scholarly journals Assessing Suitability of Human Settlements in High-Altitude Area Using a Comprehensive Index Method: A Case Study of Tibet, China

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1485
Author(s):  
Yanpeng Ding ◽  
Bin Shi ◽  
Guijin Su ◽  
Qianqian Li ◽  
Jing Meng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Altitude ◽  
Distribution Pattern ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Tibet Plateau ◽  
Driving Factor ◽  
Human Settlement ◽  
Human Settlements

With the steady advancement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), how to build a sustainable environment for human settlements has become a hot topic of research for scholars from various countries. Rational space utilization and resource allocation are the keys to enhancing human well-being and achieving sustainable human settlements. A comprehensive human settlement environment evaluation system, which includes 14 indicators from the natural environment, infrastructure, and public services, was established in this study. The results showed that the habitat suitability area only accounted for 1.61% (2.05% after removing the nature reserve) and all centered on cities and radiated to the surrounding areas. A belt-like suitability distribution pattern of “Yi Jiang Liang He” (i.e., Brahmaputra, Lhasa, and Nianchu Rivers) is formed, and a point-like suitability distribution pattern of the Chamdo Karub District, Nagqu Seni District, and Ngari Shiquanhe Town are formed. The results of the driving factor analysis indicate that the level of public health development in infrastructure and various indicators in public services are the main factors influencing human settlement. There is not much difference in the natural environment in the populated regions, so the suitability of the natural environment is not a significant driving factor. In addition, the reliability of the assessment results was verified by a questionnaire survey of residents in the three regions, and the subjective satisfaction of the residents agreed with the ranking results of the objective evaluation. The evaluation results of this study provide theoretical and directional guidance for the improvement of human settlements on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau. It will be a useful tool for evaluating human settlements in the region and has a reference significance for the formulation of macro-policy in high-altitude regions.

Tradition, Habitat and Well-Being

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Zhi-nong Li ◽  
Shu-qing He
Keyword(s):  
Natural Environment ◽  
Good Life ◽  
Traditional Culture ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cultural Relativism ◽  
Tibet Plateau ◽  
Jinsha River ◽  
Polygamous Marriage ◽  
River Region ◽  
Qinghai Tibet Plateau

Abstract The Tibetans who live among the valleys and mountains of the Jinsha River region, on the southeastern edge of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, still retain a considerable number of polygamous marriages. Through fieldwork in a Tibetan village, the authors discovered that polygamous marriage is a rational choice compatible with Tibetans’ traditional culture and natural environment, which can improve family well-being and lead to a good life. Our findings provide new fieldwork materials to support theories of cultural relativism advocated by the Boas school, which emphasises that the environment greatly affects culture, and Malinowski’s functionalism, which stresses that culture has been created to satisfy people’s practical needs.

scholarly journals Thoughts on Green Highway Construction in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

2021 ◽  
Vol 233 ◽  
pp. 01122
Author(s):  
Liyan Ge ◽  
Zhiqiang Feng ◽  
Haibo Yao ◽  
Siwei Liu
Keyword(s):  
High Altitude ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Highway Construction ◽  
Road Construction ◽  
Tibet Plateau ◽  
Ecological Environment ◽  
Protection Measures ◽  
Qinghai Tibet Plateau

On the basis of combining the unique characteristics of the natural environment and the fragile and sensitive ecological environment in the high-cold and high-altitude areas, the difficulties and challenges in the construction of green roads in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau are analyzed, and the construction of green roads in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau should have its own unique characteristics. Relevant technologies and eco-environmental protection measures for green road construction in high-cold and high-altitude areas, and specific suggestions for green road construction on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, aim to provide certain ideas for the construction of green roads on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau for reference.

Research on the Analytical Method of the Contributing Factors of Settlement Generation

2011 ◽  
Vol 460-461 ◽  
pp. 528-533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Hua Song ◽  
Yang Yu ◽  
Ying Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Natural Environment ◽  
Analytical Method ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Human Settlements ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
The Social ◽  
Environment Factor ◽  
Major Factors

Major factors in settlement generation can be summarized as four aspects, the natural environment factor, the social ethic factor, visual esthetics factor, socioeconomic contributing factor etc. nowadays numerous analyses are being conducted in these four aspects, however the vast majority of them are partial, one dimensional researches and the results are often remote from the actual effects. From the perspective of human settlements, the author made a general research by means of systematic approach and discussed how to effectively combine these four aspects to form an evaluation system based on the effect of settlement generation, in order to obtain an ideal outcome of settlement generation.

scholarly journals Research on the Influence of Energy Utilization and Economic Development on Human Well-Being in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 196
Author(s):  
Mengmeng Meng ◽  
Weiguo Fan ◽  
Jianchang Lu ◽  
Xiaobin Dong ◽  
Hejie Wei
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Resource Acquisition ◽  
Energy Utilization ◽  
Western China ◽  
Tibet Plateau ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Generalized Matrix ◽  
Qinghai Tibet Plateau ◽  
Means Of Production

Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is a typical resource-rich but economically backward region in western China, and it is of great urgency to improve human well-being. Combined with previous scholars’ research and the characteristics of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, this paper constructs an index system of human well-being including four dimensions: income and consumption, means of production, means of subsistence, and resource acquisition ability. Then, it uses generalized matrix method estimations to measure the influence of energy utilization and economic development on human well-being and makes a regression analysis on the influence of energy utilization and economic development on human well-being in various provinces in this region. It is found that per capita GDP and coke utilization promote the well-being of all dimensions, while the urban registered unemployment rate only promotes the well-being of means of subsistence. The utilization of gasoline and natural gas promotes income and consumption and inhibits the means of subsistence and resource acquisition ability, but they have opposite effects on means of production. The impacts of energy utilization and economic development in different provinces on human well-being are different. This study is of great significance to the related research aiming at improving people’s livelihood and promoting regional development.

