Regional Ecological Risk Assessment Index - A Case Study at Hulunbeier

Abstract:

Regional ecological risk assessment (RERA) can be defined as a risk assessment deals at a spatial that contains multiple habitats with multiple sources of multiple stressors affecting multiple endpoints and the characteristics of the landscape affect the risk estimate. Therefore, establishment RERA index system was quite complicate and being a hotspot in resent research. This paper discussed the history of RERA, reviewing RERA study in China and the proper site selection in Hulunbeier presenting RERA index system. An index system was set up based on the principle: Comparability, Available and Relevant. This index system developed by regarding the risk of land use change, industrial pollution and social economy as well as adopted ecosystem services, landscape and support system for regional risk assessment of degraded land (SYRIADE) methods.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 524-527)
• Pages: 2827-2835
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.524-527.2827
• Online since: May 2012
• Authors: Chen Zhang, Yan Guo Teng, Shi Hai Lv, Dai Qing Li, Chao Yang Feng, Zhi Rong Zheng
• Keywords: Hulunbeier, Index, Industry, Land Use, Regional Ecological Risk Assessment, Social Economy

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