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Sufficient data have been collected to document negative effects of urbanization on many abiotic parameters, aquatic insects, and fish. Recently, stream-breeding salamanders have been observed to decrease in density in urban areas. We employed a two-step process to determine the mechanism(s) most likely responsible for salamander decline in disturbed streams. First, we conducted a 2-year survey of larval two-lined salamanders (Eurycea cirrigera) and abiotic variables among 12 streams in western Georgia, USA surrounded by land disturbed by urbanization and pasture. From these surveys we constructed hypotheses that might explain differences in observed larval salamander density among streams. A model in which increased watershed impervious surface causes an increase in spate (i.e., high water flow) frequency and magnitude, which then leads to decreased larval density had the most support. This analysis led to a second step in which we conducted an experiment using artificial streams lined with substrates commonly found in urban and forested streams (sand/sand with detritus and gravel-pebble/pebble-cobble, respectively). We placed salamander larvae in the artificial stream channels and subjected them to increasing water velocity. Larvae on sand-based substrates common to urban streams were flushed from the artificial stream at significantly lower velocities than larvae on rock-based substrates. The experimental data were consistent with the hypothesis generated from field sampling that high water velocities in urban streams result in decreased larval retention in streams. Our result emphasizes the need for upland habitat restoration in urban areas, which will reduce run-off and improve stream habitat quality.  相似文献   

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Our goal was to evaluate how avian assemblages varied along a gradient of urbanization in the highly fragmented landscape of coastal southern California. We measured species richness and abundance of birds within continuous blocks of habitat, within urban habitat fragments that varied in landscape and local habitat variables, and within the urban matrix at different distances from the wildland interface. These comparisons allowed us to characterize patterns of avifaunal response to a gradient of urban fragmentation. At the fragment scale, we found that fragment area was a strong, positive predictor of the total number of breeding species detected per fragment; total bird abundance per point count also increased with fragment size. Tree cover was higher in small fragments, as was the abundance of birds that typically occupy wooded habitats. Comparisons between core, fragment, and urban transects revealed differing patterns of response of individual bird species to urbanization. In unfragmented habitat, we recorded a relatively high diversity of urbanization-sensitive birds. In urban transects, these species were rare, and a relatively few species of non-native and anthropophilic birds were common. These urbanization-enhanced birds were also recorded in previous urban gradient studies in northern California and Ohio. Bird communities along the urban gradient reached their highest richness and abundance in fragments. The marked difference in vegetation structure between urban and natural landscapes in this arid shrubland system likely contributed to this pattern; the presence of native shrubs and exotic trees in fragments enabled both shrub and arboreal nesters to co-occur. As is characteristic of biotic homogenization, urban fragmentation in coastal southern California may increase local diversity but decrease overall regional avifaunal diversity.  相似文献   

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The southeastern United States is a center of aquatic species diversity and endemism in North America, but many taxa are imperiled or in decline. Proactive conservation strategies depend on developing sensitive measures of ecological response to environmental degradation early in the process. In the southern Appalachian highlands, much of the region has reforested following extensive logging and agriculture in the last century, but recently exurban development has surged. Patterns of aquatic ecosystem response to these changes were examined in 36 watersheds along a gradient of forest cover from moderately to heavily forested. A linear combination of watershed-scale measures reflecting the extent contemporary forest cover, the trajectory of forest cover change over time, and building and road density were stronger predictors of fish assemblage composition than topographic features. A measure of biotic homogenization relating the abundance of endemic highland fishes to abundance of broad-ranged fishes was sensitive to the gradient of anthropogenic disturbance. Across the watershed disturbance gradient, cosmopolitan species were clear winners as forms unique to the Appalachian highlands were lost. Similar measures of homogenization may be suitable elsewhere for tracking early warning signs of ecosystem stress, particularly in regions with significant endemism. Quantification of the homogenization process in response to urban development and other stressors is a promising avenue for proactive conservation, land use planning, and sustainable development efforts.  相似文献   

