TY - JOUR
T1 - A perspective on water resources in China
T2 - Interactions between climate change and soil degradation
AU - Tao, Fulu
AU - Yokozawa, Masayuki
AU - Hayashi, Yousay
AU - Lin, Erda
N1 - Funding Information:
Our study was funded by the Eco-Frontier Fellowship, under the auspices of the Association of International Research Initiatives for Environmental Studies (AIRIES), Japan. It was also funded by the National Key Program for Developing Basic Science (Project Number 1999043400) and National ‘Tenth five-year’ Gongguan project (No. 2001-BA611B-02-02). Sincere thanks are due to J. Resink, J. Huting, and G.W.J. van Lynden of the International Soil Reference and Information Centre (ISRIC) for providing the raster data from ASSOD; Y. Ishigooka of the National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Japan, for his help in managing the ASSOD database; and the anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments and suggestions.
PY - 2005/1
Y1 - 2005/1
N2 - Water is one of the most critical resources in China. Climate change and soil degradation will be two major, interrelated environmental challenges faced by managers of water resources in coming decades. In this study, we used a water-balance model and updated databases to assess the interacting impacts of climate change and soil degradation on China's future water resources. We plotted the spatial pattern of changes in actual and potential evapotranspiration, soil moisture deficits, and surface runoff across China in the 2020s using a resolution of 0.5°latitude and longitude under scenarios based on climate change, soil degradation, and a combination of the two. The results showed that climate change would affect the magnitude and spatial pattern of water resources on a national scale. Some regions in central, southwestern, and northeastern China would become more vulnerable to disastrous drought and floods as a result of soil degradation. Under the combined impacts of climate change and soil degradation, soil moisture deficits would increase most in central, western, and southwestern China; surface runoff would increase most in southeastern China. More detailed process-based models are needed to capture feedback mechanisms more effectively.
AB - Water is one of the most critical resources in China. Climate change and soil degradation will be two major, interrelated environmental challenges faced by managers of water resources in coming decades. In this study, we used a water-balance model and updated databases to assess the interacting impacts of climate change and soil degradation on China's future water resources. We plotted the spatial pattern of changes in actual and potential evapotranspiration, soil moisture deficits, and surface runoff across China in the 2020s using a resolution of 0.5°latitude and longitude under scenarios based on climate change, soil degradation, and a combination of the two. The results showed that climate change would affect the magnitude and spatial pattern of water resources on a national scale. Some regions in central, southwestern, and northeastern China would become more vulnerable to disastrous drought and floods as a result of soil degradation. Under the combined impacts of climate change and soil degradation, soil moisture deficits would increase most in central, western, and southwestern China; surface runoff would increase most in southeastern China. More detailed process-based models are needed to capture feedback mechanisms more effectively.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10584-005-6013-1
DO - 10.1007/s10584-005-6013-1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:15244339427
SN - 0165-0009
VL - 68
SP - 169
EP - 197
JO - Climatic Change
JF - Climatic Change
IS - 1-2
ER -
