Pedosphere 5(1): 1--10, 1995
ISSN 1002-0160/CN 32-1315/P
©1995 Soil Science Society of China
Published by Elsevier B.V. and Science Press
| Sustainable land use in hilly red soil region of southeastern China |
| ZHANG Tao-Lin, ZHAO Qi-Guo, ZHAI Yu-Shun, CHEN Bin-Fei and SUN Bo |
| Institute of Soil Science, Academia Sinica, P. O. Box 821, Nanjing 210008 (China) |
| ABSTRACT |
| In the present work, an integrated analysis of natural and socio-economic conditions in the hilly red soil region of southeastern China is made by means of a Geographic Information System. Particular emphasis lies on soil degradation and other adverse ecological and environmental effects of the prevalent and irrational land-use systems of mono- and valley-agriculture in the region. Moreover, taking into account the simultaneous existence of enormous potentials and serious constraints and the high diversity and complexity of the biophysical and socio-economic environments, a set of strategies and countermeasures are also proposed for appropriate management of environmental resources, in terms of maintaining harmony between utilization and conservation of the natural environment, including 1) adjustment of the agricultural structure and optimization of ecological patterns of stereo-agriculture; 2) improvement and integrated exploitation of the low-yield lands and wastelands; 3) rehabilitation and conservation of soil and water resources; and 4) establishment of production bases of tropical and subtropical cash crops and fruits. |
| Key Words: ecosystem, hilly red soil, soil degradation, sustainable land use |
| Citation: Zhang, T. L., Zhao, Q. G., Zhai, Y. S., Chen, B. F. and Sun, B. 1995. Sustainable land use in hilly red soil region of southeastern China. Pedosphere. 5(1): 1-10. |
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