweed Resource Utilizationdi