The Ecological Security Research of the Northern Slope of Qinling Mountains Based on the DPSIR Model

Abstract:

Since the formal implementation of the Qinling Mountains protection strategy, the environmental protection of the Qinling Mountains has been gradually paid much attention by the government and other research institutions. Therefore, from different angles, to study the protection of the ecological environment of Qinling Mountains is currently becoming a hot spot of academic research. This paper takes the Northern slope of Qinling Mountains which have four administrative districts, and selected the DPSIR Model to analyze the ecological security index of the four districts to study the human activities impact on these areas, and chose the 2009 and 2013 economics and environmental data to establish the DPSIR Model. The results showed that with the sustainable development and environmental protection, the human activates have the positive influence on the Qinling Mountains. The conclusions include: (1)From 2009 to 2013, the ecological security index of four districts in the Northern slope of Qinling Mountains showed an increase tendency. (2)The ESI of Chang’an remained the safe status, Zhouzhi and Lantian remained the relatively unsafe status, but the ecological security level turned to relatively safe in Huxian. (3)Depends on the ESI study from 2009 to 2013, it showed that the human activities, especially the positive activities can upgrade the ESI level in the Northern slope of Qinling Mountains.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 1073-1076)
• Pages: 438-444
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1073-1076.438
• Online since: December 2014
• Authors: Shi Dong Liu, Bin Rui Xue, Jun Gao*
• Keywords: DPSIR Model, Ecological Security, Impact of Human Activities, Northern Slope of Qinling Mountains, Xi’An

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