Abstract
The gully region of Loess Plateau is one of the earliest human settlement areas and the most ecologically sensitive areas in China. It has been facing challenges for future development. Gully village is the smallest social units on Loess Plateau that owns large amount of agricultural population. However, due to inappropriate development planning and lack of developing directions, they are gradually disappearing. Based on the practical investigations of the Gully Regions of Loess Plateau, this paper aims to explore a new way for the future development of gully villages. Firstly, it classifies the gully villages by the distribution of location. Secondly, selecting ecological construction evaluation factors of gully village and completing the quantitative evaluation are applied on the suitability and sensitivity of ecological sustainable development classification. Thirdly, according to the comprehensive evaluation, the developing condition of each gully village is divided into “Good”, “General” and “Poor”. Finally, this paper figures out the future developing direction for gully villages in different developing conditions.
Highlights
IntroductionRegions of Loess Plateau is one of the earliest human settlement areas and one of the most fragile ecological areas in China [2]
The Loess Plateau is located in the west of China, which is covered with 30 m - 300 m calcareous yellow soil
As the smallest social units, gully villages usually located at the bottom of gully regions and have a large number of agricultural populations
Summary
Regions of Loess Plateau is one of the earliest human settlement areas and one of the most fragile ecological areas in China [2]. The necessary condition for this distribution is sufficient gap width, so as to ensure the development of villages. These villages are often located at the bottom of gullies that are in the shape of “U”, and often near perennial gully-typed rivers. Such kinds of villages are widely distributed in the Loess Plateau, accounted for 30% to 40% of all villages
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