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Research framework for integrated geography: Composite driving–system evolution–coupling mechanism–synergistic regulation 综合地理学研究框架：复合驱动-系统演化-耦合机制-协同调节

IF 8 1区环境科学与生态学 Q1 GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL

Geography and Sustainability

Pub Date : 2025-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.geosus.2025.100321

Wenwu Zhao , Zizhao Ni , Caichun Yin , Yanxu Liu , Paulo Pereira

Amid ongoing global environmental change and the critical pursuit of sustainable development, human–environment systems are exhibiting increasingly complex dynamic evolutions and spatial relationships, underscoring an urgent need for innovative research frameworks. Integrated geography synthesizes physical geography, human geography, and geographic information science, providing key frameworks for understanding complex human–environment systems. This editorial proposes an emerging research framework for integrated geography—“Composite driving–System evolution–Coupling mechanism–Synergistic regulation (CSCS)”—based on key issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, resource scarcity, and social–ecological interactions, which have been highlighted in both recent critical literature on human–environment systems and UN assessment reports. The framework starts with diverse composite driving forces, extends to the evolution of human–environment system structures, processes, and functions that these drivers induce, explores couplings within human–environment systems, and calls for regulation aimed at sustainable development in synergies. Major research frontiers include understanding the cascading “evolution–coupling” effects of shocks; measuring system resilience, thresholds, and safe and just operating space boundaries; clarifying linkage mechanisms across scales; and achieving synergistic outcomes for multi-objective sustainability. This framework will help promote the interdisciplinary integration and development of integrated geography, and provide geographical solutions for the global sustainable development agenda.

在持续的全球环境变化和对可持续发展的迫切追求中，人类-环境系统呈现出日益复杂的动态演变和空间关系，迫切需要创新的研究框架。综合地理学综合了自然地理学、人文地理学和地理信息科学，为理解复杂的人-环境系统提供了关键框架。本文基于气候变化、生物多样性丧失、资源稀缺、社会生态相互作用等近年来人类环境系统的重要文献和联合国评估报告所强调的关键问题，提出了一个新兴的综合地理学研究框架——“复合驱动-系统进化-耦合机制-协同调节（CSCS）”。该框架从多种复合驱动力出发，延伸到这些驱动力所引发的人-环境系统结构、过程和功能的演变，探索人-环境系统内部的耦合，并呼吁在协同作用中进行旨在可持续发展的监管。主要的研究前沿包括理解冲击的级联“进化耦合”效应；测量系统弹性、阈值和安全、公正的操作空间边界；明确跨尺度联动机制；实现多目标可持续性的协同效应。这一框架将有助于促进综合地理学的跨学科整合和发展，为全球可持续发展议程提供地理解决方案。

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Global aging exacerbates heat exposure risk across diverse socioeconomic pathways 全球老龄化加剧了不同社会经济途径的热暴露风险

IF 8 1区环境科学与生态学 Q1 GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL

Geography and Sustainability

Pub Date : 2025-05-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.geosus.2025.100318

Xiao Chen , Song Leng , Zhaowu Yu , Ranhao Sun

Elderly individuals disproportionately face heat exposure risk compared to other demographic groups, with projected amplification in the future. The vast disparities between Global North and South countries necessitate a comprehensive understanding of the underlying factors influencing future heat exposure vulnerabilities. Here, we use factor decomposition method to quantify the contribution of climate change, population, and aging to heat exposure risk under four shared socioeconomic pathways (SSP) (SSP126, SSP245, SSP370, SSP585) from 2000 to 2100 at 20-year intervals. Results demonstrate a projected global escalation in heat exposure risk by 16 and 76 times under SSP126 and SSP585, respectively, with the North generally suffering lower risk than the South. Climate change emerges as a pivotal driver of future heat exposure risk in the North while aging notably influences the South. Despite climate change is projected to reduce heat exposure risk by up to 10 % in the North under SSP1-2.6 by the end of the 21st century, aging remains a critical risk factor.

