Research Progress on Evaluation Frameworks of Regional Ecological Sustainability  

作　　者：PENG Jian WANG Yanglin WU Jiansheng SHEN Hong PAN Yajing 

机构地区：[1]Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes,Ministry of Education,College of Urban and Environmental Sciences,Peking University,Beijing 100871,China [2]Key Laboratory for Environmental and Urban Sciences,Shenzhen Graduate School,Peking University,Shenzhen 518055,China

出　　处：《Chinese Geographical Science》2011年第4期496-510,共15页中国地理科学（英文版）

基　　金：Under the auspices of National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.40635028,40801066);State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology of China (No.2008-KF-04)

摘　　要：As natural ecosystems provide the material basis and fundamental support for regional sustainable devel-opment,the sustainability of natural ecosystems is an important prerequisite and a viable approach for the achievement of regional sustainable development.It is also the final criteria to assess whether sustainable development paradigm is successful.Along with the increasing impacts of human activities on natural ecosystems,the evaluation of regional ecological sustainability has become one of the key issues for research on macro ecology and sustainable development.Based on different unit of indicators,this study firstly groups the evaluation frameworks of regional ecological sus-tainability into three major types:comprehensive index evaluation with dimensionless unit,monetary valuation,and biophysical quantity measurement.We then discuss and compare these types in terms of basic principles,scope of ap-plications,advantages and shortcomings.Finally,drawn on the discussion about characteristics of ecological sustain-ability,we outline the current trend and future directions of regional ecological sustainability evaluation,for instance,transition from sustainable development evaluation to sustainability science,integration of goal-oriented and problem-solving approaches,combination of spatial pattern analysis and ecological sustainability evaluation,and en-hancement of ecological sustainability evaluation at landscape scale.As natural ecosystems provide the material basis and fundamental support for regional sustainable devel-opment,the sustainability of natural ecosystems is an important prerequisite and a viable approach for the achievement of regional sustainable development.It is also the final criteria to assess whether sustainable development paradigm is successful.Along with the increasing impacts of human activities on natural ecosystems,the evaluation of regional ecological sustainability has become one of the key issues for research on macro ecology and sustainable development.Based on different unit of indicators,this study firstly groups the evaluation frameworks of regional ecological sus-tainability into three major types：comprehensive index evaluation with dimensionless unit,monetary valuation,and biophysical quantity measurement.We then discuss and compare these types in terms of basic principles,scope of ap-plications,advantages and shortcomings.Finally,drawn on the discussion about characteristics of ecological sustain-ability,we outline the current trend and future directions of regional ecological sustainability evaluation,for instance,transition from sustainable development evaluation to sustainability science,integration of goal-oriented and problem-solving approaches,combination of spatial pattern analysis and ecological sustainability evaluation,and en-hancement of ecological sustainability evaluation at landscape scale.

关 键 词：evaluation framework regional ecological sustainability research progress research prospects compre-hensive index evaluation monetary valuation biophysical quantity measurement 

分 类 号：X321[环境科学与工程—环境工程] TV213.4[水利工程—水文学及水资源]