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Bird species’ community responses to land use in the suburbanizing Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA, were contrasted among reserves, rural lands, and suburbs. For each land use type, bird composition, diversity, and abundance were recorded for 2 years in ≈99 plots in three sampling units (each ≈4500 ha). A habitat gradient defined by canopy structure (grasslands to savannas to forests) was influenced by land use, so ≈300 plots were used to characterize simultaneous variation in bird communities along land use and habitat gradients. At broad scales (aggregate of 33 plots covering ≈4500 ha) suburbs supported the lowest bird richness and diversity and rural landscapes the most, with reserves slightly below rural. Although reserves were like rural lands in diversity of bird communities, they supported more species of conservation concern, particularly of grasslands and savannas. Differences among land use types varied with habitat structure. Suburbs, rural lands, and reserves had similar forest bird communities, but differed in grassland and savanna bird communities. The extensive rural forests are important for the region’s forest birds. Suburban grasslands and savannas had low shrub abundance, low native bird richness and high non-native bird richness and abundance. However, total bird richness and diversity were as high in suburban as in rural and reserve plots because high native richness in suburban forests and high non-native species richness in suburban grasslands and savannas compensated for lower native richness in suburban grasslands and savannas. Bird conservation here and in the Midwest USA should protect rural forests, expand grasslands and savannas in reserves, and improve habitat quality overall.  相似文献   

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Urban and agricultural land uses have caused documented declines in diversity of many organisms. However, responses of stream- and riparian-dwelling amphibians and reptiles to anthropogenic land development are collectively understudied and, when studied, are often grouped together as though these two taxa respond in a similar fashion. We surveyed watersheds in four land use categories (reference, pasture, developing, and urban) for amphibian and reptile species richness over a two-year period in the southeastern United States. Total herpetofauna species richness was equivalent among all watershed types, but amphibians and reptiles responded differently to urbanization when analyzed separately. Urban watersheds had significantly fewer amphibian species than all other watershed types, but these losses were counterbalanced by significant increases in reptile species richness in these same watersheds. We also found that local, riparian-scale, habitat differences were strongly correlated with species composition differences between pasture and developing watersheds. While the difference in species composition between pasture and developing sites may have multiple, species-specific explanations, the dramatic differences between amphibian and reptile species richness in urban watersheds suggest broad trends that may be important to conservation planning. Specifically, our observations suggest that urbanization in the studied watersheds alters small streams from closed-canopy, shallow-water features of the forested landscape likely present before settlement by Europeans and favored by many salamanders and frogs to features associated with open vegetation and deeper, warmer waters favored by riverine turtles and snakes. We conclude that amphibians and reptiles, despite some physiological similarities, are not equivalent for monitoring purposes. Additionally, if future development in the Piedmont mirrors current urbanization, then significant faunal shifts seem assured.  相似文献   

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The influence of watershed land use on microzooplankton was examined. Six rivers and a shallow lake located in rural (agriculture, livestock) and urban areas were sampled during 4 weeks at low water, low temperatures and 3 weeks at high water, high temperatures. The major aim of this study was to analyze the composition, richness and abundance of the microzooplankton in relation to land use, taking into account nutrient concentration, biological oxygen demand (BOD5), conductivity, pH, transparency, dissolved oxygen, and chlorophyll-a. Redundancy analysis was used to assess microzooplankton response to environmental gradients. The composition and abundance can be considered good indicators of the land used and characteristic of the basin (broad range of conductivity water). The species composition show a gradient along the conductivity, pH and chlorophyll-a. Brachionus spp. were associated with saline waters on rural area and Keratella spp. (except Keratella tropica) were associated with urban water bodies. The microzooplankton abundance diminished by a factor of ten from the rivers in livestock?Cagriculture-dominated watersheds to those located in strictly urban areas. Urban rivers had low abundances of chlorophyll-a and microzooplankton despite the high concentration of nutrients. However, the effect of urbanization (mesotrophic/mesosaprobious state and lead presence) cannot be analyzed alone due to the potential effect of a filter-feeding invasive mollusk that colonizes the hard surfaces of harbor buildings and bridge pillars.  相似文献   

