Fang Yiping

Spatial distribution of mountainous regions and classifications of economic development in China

China is a mountainous country with a great diversity of landform and geomorphology. This diversity underlines the need for regionalization and classification. This study defines the mountain terrains and regions with three criteria - elevation, relative height, and slope, and examines the extent of mountainous regions by using county as the basic administrative unit. According to the three parameters of economic base, resident income and development potential, we classified the economic development level in mountainous regions of China. The findings reveal that the extent of the mountainous region accounts for 74.9% of the Mainland China’s total area. The economic development of mountainous regions in China is classified into 4 main types and 23 subtypes.

A review about the research on adaptability in climate change: present situation and tendency.

Analyses on adaptability in climate change field emerge concurrently with the growing awareness to climate change itself.It is of important significance for reducing the vulnerability of climate change and increasing the adaptability and adaptive capability of human beings to understand the research approaches,analysis content under present situation and international tendency of research on the adaptability in climate change based on literature review in this field.In this paper,the concept of adaptability in climate change and its application as well as the relations between the adaptability and the adaptive capability,and between the response capability and the resilience are analyzed.Moreover,the four focus research fields including the effect of the assumed adaptability,specific adaptation options,relative adaptive capability of different countries,regions or communities,and practical adaptation initiatives are reviewed,and a general summary of adaptability research orientation(e.g.community-based adaptability,bottom-up approach and adaptation processes) is carried out.

Decoupling analysis of environmental pressure and economic development: A case of the industrial system in Panzhihua

Based on Tapio decoupling elasticity factor, this paper studies the relationships among growth rates of the industrial added value, materials consumption and waste discharge in Panzhihua, the purpose is to assess the dematerialization situation of industrial system. Results illustrate that both industrial material consumption and waste discharge were in the status of Strong and Weak Decoupling except 2009. And the implementation of energy saving and emissions reduction of industrial system in Panzhihua has gained achievement preliminary. By further predicting the material consumption and waste discharge of industrial system in 2020, we estimate the corresponding driving factors of “eco-efficiency” and “Factor X”, and conclude that the critical point of industrial development in Panzhihua is to enhance energy conservation.