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The Evaluation of Eco-environmental Sensitivity in Ordos City

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  • XU, Yanhong
  • YAO, Xijun
  • LU, Libo
  • FAN, Haijiao

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This paper aims to reveal the difference of eco-environmental sensitivity and its influencing factors in the study area through carrying out the eco-environmental sensitivity evaluation based on land ecological security for 8 counties of Ordos City. Using fragstats landscape pattern analysis, GIS space method and RS analysis, based on ground investigation, this paper uses information mining and data analysis to extract index data for every village in the study area, carry out comprehensive quantitative evaluation, and finally calculate the comprehensive scores of eco-environmental sensitivity of the areas. The paper concludes that the highly sensitive areas and extremely sensitive areas are mainly concentrated in the eastern region of the eastern hilly and gully region and southern region of the Mu Us Desert in Ordos.The main reasons include severe soil erosion in hilly and gully region and serious desertification in southern Mu Us Desert area. So it is necessary to strengthen ecological environment protection in local areas.

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  • XU, Yanhong & YAO, Xijun & LU, Libo & FAN, Haijiao, 2015. "The Evaluation of Eco-environmental Sensitivity in Ordos City," Asian Agricultural Research, USA-China Science and Culture Media Corporation, vol. 7(02), pages 1-8, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:asagre:202108
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.202108
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