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A setup for a scenario-driven water balance at landscape scale-assessment with AKWA-M®-Embedded in a model framework for land-use planning's decision support in mountainous southwest China

authored by
Andreas Wahren, Karin Berkhoff, Albrecht Münch, Sylvia Herrmann, Karl Heinz Feger
Abstract

Land-cover changes cause a loss of natural vegetation in many parts of the world. In the Xishuangbanna (Chinese Source) district (Yunnan (Chinese Source) Province), rubber plantations replace tropical rainforests covering already an area of about 10% of the study area (2007). There, land-use allocation is mostly driven by economic considerations. Thus, local planning authorities need decision support for land-use planning issues, which integrate socio-economic and ecological aspects. Within the NabanFrame, an agro-economic, ecological and social model was applied, which, altogether, interacted with a land allocation model via defined interfaces. Effects on the water cycle, ecological conditions as well as socio-economic should be considered by integrating the spatially distributed rainfall-runoff and water balance model AKWA-M® in the model setup.

Organisation(s)
Institute of Environmental Planning
External Organisation(s)
Technische Universität Dresden
Dr. Dittrich and Partner Hydro-Consult GmbH
Type
Article
Journal
Journal of earth science
Volume
21
Pages
974-978
No. of pages
5
ISSN
1674-487X
Publication date
02.12.2010
Publication status
Published
Peer reviewed
Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)
Sustainable Development Goals
SDG 15 - Life on Land
Electronic version(s)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12583-010-0151-8 (Access: Closed)