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In order to investigate the relationship between stream chemistry and watershed land cover at the regional scale, we analyzed data from 368 wadeable streams sampled in the mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. during spring 1993-1994. Study sites were selected using a probability sample and the digitized version of the 1:100,000 scale USGS map stream network as the sample population. Both classified Thematic Mapper (TM) and USGS Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) data were used to quantify land cover in the study watersheds. On average, the most common land cover was forest (77%) followed by agriculture (20%), and urban (1%). Multiple regression analysis showed that concentrations of Cl-, nutrients, acid neutralization capacity, and base cations were the analytes most strongly related to watershed land cover. Despite large differences in resolution and age of the TM and LULC data sources, similar results were obtained with the two sources. Using a greater number of land cover subclasses did not greatly improve the land cover-chemistry relationships. Ecoregions with predominantly forested land cover had weaker relationships than ecoregions with more agricultural and/or urban land cover. In studies or databases without land cover information, Cl- concentration is a good surrogate indicator for general human disturbance in the watershed.  相似文献   

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大都市郊区土地利用时空演变特征与生境质量评价   总被引:2,自引:2,他引:0       下载免费PDF全文
为探究大都市郊区"土地利用-生境质量"可持续机制,以天津市郊区武清区为例,通过分析1980—2018年的土地利用数据,以In VEST模型对其进行Habitat Quality模块水平数值测度,研究京津都市圈发展对大都市郊区土地利用转型与生境质量的影响。研究结果:1)1980—2018年武清区土地利用类型以耕地为主导,但耕地面积下降明显,城镇用地和农村居民点用地面积快速增长,未利用地面积大幅缩减,林地和草地占比较小。2)武清区土地利用类型转换剧烈,耕地转移面积最大,林地和草地集中向城镇用地和农村居民点用地转移,水域集中转向耕地,城镇用地和农村居民点用地转移面积较大,未利用地转换面积较小,但转移概率最为剧烈。3)武清区土地利用综合动态度增长了2.87%,具体表现为城镇用地、农村居民点用地和水域的土地利用变化速率保持正向增长,耕地变化速率呈现负增长。4)总体上,武清区呈现出"城扩耕缩"、"人进草退"的态势,但局部年份也有"草进水进"的转态;武清区生境质量处于中等级,但中等级面积趋于下降,低等级生境质量面积趋于上升,较低等级面积较小且呈下降趋势,较高和高等级生境质量区面积趋于扩大;生境质量低值区以武清城区为核心集中分布,且零星分布于武清区东北、西北地区;生境质量高值区集中分布于武清区东部。研究表明:在我国推进新型城镇化发展,特别是加强跨区域都市圈建设中,应当严格保护大都市郊区生态源地,统筹调控大都市郊区生态安全分区,推进大都市郊区生态廊道和全域生态节点建设。  相似文献   

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Using samples of spring baseflow chemistry on 56Pennsylvania watersheds with predominantly forested to mixedland-uses and widely varying geology/physiography, weattempted to determine spatial patterns in stream chemistrydue to insect defoliation and atmospheric deposition. Landuse and land form relations to stream chemistry wereexamined as well. Defoliation effects on stream chemistrydue to repeated, and sometimes intense, insect defoliationover the past several years were seen as reduced streamnitrate concentrations in a watershed data set (n = 11) thatincluded 100% forested lands only. Basins in regions withhigher atmospheric sulfate deposition loads had higherstream concentrations of sulfate in 100% forested basins.Significant positive correlations of stream nitrogen andpotassium with agricultural land use indicated possiblecontamination of stream waters by excess fertilizers and/oranimal wastes. Weak positive correlations were also foundwith many of the stream chemistry parameters and percentageurban/barren land use. Ridge-top versus valley bottomwatersheds also showed differences in baseflow chemistry dueto changing surficial geology and/or land use. Overall, thestudy showed that agricultural, urban, geologic, andphysiographic influences on spring baseflow chemistry maskthe effects of insect defoliation and atmospheric depositionon mixed land-use basins (<100% forest). Regionaldifferences in atmospheric deposition on 100% forestedbasins were directly reflected in spring baseflow SO4concentrations. When restricted to 100% forested basinswith relatively uniform geology, insect defoliation appearedto reduce stream nitrogen concentrations in the long term.This is believed to be due in part to nitrogen bound invegetative growth and a dilution of nitrogen from increasedflows as a result of defoliation and tree mortality bringingabout reduced evapotranspiration.  相似文献   

