Uncertainties of Two Methods in Selecting Priority Areas for Protecting Soil Conservation Service at Regional Scale
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Data Sources
2.3. Soil Conservation Mapping Methods
2.3.1. RUSLE-Based Model for Mapping Soil Conservation
2.3.2. The Surrogate Indicator Method for Mapping Soil Conservation Service
3. Results
3.1. Spatial Patterns of SC
3.2. SC Variations under Different Land Use Types, Fractional Vegetation Covers and Land Surface Slopes
3.3. Distance Distributions from Artificial Land, Farmland, and Wetland
4. Discussion
4.1. Characteristics of Using the Two SC Methods in Practice
4.2. Enlightenment after the Comparison of the Two SC Methods
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | SCSUR | SCRUSLE |
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Land use types | Mean values of the SC of each land use types are: forests > grasslands > barren lands > wetlands | Mean values of the SC of each land use types are: forests > grassland > barren lands > wetlands |
Slope | Decreases with the increase in land surface slope | Increases with increasing land surface slope |
Vegetation coverage | Increases with the increasing of the vegetation coverage | Increases with increasing of the vegetation coverage |
Distance from artificial land and farmland | Close | Far |
Distance from wetland | Close | Far |
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Zhang, L.; Lü, Y.; Fu, B.; Zeng, Y. Uncertainties of Two Methods in Selecting Priority Areas for Protecting Soil Conservation Service at Regional Scale. Sustainability 2017, 9, 1577. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9091577
Zhang L, Lü Y, Fu B, Zeng Y. Uncertainties of Two Methods in Selecting Priority Areas for Protecting Soil Conservation Service at Regional Scale. Sustainability. 2017; 9(9):1577. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9091577
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhang, Liwei, Yihe Lü, Bojie Fu, and Yuan Zeng. 2017. "Uncertainties of Two Methods in Selecting Priority Areas for Protecting Soil Conservation Service at Regional Scale" Sustainability 9, no. 9: 1577. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9091577