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›› 2018, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (3): 345-352.DOI: 10.7523/j.issn.2095-6134.2018.03.009

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Vulnerability of social-ecosystem in agro-pastoral ecotone in western Northeast China

WANG Linfeng1,2, ZHANG Pingyu1, LI He1, LIU Shiwei1   

  1. 1 Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, China;
    2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • Received:2017-08-31 Revised:2017-11-06 Online:2018-05-15

Abstract: The vulnerability study has become a powerful tool for the comprehensive analysis of the social-ecosystem. This paper analyses the spatio-temporal characteristics of vulnerability of the social-ecosystem in the agro-pastoral ecotone in western Northeast China by constructing a vulnerability evaluation index system. The results are given as follows. 1) The vulnerability level in the agro-pastoral ecotone in western Northeast China totally demonstrated a downward trend from 2005 to 2015, and it evolved from 1.343 in 2005 to 1.197 in 2015. 2) The vulnerability in the southwest of the study area is at high level while in the northeast it is relatively low. Additionally, it stays stable in the north while declines in the south and in the central region. 3) The low response ability is the main characteristic in the agro-pastoral ecotone and the various vulnerable types demonstrate differential distributions. Under the background of the current grain structure adjustment in Northeast China, it is an effective way to ensure the sustainable development of the region to implement different strategies according to the different characteristics.

Key words: vulnerability, social-ecosystem, agro-pastoral ecotone, spatio-temporal characteristic, the western Northeast China

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