与其他人口群体相比，老年人面临的热暴露风险不成比例，预计未来会扩大。全球北方和南方国家之间的巨大差异需要全面了解影响未来热暴露脆弱性的潜在因素。本文采用因子分解方法，以20年为间隔，量化了2000 ~ 2100年4条共享社会经济路径（SSP）（SSP126、SSP245、SSP370、SSP585）下气候变化、人口和老龄化对热暴露风险的贡献。结果表明，在SSP126和SSP585下，预计全球热暴露风险分别增加16倍和76倍，北方的风险普遍低于南方。气候变化成为北方未来热暴露风险的关键驱动因素，而老龄化对南方的影响尤为明显。尽管根据SSP1-2.6，预计到21世纪末，气候变化将使北方地区的热暴露风险降低10%，但老龄化仍然是一个关键的风险因素。

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Vegetation restoration reduces landscape ecological risk in the Loess Plateau 植被恢复降低了黄土高原景观生态风险

IF 8 1区环境科学与生态学 Q1 GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL

Geography and Sustainability

Pub Date : 2025-05-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.geosus.2025.100320

Hu Yu , Xinyue Hu , Ling Yao

Vegetation restoration (VR) is critical for enhancing the resilience of fragile ecosystems, yet its impact on landscape ecological risk (LER) remains uncertain. The VR project on the Loess Plateau in Shaanxi Province (LPSX) was taken as a case study to address ecological and environmental challenges, including soil erosion and land degradation. This study used multi-source data, including land cover, fractional vegetation cover, and nighttime light. It employed landscape pattern analysis, spatio-temporal correlation analysis, and causality analysis to assess the impacts. This study found a generally positive relationship between VR and the mitigation of LER in LPSX, though spatial and temporal variations exist from 2000 to 2020. Localized VR significantly influenced 17.66 % to 27.03 % of the study area. Positive effects were mainly observed in sandy and gully-hilly regions, showing an upward fluctuating trend that peaked at 21.91 % in 2010. After 2010, negative effects in the Fen-Wei Plain, Qinling Mountains, and Liupan Mountains outweighed the positive effects and continued to expand. Urbanization had a broader impact on LER distribution compared to VR. The findings indicate that future VR projects should focus on the spatial pattern of restoration and its associated eco-social effects to ensure sustainable development.

植被恢复是增强脆弱生态系统恢复力的关键，但其对景观生态风险的影响尚不确定。以陕西省黄土高原VR项目（LPSX）为例，研究如何应对包括土壤侵蚀和土地退化在内的生态环境挑战。这项研究使用了多源数据，包括土地覆盖、植被覆盖度和夜间灯光。采用景观格局分析、时空相关分析、因果分析等方法对影响进行评价。本研究发现，尽管在2000 - 2020年期间存在时空变化，但LPSX地区的VR与LER缓解之间总体上存在正相关关系。局部VR显著影响了17.66% ~ 27.03%的研究区域。积极影响主要出现在沙质和沟壑区，呈上升波动趋势，2010年达到21.91%的峰值。2010年以后，汾渭平原、秦岭和六盘山的负面效应大于正面效应，且持续扩大。与VR相比，城市化对LER分布的影响更大。研究结果表明，未来的虚拟现实项目应关注恢复的空间格局及其相关的生态社会效应，以确保可持续发展。

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Daily spatial temperature range: Spatiotemporal pattern and climate change response 日空间温度变化：时空格局与气候变化响应

IF 8 1区环境科学与生态学 Q1 GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL

Geography and Sustainability

Pub Date : 2025-05-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.geosus.2025.100319

Fayong Liu , Xinyu Zou , Yuanyuan Huang

Due to its impact on cereal yields, vegetation growth, animal wellbeing, and human health, considerable attention has been paid to diurnal temperature range, focusing on the temporal dimension of surface air temperature. However, the characteristics of spatial temperature range and its response to climate change remain unclear, despite its importance to various natural and societal activities. Here, we proposed a daily spatial temperature range (DSTR, difference between spatial maximum and minimum temperature, STmax and STmin) indicator to measure the maximum spatial temperature range within a given region over a day. We analyzed the spatiotemporal pattern of DSTR and its trend under climate change at four scales (global, hemispheric, national, and provincial), with the following main results: (1) DSTR was scale dependent, provincial pattern of which were mainly related to sensible and latent heat fluxes. (2) The key regions affecting DSTR and temporal distribution at different scales were mapped out. (3) Under climate change, DSTR significantly decreased globally, hemispherically, and in several Chinese provinces due to the greater warming of STmin than STmax. The influence of latent heat flux and solar shortwave radiation was larger at global/hemispheric scales, while the albedo was a more critical driver at provincial scale. For the first time, we proposed the DSTR indicator and emphasized the importance of exploring spatial temperature heterogeneity. This spatial information is important to optimize relevant societal activities, and the response of DSTR to climate change has further led to the consideration of the relationship between DSTR and extreme events, biodiversity, etc.

