Carbon Storage Change Analysis and Emission Reduction Suggestions under Land Use Transition: A Case Study of Henan Province, China
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Data Sources
2.3. Methods
2.3.1. Land-Use Change Analysis
2.3.2. Computation of Carbon Storage Change Caused by LUCC
3. Results
3.1. Spatio-Temporal Variation of LUCC from 1990 to 2018
3.2. Spatio-Temporal Variation of Land-Use-Related Carbon Storage Change from 1990 to 2018
4. Discussion
4.1. Advantages to Investigating Land-Use Change in Provincial Administrative Regions by Taking a River Basin Perspective
4.2. Analysis of Carbon Storage Changes Caused by Land-Use Changes
4.3. Suggestions for Carbon Emission Reduction under Land Use Transition
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Land-Use Types | Emission (Absorption) Coefficient | Unit |
---|---|---|
Woodland | −0.00578 | kt/(km2·a) |
Grassland | −0.00021 | kt/(km2·a) |
Water | −0.00252 | kt/(km2·a) |
Unused land | −0.00005 | kt/(km2·a) |
Farmland | 0.00422 | kt/(km2·a) |
Item | Coal | Coke | Gasoline | Kerosene | Diesel Oil | Fuel Oil | Liquefied Petroleum Gas | Natural Gas |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Net heat value (TJ/kt) | 20.93 | 28.47 | 43.12 | 44.10 | 42.71 | 41.87 | 47.47 | 38.90 |
Carbon emission coefficient (t/TJ) | 26.80 | 29.41 | 18.90 | 19.60 | 20.17 | 21.09 | 17.20 | 15.32 |
Oxidation coefficient (%) | 91.50 | 92.80 | 98.00 | 98.60 | 98.20 | 98.50 | 98.50 | 99.00 |
Region | Land Use Type | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015 | 2018 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AR (km2) | PR (%) | AR (km2) | PR (%) | AR (km2) | PR (%) | AR (km2) | PR (%) | AR (km2) | PR (%) | ||
HRB | FS | 9861.13 | 66.03 | 9674.89 | 64.78 | 9388.57 | 62.87 | 9251.77 | 61.95 | 9033.73 | 60.49 |
EC | 3361.42 | 22.51 | 3354.03 | 22.46 | 3242.63 | 21.71 | 3247.96 | 21.75 | 3262.80 | 21.85 | |
PL | 1711.79 | 11.46 | 1905.44 | 12.76 | 2303.14 | 15.42 | 2434.61 | 16.30 | 2637.79 | 17.66 | |
Total | 14,934.34 | 100 | 14,934.36 | 100 | 14,934.34 | 100 | 14,934.34 | 100 | 14,934.32 | 100 | |
HURB | FS | 63,195.49 | 73.19 | 63,030.26 | 73.00 | 62,009.76 | 71.81 | 61,609.66 | 71.35 | 60,434.00 | 69.99 |
EC | 12,987.47 | 15.04 | 12,532.53 | 14.51 | 12,636.28 | 14.63 | 12,639.31 | 14.64 | 12,670.76 | 14.67 | |
PL | 10,162.57 | 11.77 | 10,783.99 | 12.49 | 11,700.71 | 13.55 | 12,097.76 | 14.01 | 13,241.73 | 15.34 | |
Total | 86,345.53 | 100 | 86,346.78 | 100 | 86,346.75 | 99.99 | 86,346.73 | 100 | 86,346.49 | 100 | |
YERB | FS | 20,043.68 | 54.86 | 20,438.80 | 55.94 | 20,082.97 | 54.96 | 19,917.28 | 54.51 | 19,786.92 | 54.15 |
EC | 13,920.89 | 38.10 | 13,279.31 | 36.34 | 13,025.69 | 35.65 | 13,033.42 | 35.67 | 12,953.67 | 35.45 | |
PL | 2573.08 | 7.04 | 2819.59 | 7.72 | 3429.09 | 9.39 | 3587.05 | 9.82 | 3797.14 | 10.39 | |
Total | 36,537.65 | 100 | 36,537.7 | 100 | 36,537.75 | 100 | 36,537.75 | 100 | 36,537.73 | 99.99 | |
YARB | FS | 14,914.11 | 54.05 | 14,958.95 | 54.22 | 14,734.26 | 53.40 | 14,665.78 | 53.15 | 14,390.52 | 52.16 |
