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Simulation of the spatial stresses due to territorial land development on Yellow River Delta Nature Reserve using a GIS-based assessment model

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This study aimed at assessing the stresses from land development in or around Yellow River Delta Nature Reserve (YRDNR) and identifying the impacted areas. Major land development types (reservoirs, pond, aquafarm, salt pan, road, residential land, industry land, farming land, and fishing land) in or around the YRDNR from 1995 to 2014 were identified using spatial data sets derived from remote sensing imageries. The spatial stresses were simulated by considering disturbance due to land development activities and accessibility of disturbance using a geographic information system based model. The stresses were then used to identify the impacted area by land development (IALD). The results indicated that main increasing land development types in the study area from 1995 to 2014 were salt pan and construction land. The 98.2% of expanded land development area and 93.7% of increased pump number showed a good control of reserve function zone on land development spread. The spatial stress values and percentages of IALD increased from 1995 to 2014, and IALD percentage exceeded 50% for both parts of YRDNR in 2014. The results of this study also provided the information that detailed planning of the YRDNR (2014–2020) could decrease the spatial stress and IALD percentage of the whole YRDNR on the condition that the area of land development activities increased by 24.4 km2 from 2014 to 2020. Effective measures should be taken to protect such areas from being further disturbed in order to achieve the goal of a more effective conservation of the YRDNR, and attention should be paid to the disordered land development activities in or around the natural reserves.

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This research is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41401663), Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (No. ZR2016EEM18), Science Foundation of Ministry of Education of China (No.12YJC790254), and Excellent Young Scholars Research Fund of Shandong Normal University. The authors thank the editor and the anonymous reviewers for providing constructive comments and suggestions.

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    Baolei Zhang, Qiaoyun Zhang & Bohao Cui

  2. Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, 225 S. University St, West Lafayette, IN, 47907-2093, USA

    Qingyu Feng

  3. Institute of Regional Economic Research, Shandong University of Finance and Economics, 7366 East Erhuan Rd, Jinan, Shangdong, 250014, China

    Shumin Zhang

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Zhang, B., Zhang, Q., Feng, Q. et al. Simulation of the spatial stresses due to territorial land development on Yellow River Delta Nature Reserve using a GIS-based assessment model. Environ Monit Assess 189, 331 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-017-6038-8

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