由于其对谷物产量、植被生长、动物福利和人类健康的影响，人们对日温度范围的研究受到了相当大的关注，重点关注地表气温的时间维度。然而，尽管空间温度变化对各种自然和社会活动具有重要意义，但其特征及其对气候变化的响应尚不清楚。在此，我们提出了一个日空间温度范围（DSTR，空间最高和最低温度之差，STmax和STmin）指标来衡量给定区域一天内的最大空间温度范围。在全球、半球、国家和省际4个尺度上分析了气候变化背景下的DSTR时空格局及其变化趋势，结果表明：(1)DSTR具有尺度依赖性，省际格局主要与感热通量和潜热通量有关。(2)绘制了不同尺度下影响DSTR的关键区域和时间分布。(3)在气候变化背景下，全球、半球和中国部分省份的DSTR显著减少，主要原因是暖化程度大于暖化程度。潜热通量和太阳短波辐射在全球/半球尺度上的影响更大，而反照率在省尺度上的影响更大。本文首次提出了DSTR指标，并强调了探索空间温度异质性的重要性。这些空间信息对于优化相关社会活动具有重要意义，DSTR对气候变化的响应进一步引发了对DSTR与极端事件、生物多样性等之间关系的考虑。

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Landscape sustainability science and the Sustainable Development Goals 景观可持续性科学与可持续发展目标

IF 8 1区环境科学与生态学 Q1 GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL

Geography and Sustainability

Pub Date : 2025-05-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.geosus.2025.100309

Jianguo (Jingle) Wu , Julius Addai , Macharia Consolata , Zening Gao , Erica Martin , Emily Sezate Yasutake , Yucang Wang

Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires place-based solutions that reconcile global aspirations with local realities. Landscapes and regions represent a pivotal scale domain—large enough to capture cross-boundary ecological and socioeconomic processes, yet sufficiently grounded to enable context-sensitive understanding and governance. Landscape sustainability science offers a robust framework for bridging the global-local divide in SDG implementation. Rooted in the long-standing convergence between ecology and geography—tracing back to Humboldt’s unity of nature—landscape sustainability science advances a spatially explicit, systems-oriented approach guided by the principles of strong sustainability. Here we present the landscape sustainability science framework, structured around the core triad of landscape pattern, ecosystem services, and human wellbeing, and operationalized through dual feedback loops and the analysis–adaptation–assessment cycle. Our assessment shows that landscape sustainability science contributes directly to eight SDGs and indirectly to six others, offering actionable strategies for climate resilience, sustainable land management, and inclusive landscape governance. By helping to spatialize, localize, and operationalize global sustainability targets, landscape sustainability science provides a pragmatic pathway to advance the SDGs in diverse socioecological contexts. If global sustainability is to be achieved, we must think and act like a landscape.

实现可持续发展目标（sdg）需要基于地方的解决方案，以协调全球愿望和地方现实。景观和区域代表了一个关键的尺度域——大到足以捕捉跨界的生态和社会经济过程，但又有足够的基础来实现上下文敏感的理解和治理。景观可持续性科学为弥合可持续发展目标实施过程中全球和地方之间的鸿沟提供了一个强有力的框架。植根于生态学和地理学之间长期的融合——追溯到洪堡的自然统一性——景观可持续性科学在强可持续性原则的指导下，提出了一种空间明确的、以系统为导向的方法。在这里，我们提出了景观可持续性科学框架，该框架围绕景观格局、生态系统服务和人类福祉这三个核心要素构建，并通过双反馈循环和分析-适应-评估循环来运作。我们的评估表明，景观可持续性科学直接促进了8项可持续发展目标，间接促进了另外6项可持续发展目标，为气候适应能力、可持续土地管理和包容性景观治理提供了可操作的战略。景观可持续性科学有助于实现全球可持续发展目标的空间化、本地化和可操作性，为在不同社会生态背景下推进可持续发展目标提供了一条务实的途径。如果要实现全球可持续发展，我们必须像景观一样思考和行动。

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The nexus between poverty reduction and carbon emissions: Insights from Hubei, China during the Targeted Poverty Alleviation Period 减贫与碳排放的关系：精准扶贫时期湖北的启示

