The Evaluation Methodology of Ecological Construction of Gully Villages on Loess Plateau: The Case Study of Chang Wu County, Shaanxi Province, China
Keywords:
Loess Plateau, Gully Village, Human Settlements, Suitability, SensitivityAbstract
Gully regions of Loess Plateau, one of the earliest human settlement areas and one of the most fragile ecological areas in China, are facing challenges for future development. As the smallest social units on Loess Plateau, gully villages own large amount of agriculturalpopulation. However, due to unreasonable development planning and the loss of developing directions, gully villages are gradually disappearing. Based on the practical investigation of Gansu and Shaanxi province in China, this paper is focused on the main influential factors for the development of gully villages, and establishes a quantitative evaluating method for ecological construction. Furthermore, this paper takes typical villages in Chang Wu County, Shaanxi province, China, as study objects, selects and classifies evaluation factors, and completes the quantitative evaluation on the suitability and sensitivity of ecological construction based on relative evaluation standards, which will provide developing directions and suggestions in the future ecological development.
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