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Given the extent of biological invasions in industrialized countries, our understanding of the determinants of overall patterns of biological invasions could gain most from consideration of why exotic species are absent from some areas, rather than from distribution patterns of exotic species. Fish communities were sampled at 381 sites representing 221 rivers in the Adour-Garonne stream system (116 000 km2, SW France). Very few rivers were not colonized by exotic fish species, however, on a local basis, only 33% of the sampling sites hosted exotics. Using General Linear Modelling, we found that patterns of exotic fish (occurrence, number of species, proportion within assemblage) responded to both land-use and physical variables, whereas patterns of native fish only responded to the local meso-scale characteristics of each stream reach from headwaters to mouth. All fish communities were susceptible to invasion regardless of native species richness, and higher native species richness did not decrease the opportunity for establishment by exotic species. The likelihood that exotic fish are absent primarily increased with elevation and with lower human influence upon the land cover, while human-impacted landscapes (agricultural and urban areas) were more likely to host exotic fish and higher numbers of exotic species. In light of urban and agricultural development, our ability to detect responses of exotic species to landscape alterations using a combination of simple physical and land cover variables exemplifies a cost-effective technique for assessing areas at greater invasion risk in large stream systems.  相似文献   

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基于InVEST模型的甘肃白龙江流域生境质量时空分异   总被引:7,自引:0,他引:7  
基于1977年、1990年、2002年、2014年的Landsat TM/ETM+遥感数据,运用GIS和InVEST模型,分析了甘肃白龙江流域生境质量时空分异特征,旨在为流域自然生态系统管理和可持续发展提供参考。结果表明:(1) 1977-2014年,林地和草地是该流域的主要土地覆被类型,林地、耕地和建设用地的面积增率为0.4%,0.36%和3.7%,草地、未利用地和水域的减少率约为0.5%。(2) 1977-2014年,生境质量总体表现出先降低后缓慢增加的趋势。(3) 生境质量较高的区域主要分布在流域西北部与文县南部,集聚于自然保护区和林业管护区;生境质量较低的区域主要分布在河谷近岸、农耕区、城乡聚落区、裸地和低覆盖草地等,集聚于舟曲-武都段白龙江近岸区及文县和武都交界区、宕昌西北部等。研究结果可为流域生境保育及生态建设提供参考依据。  相似文献   

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Urbanization has become the dominant form of landscape disturbance in parts of the United States. Small streams in the Piedmont region of the eastern United States support high densities of salamanders and are often the first habitats to be affected by landscape-altering factors such as urbanization. We used US Geological Survey land cover data from 1972 to 2000 and a relation between stream salamanders and land cover, established from recent research, to estimate the impact of contemporary land-cover change on the abundance of stream salamanders near Davidson, North Carolina, a Piedmont locale that has experienced rapid urbanization during this time. Our analysis indicates that southern two-lined salamander (Eurycea cirrigera) populations have decreased from 32% to 44% while northern dusky salamanders (Desmognathus fuscus) have decreased from 21% to 30% over the last three decades. Our results suggest that the widespread conversion of forest to urban land in small catchments has likely resulted in a substantial decline of populations of stream salamanders and could have serious effects on stream ecosystems.  相似文献   