IF 8 1区环境科学与生态学 Q1 GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL

Geography and Sustainability

Pub Date : 2025-05-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.geosus.2025.100308

Mengxiao Liu , Yong Ge

Wiping out poverty while controlling carbon emissions is a major challenge of our time. China eradicated extreme poverty in 2020 through the targeted poverty alleviation (TPA) strategy, providing a unique case to examine the poverty-carbon nexus at the subnational level. This paper investigates the nexus between county-level poverty reduction and carbon emissions in Hubei province during the TPA period. Our findings support the win-win hypothesis, indicating that poverty reduction and emissions control can be achieved simultaneously. CO₂ sequestration through vegetation emerged as a key factor benefiting both objectives, with a 1 % increase reducing poverty by 0.42 % and lowering carbon emissions by 0.19 %. Economic growth contributed to poverty alleviation but increased emissions: a 1 % rise in GDP reduced poverty by 0.44 % while raising emissions by 0.70 %. Conversely, a 1 % increase in electricity consumption raised poverty by 0.46 % and lowered emissions by 0.12 %. Agricultural development showed a 1 % increase correlated with 0.52 % higher poverty and 0.17 % higher emissions. “Carbon Sink+” trading mechanisms facilitated ecological poverty alleviation in impoverished areas. Panel causality analysis confirms a bidirectional relationship between poverty reduction and carbon emissions. These findings highlight the potential for integrated strategies that advance both poverty alleviation and emissions reduction while considering the complex socioeconomic dynamics necessary to achieve sustainable development goals.

在控制碳排放的同时消除贫困是我们这个时代的一项重大挑战。中国通过精准扶贫（TPA）战略在2020年消除了极端贫困，为研究地方层面的贫困-碳关系提供了一个独特的案例。本文研究了TPA时期湖北省县域扶贫与碳排放的关系。我们的研究结果支持双赢假说，表明减少贫困和控制排放可以同时实现。通过植被进行的CO₂固存是有利于这两个目标的关键因素，增加1%可以减少0.42%的贫困，降低0.19%的碳排放。经济增长有助于减轻贫困，但增加了排放：GDP每增长1%，贫困人口减少0.44%，而排放量增加0.70%。相反，用电量每增加1%，贫困人口就会增加0.46%，排放量则会减少0.12%。农业发展增长1%，贫困增加0.52%，排放增加0.17%。“碳汇+”交易机制助力贫困地区生态扶贫。面板因果分析证实了减贫与碳排放之间的双向关系。这些发现突出表明，在考虑实现可持续发展目标所必需的复杂社会经济动态的同时，有可能制定既促进减贫又促进减排的综合战略。

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Ecological industrialization and rural revitalization for global sustainable development 生态工业化和乡村振兴促进全球可持续发展

IF 8 1区环境科学与生态学 Q1 GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL

Geography and Sustainability

Pub Date : 2025-05-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.geosus.2025.100307

Yansui Liu , Xuhong Li , Sixin Su , Yuanzhi Guo

Global sustainable development cannot be achieved by neglecting rural areas. These regions represent vast territorial spaces beyond urban built-up areas, possessing comparative advantages through their distinctive ecological resources. The transformation of ecological resources into economic value, commonly referred to as ecological industrialization, enhances rural economic vitality and developmental potential. Comprehensive rural revitalization strengthens regional functionality and development resilience, thereby promoting sustainable rural development. Based on human–earth system science, we theorize ecological industrialization as the PGR model, manifesting the transformation path from “poor mountain” to “green mountain” and then to “rich mountain”. It is noteworthy that in regions endowed with beautiful ecological landscapes, the PGR model prioritizes the transformation of “green mountain” to “rich mountain”. The essence of rural revitalization manifests through areal transformations driven by tripartite forces: the rural internal force, urban peripheral force, and urban–rural interaction force. There is a mutually reinforcing relationship between ecological industrialization and rural revitalization, and the implementation of the two can realize the coordinated development of rural functions. In this process, rural areas have realized the transformation from degraded land system to human–earth coupling system. Furthermore, through the examination of Fuping, Liuba, and Sanming as exemplary case studies, we have distilled three distinct modes of ecological industrialization: the circular industry mode, the ecological tourism mode, and the carbon sink trading mode. It is recommended that rural areas prioritize the coordinated implementation of ecological industrialization and rural revitalization in accordance with regional characteristics, so as to better foster rural sustainable development.