EC | 11,019.25 | 39.94 | 10,842.98 | 39.30 | 11,066.52 | 40.11 | 11,068.38 | 40.11 | 11,169.71 | 40.48 | |
PL | 1658.46 | 6.01 | 1789.89 | 6.49 | 1791.03 | 6.49 | 1857.65 | 6.73 | 2031.55 | 7.36 | |
Total | 27,591.82 | 100 | 27,591.82 | 100 | 27,591.81 | 100 | 27,591.81 | 99.99 | 27,591.78 | 100 |
Region | Land Use Type | 1990–2000 | 2000–2010 | 2010–2015 | 2015–2018 | 1990–2018 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AR (km2) | PR (%) | AR (km2) | PR (%) | AR (km2) | PR (%) | AR (km2) | PR (%) | AR (km2) | PR (%) | ||
HRB | FS | −186.23 | −1.25 | −286.32 | −1.92 | −136.80 | −0.92 | −218.04 | −1.46 | −827.39 | −5.54 |
EC | −7.39 | −0.05 | −111.41 | −0.75 | 5.33 | 0.04 | 14.84 | 0.10 | −98.63 | −0.66 | |
PL | 193.65 | 1.30 | 397.71 | 2.66 | 131.47 | 0.59 | 203.18 | 1.36 | 926.00 | 6.20 | |
HURB | FS | −165.23 | −0.19 | −1020.51 | −1.18 | −400.09 | −0.46 | −1175.66 | −1.36 | −2761.50 | −3.20 |
EC | −454.94 | −0.53 | 103.74 | 0.12 | 3.04 | 0.00 | 31.44 | 0.04 | −316.72 | −0.37 | |
PL | 621.42 | 0.72 | 916.72 | 1.06 | 397.05 | 0.46 | 1143.97 | 1.32 | 3079.16 | 3.57 | |
YERB | FS | 395.13 | 1.08 | −355.83 | −0.97 | −165.69 | −0.45 | −130.36 | −0.36 | −256.76 | −0.70 |
EC | −641.57 | −1.76 | −253.62 | −0.69 | 7.73 | 0.02 | −79.75 | −0.22 | −967.22 | −2.65 | |
PL | 246.51 | 0.67 | 609.49 | 1.67 | 157.96 | 0.43 | 210.09 | 0.58 | 1224.06 | 3.35 | |
YARB | FS | 44.84 | 0.16 | −224.69 | −0.81 | −68.48 | −0.25 | −275.26 | −1.00 | −523.59 | −1.90 |
EC | −176.26 | −0.64 | 223.53 | 0.81 | 1.86 | 0.01 | 101.33 | 0.37 | 150.46 | 0.55 | |
PL | 131.43 | 0.48 | 1.14 | 0.00 | 66.62 | 0.24 | 173.90 | 0.63 | 373.09 | 1.35 |
Item | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015 | 2018 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Food security land (million tons) | 4.56 | 4.56 | 4.48 | 4.45 | 4.37 |
Ecological conservation land (million tons) | −1.67 | −1.67 | −1.69 | −1.69 | −1.69 |
Production and living land (million tons) | 129.91 | 187.23 | 568.57 | 583.00 | 549.21 |
Carbon source (million tons) | 134.46 | 191.79 | 573.06 | 587.45 | 553.58 |
Carbon sink (million tons) | −1.67 | −1.67 | −1.69 | −1.69 | −1.69 |
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Xiao, D.; Niu, H.; Guo, J.; Zhao, S.; Fan, L. Carbon Storage Change Analysis and Emission Reduction Suggestions under Land Use Transition: A Case Study of Henan Province, China. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 1844. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph18041844
Xiao D, Niu H, Guo J, Zhao S, Fan L. Carbon Storage Change Analysis and Emission Reduction Suggestions under Land Use Transition: A Case Study of Henan Province, China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(4):1844. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph18041844
Chicago/Turabian StyleXiao, Dongyang, Haipeng Niu, Jin Guo, Suxia Zhao, and Liangxin Fan. 2021. "Carbon Storage Change Analysis and Emission Reduction Suggestions under Land Use Transition: A Case Study of Henan Province, China" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 4: 1844. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph18041844