Prehistory in the Call to Abraham

2006 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 189-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyle Eslinger
Keyword(s):  
Natural Environment ◽  
Human Agency ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Human Experience ◽  
Human Values ◽  
Classical Literature ◽  
Common Pool ◽  
Human Thought ◽  
Ancient Israel ◽  
Book Of Genesis

AbstractA common pool of primitive human values fuels the world's religions. These values are evident in classical religions and are found lying on the surface in the book of Genesis, which is among the Bible's richest archetypal repositories. The Genesis pre-history focuses on human well-being. The mythological assumptions underlying this story manifest the rudiments of human thought and experience laid down in the archaic period. A hostile natural environment evokes behaviour to overcome its hazards. The narrative explores the mythological options of agency for achieving human well-being. As in other theistic worldviews two primary agencies are envisioned. Gods and humans, each with strengths and weaknesses, are potential protagonists on the stage of human optimism. Genesis inherits a southwest Asian cosmogony in which the gods are hostile to the advanced potential of collective human agency. Divine hostility complicates agency options, leading to a devotional compromise in the form of God's covenant with Abraham. The essay suggests the value of a renewed awareness of the influence of archaic human experience on the classical literature of ancient Israel. The argument is developed with reference to the traditional figure of Abraham.

scholarly journals Spatial Expansion of Human Settlement during the Longshan Period (~4.5–~3.9 ka BP) and Its Hydroclimatic Contexts in the Lower Yellow River Floodplain, Eastern China

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 712
Author(s):  
Kaifeng Li ◽  
Wenhua Gao ◽  
Li Wu ◽  
Hainan Hu ◽  
Panpan Gong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Yellow River ◽  
Asian Summer Monsoon ◽  
Spatial Expansion ◽  
Human Settlement ◽  
Human Settlements ◽  
Lower Yellow River ◽  
River Floodplain ◽  
The Lower Yellow River ◽  
Asian Summer ◽  
Longshan Period

Obvious spatial expansion of human settlement occurred in the lower Yellow River floodplain during the Longshan period, but the external factors driving this expansion remain unclear. In this study, we first delineated the hydroclimatic changes at both regional and local scales within and around the lower Yellow River floodplain and then examined the relationships of human settlements with hydroclimatic settings between the pre-Longshan and Longshan periods. The results indicate that the site distribution, site density and hydroclimatic conditions exhibited significant shifts during the pre-Longshan and Longshan periods. In the pre-Longshan period, the intense East Asian summer monsoon and abundant monsoon-related precipitation caused widespread development of lakes and marshes in the lower Yellow River floodplain. As a result, the circumjacent highlands of the lower Yellow River floodplain contained concentrated human settlements. However, the persistent weakening of the East Asian summer monsoon and consequent precipitation decline, in conjunction with accelerated soil erosion due to decreasing forest vegetation and strengthening of human activities on the upstream Loess Plateau in the Longshan period, are likely to have jointly caused both shrinking and faster filling of preexisting lakes and marshes. Subsequently, a large area of arable land had been created in the lower Yellow River floodplain and thus was occupied by locally rapid increasing population, resulting in the notable spatial expansion of human settlements during the Longshan period.

A silicon diode based detector for radiation measurement in high altitude natural environment

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Pantel ◽  
J.-R. Vaille ◽  
F. Wrobel ◽  
L. Dilillo ◽  
J.-M. Galliere ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Altitude ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Radiation Measurement ◽  
Silicon Diode

scholarly journals Air–surface exchange of gaseous mercury over permafrost soil: an investigation at a high-altitude (4700 m a.s.l.) and remote site in the central Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhijia Ci ◽  
Fei Peng ◽  
Xian Xue ◽  
Xiaoshan Zhang
Keyword(s):  
High Altitude ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Tibet Plateau ◽  
Permafrost Soil ◽  
Remote Site ◽  
Water Addition ◽  
Surface Exchange ◽  
Entire Study ◽  
Gaseous Mercury ◽  
Qinghai Tibet Plateau

Abstract. The pattern of air–surface gaseous mercury (mainly Hg(0)) exchange in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) may be unique because this region is characterized by low temperature, great temperature variation, intensive solar radiation, and pronounced freeze-thaw process of permafrost soils. However, air–surface Hg(0) flux in the QTP is poorly investigated. In this study, we performed filed measurements and controlled field experiments with dynamic flux chambers technique to examine the flux, temporal variation and influencing factors of air–surface Hg(0) exchange at a high-altitude (4700 m a.s.l.) and remote site in the central QTP. The results of field measurements showed that surface soils were net emission source of Hg(0) in the entire study. Hg(0) flux showed remarkable seasonality with net high emission in the warm campaigns and net low deposition in winter campaign, and also showed the diurnal pattern with emission in daytime and deposition in nighttime, especially on days without precipitation. Rainfall events on the dry soils induced large and immediate increase in Hg(0) emission. Snowfall events did not induce the pulse of Hg(0) emission, but snow melt resulted in the immediate increase in Hg(0) emission. Daily Hg(0) fluxes on rainy or snowy days were higher than those of days without precipitation. Controlled field experiments suggested that water addition to dry soils significantly increased Hg(0) emission both in short and relatively long timescales, and also showed that UV radiation was primarily attributed to Hg(0) emission in the daytime. Our findings imply that a warm climate and environmental change could facilitate Hg release from the permafrost terrestrial ecosystem in the QTP.

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