忽视农村地区是无法实现全球可持续发展的。这些区域是城市建成区之外广阔的国土空间，通过其独特的生态资源具有比较优势。将生态资源转化为经济价值，即通常所说的生态工业化，增强了农村经济活力和发展潜力。乡村综合振兴增强区域功能性和发展韧性，促进乡村可持续发展。基于人地系统科学，我们将生态工业化理论化为PGR模式，体现了从“贫山”到“绿山”再到“富山”的转变路径。值得注意的是，在生态景观优美的地区，PGR模式优先考虑“绿山”向“富山”的转变。乡村振兴的本质体现在乡村内力、城市外围力和城乡互动力三方驱动下的地域转型。生态工业化与乡村振兴是相辅相成的关系，两者的实施可以实现乡村功能的协调发展。在此过程中，农村实现了从退化土地系统向人地耦合系统的转变。通过对富平、六坝、三明三个城市的实证分析，总结出三种不同的生态工业化模式：循环产业模式、生态旅游模式和碳汇交易模式。建议农村根据区域特色，优先协调实施生态工业化和乡村振兴，更好地促进农村可持续发展。

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Revitalising terraced landscapes: Co-production of ecosystem services for sustainable futures 振兴梯田景观：为可持续未来共同生产生态系统服务

IF 8 1区环境科学与生态学 Q1 GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL

Geography and Sustainability

Pub Date : 2025-05-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.geosus.2025.100306

Christos Zoumides, Adriana Bruggeman, Hakan Djuma

The interplay between human and ecological systems has evolved from traditional conservation approaches to integrated socio-ecological frameworks that emphasise the co-production of ecosystem services. This paper aims to inspire new research pathways to advance the Nature’s Contributions to People (NCP) perspective by focusing on terraced agroecosystems as emblematic landscapes that exemplify this co-production. Informed by recent studies in sustainability science, and drawing on our experience in Mediterranean environments, we explore the transformative potential of these frameworks for understanding and managing terraced landscapes. Addressing their multifunctionality, the challenges they face, and their socio-cultural and ecological significance, we highlight the importance of bridging scientific insights with local knowledge and participatory practices. We examine the use of advanced biophysical assessments, mapping tools, and stakeholder-driven approaches to enhance field assessment, monitoring capabilities and tackle management challenges under changing socio-economic conditions. We stress the urgent need for education and capacity-building initiatives to counteract indigenous knowledge loss and sustain traditional practices. Looking to the future, we propose potential avenues for research and practice that integrate ecological, cultural, and governance dimensions, contributing to the long-term sustainability of terraced landscapes and informing broader efforts for sustainable land management in an era of rapid environmental change.

人类与生态系统之间的相互作用已经从传统的保护方法演变为强调生态系统服务共同生产的综合社会生态框架。本文旨在通过将梯田农业生态系统作为这种合作生产的象征性景观，激发新的研究途径，以推进自然对人类的贡献（NCP）观点。根据可持续发展科学的最新研究，并借鉴我们在地中海环境中的经验，我们探索了这些框架在理解和管理梯田景观方面的变革潜力。针对它们的多功能性、面临的挑战以及它们的社会文化和生态意义，我们强调了将科学见解与当地知识和参与性实践相结合的重要性。我们研究了先进的生物物理评估、测绘工具和利益相关者驱动方法的使用，以加强现场评估、监测能力，并在不断变化的社会经济条件下应对管理挑战。我们强调迫切需要开展教育和能力建设倡议，以抵消土著知识的流失和维持传统习俗。展望未来，我们提出了整合生态、文化和治理维度的潜在研究和实践途径，为梯田景观的长期可持续性做出贡献，并为快速环境变化时代的可持续土地管理提供更广泛的信息。

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Immediate remote sensing of sudden earth’s surface anomalies and its geographical significance 地表突发性异常的即时遥感及其地理意义

IF 8 1区环境科学与生态学 Q1 GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL

Geography and Sustainability

Pub Date : 2025-05-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.geosus.2025.100305