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We examined long-term changes in soil solution chemistry associated with experimental, whole watershed-acidification at the Bear Brook Watershed in Maine (BBWM). At BBWM, the West Bear (WB) watershed has been treated with bimonthly additions of ((NH4)2 SO4) since 1989. The adjacent East Bear (EB) watershed serves as a biogeochemical reference. Soil solution chemistry in the EB watershed was relatively stable from 1989?C2007, with the exception of declining SO4?CS concentrations associated with a progressive decline in SO4?CS deposition during this period. Soil solution chemistry in WB reflected a progressive change in acid-neutralization mechanisms from base cation buffering to Al buffering associated with treatment during this period. Total dissolved Al concentrations progressively increased over time and were ~4× higher in 2007 than in 1989. Treatment of WB was also associated with long-term increases in soil solution H+, SO4?CS, and NO3?CN, whereas soil solution dissolved organic carbon (DOC) was unresponsive to treatment. For solutes such as Ca, H+, and SO4?CS, changes in stream chemistry were generally parallel to changes in soil solution chemistry, indicating a close coupling of terrestrial and aquatic processes that regulate the chemistry of solutions in this first-order stream watershed. For other solutes such as Al and DOC, solute concentrations were higher in soil solutions compared with streams, suggesting that sorption and transformation processes along hydrologic flow-paths were important in regulating the chemistry of solutions and the transport of these solutes.  相似文献   

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This study documents the incidence of fin erosion and deformed (anomalous) fishes in two adjacent midwestern streams, north-central Ohio, U.S.A. Clear Fork stream flows through agricultural and forested areas, whereas Rocky Fork stream flows through industrialized Mansfield, Ohio, where it receives industrial and municipal effluents. Four sites on each stream were sampled monthly for fishes during July, 1982 through August, 1983. Incidence of fin erosion was significantly greater (P<0.01) at polluted sites compared to unpolluted sites; incidence did not differ among unpolluted sites (P>0.05). Incidence of fin erosion in fish from polluted sites was inversely correlated with water temperature (P<0.002). Severity of fin erosion was greater in fishes collected from polluted sites. Interspecific differences in the location of fin erosion were observed. Creek chubs, white suckers, and stone-rollers had the highest incidence of external deformities. Statistical differences in the incidence of deformed fish between combined polluted sites and combined unpolluted sites were not evident (P>0.05). Nevertheless, total incidence of deformed fishes at polluted sites (0.53%) seemed to be elevated compared to total incidence at unpolluted sites (0.28%). Comparative studies between fish from streams suspected of being polluted and fish from nearby unpolluted, reference streams should be used to define effects of chronic pollution.  相似文献   

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The Electric Power Research Institute has launched a research project to develop a conceptual risk analysis framework for watershed management of point and nonpoint source pollution. The research leads to the design of an engineering model to 1) process and translate water quality data (coliform, HOD, DO, suspended solids, temperature, sediment, etc.) into decision variables (suitability for water contact sports and swimming, fish spawning fish survival, human consumption of fish, and freedom from algal nuisance, etc.) and 2) predict water quality improvements from proposed management alternatives. Actual development of the model is being carried out with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for the Holston River watershed.The effort includes model construction by importation of GIS map files, stringing together existing watershed and reservoir models, calibration of the model, and selection of decision variables and water quality check points. The model calculates hydrology, waste load, water quality and suitability of fish habitats at headwaters. The base case results and improvements after best management alternatives will be compared to the data observed by TVA's River Action Team. The final product will be a user friendly tool that stakeholders can use to find a cost effective method of improving water quality, including market-based pollution trading.  相似文献   

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Population growth and human development result in biodiversity loss and biological homogenization not only in developed countries, but increasingly in the less developed countries as well. In those countries, where urbanization and agricultural intensification occur at a faster rate than in developed countries, habitat degradation appears to be the leading cause of wildlife loss. During the breeding seasons of 2002–2005 we conducted road surveys across five biomes of Argentina to detect variations in raptor community attributes as potential indicators of broad scale habitat degradation. Abundance of individuals, richness and diversity of species were calculated to assess the effects of habitat transformation and patch size on these community attributes. Raptor communities strongly varied in relation to habitat transformations, with lower abundance of individuals, richness and diversity of species in more transformed landscapes. Small patches of natural vegetation and locations in which natural and cultivated lands where interspersed showed lower richness and diversity of raptors than large patches. Fragmentation was the main cause of reductions in abundance of individuals. Although the relative contribution of our two estimates of habitat degradation to abundance, richness and diversity of raptors varied among biomes, these community attributes proved useful as predictors of habitat degradation. This was especially true in habitats where raptor communities are more complex although overall patterns remained constant across biomes, from forests to deserts. Taking into account current trends of habitat transformation (drastic increments in monocultures, urban areas, and habitat patchiness), the conservation of raptor communities in these biomes could be seriously compromised. In terms of species-specific responses of raptors to habitat degradation, a rapid process of homogenization can be expected, resulting in only a few winner species within a general scenario of losers.  相似文献   

