主办单位:中国气象局沈阳大气环境研究所
国际刊号:ISSN 1673-503X
国内刊号:CN 21-1531/P

Journal of Meteorology and Environment ›› 2019, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (4): 113-119.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-503X.2019.04.016

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Review of the research on ecological carrying capacity evaluation methods

QU Xiu-qi1,2, LIU Miao1, LI Chun-lin1, HU Yuan-man1, YIN Hong-yan1,2, QI Li1,2   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China;
    2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • Received:2018-11-20 Revised:2019-02-26 Published:2019-09-03
  • Supported by:
    This work is supported by National Key R&D Program of China (No.2016YFB0900604) and Science and Technology Project of SGCC(No.SGTYHT/16-JS-198).

Abstract: Human activities are increasingly affecting sustainable development.Therefore,the study of ecological carrying capacity has been attracted more and more attention.In this paper,we summarize the evolution of the concept of ecological carrying capacity and introduce the main research methods of ecological carrying capacity including primary productivity method (NPP),ecological footprint method,energy value ecological footprint method,ecosystem-service-based method,carbon and oxygen balance method,state space method,the comprehensive evaluation method and the model method.The advantages and disadvantages of the above-mentioned methods are reviewed separately.At last,the shortcomings of current ecological carrying capacity researches and its future possible development directions are discussed.

Key words: Ecological carrying capacity, Concept evolution, Evaluation methodology

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