Qiao Wang, Haishuo Wei

Sudden earth’s surface anomalies caused by natural and anthropogenic factors pose significant threats to ecological sustainability and the safety of human life and property, highlighting the urgent need for their immediate monitoring and early warning. Satellite remote sensing is the most effective means for large-scale earth’s surface anomaly detection. However, constrained by traditional observation paradigms, satellite payload limitations, and other physical factors, current remote sensing detection faces two major challenges: “inability to observe quickly” and “inability to observe effectively”. To solve these problems, we have researched immediate remote sensing detection of sudden earth’s surface anomalies. Its core concept is to deploy the entire detection process on satellites, enabling on-orbit immediate detection of earth’s surface anomalies based on a single image through the integrated “positioning, navigation, timing, remote sensing, communication (PNTRC)” intelligent constellation and edge computing technologies. Subsequently, the detection results are transmitted directly to the subscriber mobile terminal through the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS). The immediate remote sensing of sudden earth’s surface anomalies emphasizes the continuous capture and immediate feedback of geographic processes, overcoming the longstanding reliance of traditional geography on “slow variables”. Its significance lies not only in the improvement of data acquisition efficiency but also in promoting the transformation of geography from a “descriptive science” to a “predictive science”.

由自然和人为因素引起的地表突发性异常对生态可持续性和人类生命财产安全构成重大威胁，迫切需要对其进行及时监测和预警。卫星遥感是大规模地表异常探测最有效的手段。然而，受传统观测模式、卫星有效载荷限制等物理因素的制约，当前遥感探测面临“无法快速观测”和“无法有效观测”两大挑战。为了解决这些问题，我们对地表突发性异常的即时遥感探测进行了研究。其核心理念是将整个探测过程部署在卫星上，通过综合“定位、导航、授时、遥感、通信（PNTRC）”智能星座和边缘计算技术，实现基于单幅图像的地球表面异常在轨即时探测。随后，检测结果通过北斗卫星导航系统（BDS）直接传输到用户移动终端。地表突发性异常的即时遥感强调对地理过程的连续捕捉和即时反馈，克服了传统地理学对“慢变量”的长期依赖。其意义不仅在于数据采集效率的提高，还在于促进地理学从“描述性科学”向“预测性科学”的转变。

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Climate aridification and intensified human interference undermined water storage in the Lower Yellow River region 气候干旱化和人为干扰加剧使黄河下游地区的蓄水量减少

IF 8 1区环境科学与生态学 Q1 GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL

Geography and Sustainability

Pub Date : 2025-04-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.geosus.2025.100303

Xilin Wu , Xiaoming Feng , Bojie Fu

Understanding the relationships between human activities and hydrological processes is critical for sustainable water resources management, especially under the threat of increasing climate extremes. China’s Lower Yellow River (LYR) region is one of the world’s most water-scarce and human-impacted areas, yet comprehensive information on its water resources is lacking. This study adopted a water resources system (WRS) analytical framework to investigate the water crisis facing the region. The findings reveal that over the last decade, the system’s resilience has been undermined by the combined impacts of climate aridification and intensified human interference. Specifically, a delicate balance between natural groundwater depletion and irrigation replenishment has been disrupted by a series of drought events since 2012. Increased groundwater extraction during droughts, coupled with an imbalanced allocation of surface water resources, has led to a persistent decline in water storage that has continued even after the droughts have ended. To mitigate future climate risks in the LYR, we recommend implementing more adaptive strategies, such as flexible water regulation policies and combined surface-groundwater management. Lessons from the LYR have important implications for other regions facing water resource challenges.

了解人类活动与水文过程之间的关系对于可持续水资源管理至关重要，特别是在极端气候日益增加的威胁下。中国黄河下游地区（LYR）是世界上最缺水和受人类影响最严重的地区之一，但有关其水资源的全面信息缺乏。本研究采用水资源系统（WRS）分析框架对该地区面临的水危机进行研究。研究结果表明，在过去十年中，气候干旱化和人类干预加剧的综合影响削弱了该系统的复原力。具体来说，自2012年以来，一系列干旱事件破坏了天然地下水枯竭和灌溉补充之间的微妙平衡。干旱期间地下水开采增加，加上地表水资源分配不平衡，导致储水量持续下降，甚至在干旱结束后仍在继续。为了减轻未来LYR地区的气候风险，我们建议实施更具适应性的战略，如灵活的水调节政策和地表水-地下水联合管理。从水资源评估中吸取的经验教训对面临水资源挑战的其他地区具有重要意义。

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