Studies on the Utilization of the Riparian Zone of Three Gorges Reservoir in China: a Literature Review
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Guan Yuan
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Guan Yuan
Abstract
Riparian areas are ecosystems with significant value in various aspects, which have been recognized since 1970s, when the United States held an academic seminar on the conversation, management, and importance of riparian habitats. The properties of these areas would affect adjacent water quality and ecosystem. Besides, they could be utilized for several positive aims due to the unique characteristics. In this paper all scientific publications related to the utilization of riparian areas of Three Gorges Reservoir are reviewed and categorized. To accomplish this, online search engines were used. The key words were “riparian” and “Three Gorges Reservoir.” Twenty seven publications were found with most published in scientific journal (70%) and primarily after the year of 2006 (95%). These publications covered a wide range of thematic categories such as the ecology of riparian areas, the abiotic parameters that influence these ecosystems, the anthropogenic impacts on them, their proper management and the potential measures to utilize them. The results showed that the awareness regarding the riparian areas of Three Gorges has increased in the last two decades especially after the construction of Three Gorges Dams. However, comparing searching results from “CNKI” with “web of science”, “Europe PMC” and “Science Direct”, Chinese scholars have nearly no systematic studies on the economic evaluation of riparian zones. Most of the relevant scientific publications focus on one aspect of the Three Gorges Reservoir riparian zone, such as the agro-ecological utilization, the environmental conditions, and the tourism utilization. These aspects do cover many approaches to measure the value and discuss the management of the riparian zone. Nevertheless, some general assessment is still in need.
Keywords
Riparian zone, Evaluation, Three-gorges reservoir, Utilization, Hydro-fluctuation zone
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