Assessing the Influence of Water Conservancy Projects on China’s Reserve Resources for Cultivated Land
The development of reserve resources of cultivated land (RRCL) is a vital way of supplementing cultivated land in the northern arid and semi-arid regions of China. This study developed a suitability evaluation system for reserve resources of cultivated land from the nature–function–environment persp...
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| author | Yuan Yao Guohua He Wei Li Yong Zhao Haihong Li Fan He |
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| description | The development of reserve resources of cultivated land (RRCL) is a vital way of supplementing cultivated land in the northern arid and semi-arid regions of China. This study developed a suitability evaluation system for reserve resources of cultivated land from the nature–function–environment perspective. The evaluation considered the construction of water conservancy projects, establishing two scenarios of rain-fed and irrigated agriculture. The evaluation results for unused land were divided into four levels, including highly suitable, relatively suitable, moderately suitable and unsuitable, using the three-dimensional Rubik’s cube spatial classification method. The results show that: (1) Under the rain-fed agriculture scenario, the developable quantity and quality of unused land were poor. The potential area of reserve resources of cultivated land only accounted for 5% of the total area. (2) Under the irrigated agriculture scenario, the potential area of reserve resources of cultivated land increased to 21% of the total unused land. The areas were mainly distributed in Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, and Gansu. The research considered the impact of water conservancy projects on the development and utilization of reserve resources of cultivated land. It can provide references for the development of arable land resources and territorial spatial planning in China. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8d0a407f836d43d7a4725c94e4b6263d2023-11-19T11:35:12ZengMDPI AGLand2073-445X2023-09-01129181110.3390/land12091811Assessing the Influence of Water Conservancy Projects on China’s Reserve Resources for Cultivated LandYuan Yao0Guohua He1Wei Li2Yong Zhao3Haihong Li4Fan He5State Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of Water Cycles in River Basins, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, No.1 Yuyuantan South Street, Haidian, Beijing 100038, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of Water Cycles in River Basins, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, No.1 Yuyuantan South Street, Haidian, Beijing 100038, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of Water Cycles in River Basins, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, No.1 Yuyuantan South Street, Haidian, Beijing 100038, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of Water Cycles in River Basins, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, No.1 Yuyuantan South Street, Haidian, Beijing 100038, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of Water Cycles in River Basins, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, No.1 Yuyuantan South Street, Haidian, Beijing 100038, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of Water Cycles in River Basins, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, No.1 Yuyuantan South Street, Haidian, Beijing 100038, ChinaThe development of reserve resources of cultivated land (RRCL) is a vital way of supplementing cultivated land in the northern arid and semi-arid regions of China. This study developed a suitability evaluation system for reserve resources of cultivated land from the nature–function–environment perspective. The evaluation considered the construction of water conservancy projects, establishing two scenarios of rain-fed and irrigated agriculture. The evaluation results for unused land were divided into four levels, including highly suitable, relatively suitable, moderately suitable and unsuitable, using the three-dimensional Rubik’s cube spatial classification method. The results show that: (1) Under the rain-fed agriculture scenario, the developable quantity and quality of unused land were poor. The potential area of reserve resources of cultivated land only accounted for 5% of the total area. (2) Under the irrigated agriculture scenario, the potential area of reserve resources of cultivated land increased to 21% of the total unused land. The areas were mainly distributed in Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, and Gansu. The research considered the impact of water conservancy projects on the development and utilization of reserve resources of cultivated land. It can provide references for the development of arable land resources and territorial spatial planning in China.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/9/1811water conservancy projects in Chinareserve resources of cultivated landrain-fed and irrigated agriculturedevelopment strategies |
| spellingShingle | Yuan Yao Guohua He Wei Li Yong Zhao Haihong Li Fan He Assessing the Influence of Water Conservancy Projects on China’s Reserve Resources for Cultivated Land Land water conservancy projects in China reserve resources of cultivated land rain-fed and irrigated agriculture development strategies |
| title | Assessing the Influence of Water Conservancy Projects on China’s Reserve Resources for Cultivated Land |
| title_full | Assessing the Influence of Water Conservancy Projects on China’s Reserve Resources for Cultivated Land |
| title_fullStr | Assessing the Influence of Water Conservancy Projects on China’s Reserve Resources for Cultivated Land |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing the Influence of Water Conservancy Projects on China’s Reserve Resources for Cultivated Land |
| title_short | Assessing the Influence of Water Conservancy Projects on China’s Reserve Resources for Cultivated Land |
| title_sort | assessing the influence of water conservancy projects on china s reserve resources for cultivated land |
| topic | water conservancy projects in China reserve resources of cultivated land rain-fed and irrigated agriculture development strategies |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/9/1811 |
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