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Understanding how urban land-use structure contributes to the abundance and diversity of riparian woody species can inform management and conservation efforts. Yet, previous studies have focused on broad-scale (e.g., urban to exurban) land-use types and have not examined more local-scale changes in land use (e.g., the variation within “urban”), which could be important in urban areas. In this paper we examine how local-scale characteristics or fine-scale urban heterogeneity affect(s) the diversity, composition, and structure of temperate woody riparian vegetation communities in the highly urbanized area of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. We use an information-theoretic approach to compare vegetation models and canonical correspondence analyses to compare species responses to urban variables. We found that urban riparian areas can harbor a high diversity of native canopy and shrub species (38 and 41, respectively); however, native and exotic woody plant species responded differently to urbanization. Exotic canopy species increased with the level of urbanization while native canopy and understory species declined. Understory species diversity displayed a greater response to urbanization than did canopy diversity, suggesting temporal lags in canopy response to disturbances associated with present and recent land-use changes. Certain native and exotic woody species represent ecological indicators of different levels of urbanization. Native species characteristic of pre-European settlement conditions were restricted to the wide riparian forests with little urban encroachment. Several native early-successional species appear tolerant to urbanization. Two exotic species, the tree Ailanthus altissima and the shrub Lonicera maackii, were the most abundant and ubiquitous woody species and appear to exploit urban disturbances. These exotic species invasions have the potential to modify forest composition and ecological function of urban riparian systems. In addition, altered hydrology may be a contributing factor as canopy and understory stem density of high-moisture-requiring species decreased with an increase in impervious surface and grass cover and with proximity to roads and railroads. In the face of urbanization, maintaining wide riparian forests and limiting building, road and railroad development within these areas may help reduce the invasion of exotic species and benefit hydrological function in temperate riparian areas.  相似文献   

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农村集体建设用地流转是盘活土地存量,建立城乡统一建设用地市场的重要途径。为分析重庆市荣昌县当前农村集体建设用地流转的现状,明晰当前农村集体建设用地流转的主要形式,该文对重庆市荣昌县进行了实地调查,同时采用主成分分析方法确定流转的主要驱动因素。结果表明:荣昌县农村集体建设用地具有潜力较大、价格偏低、租赁为主、区域差异明显等特征。非农业人口比例、人均GDP、固定资产投资、建设用地面积、城镇化率成为农村集体建设用地流转的主要驱动因素,将其归纳为经济发展、城镇化进程两大方面。为此,大力发展地区经济、加快城镇化建设应成为今后推进农村集体建设用地有序流转的工作重点。  相似文献   

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水源涵养区水土资源开发利用方式直接关系到整个流域是否可持续发展。以大伙房水库水源涵养区苏子河流域为例,分析目前苏子河流域水土资源开发利用和管理中存在的问题,并提出相应的对策,以确保涵养区为水库提供良好的水源涵养环境,维护水库功能的正常发挥,推动整个流域生态环境系统的良性循环。  相似文献   

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[目的]以厦门市东西溪流域为例,对城镇化背景下中小流域洪水风险进行评价和研究,为该区有效实施防洪减灾措施提供参考依据。[方法]以GIS空间分析作支持,将暴雨洪水频率分析与平原区洪水淹没模拟计算相结合,基于MIKE21平面二维水动力学模型进行洪水风险分析,对研究区洪水风险程度以及淹没状况进行模拟计算。[结果]绘制出厦门市东西溪流域动态洪水风险图,并根据洪水淹没区内的土地利用等因素的变化等实际情况,调整不同频率洪水淹没范围,实现东西溪流域洪水风险图的实时动态更新。[结论]研究区洪灾风险主要分布在东溪、西溪、汀溪等主干流河段,总体上呈现随着洪水重现期增大,灾害风险由上游向下游,由近岸向远岸不断扩大的趋势。  相似文献   

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