GPR based RTM imaging technology for estimating rhizome diameters and application in the western China mining area

The rhizome functions are of great significance to the ecological protection of the western China mining area,whose ecological management can be provided with technical support via accurate calculations of the rhizome biomass.The rhizome diameter is an important index parameter of rhizome biomass.In this study,we propose an estimation of rhizome diameters based on ground penetrating radar(GPR)-based reverse time migration(RTM)imaging technology.First,the spatial distribution of shallow rhizomes is simulated using the finite difference time domain method.The simulation data are examined via RTM imaging and single-channel rhizome analysis to obtain the rhizome index parameters:Δh,the width of the maximum positive peak amplitude measured at an amplitude of zero,andΔH,the distance between the zero-amplitude position above the largest positive peak in the shallow region and the zero-amplitude position below the largest positive peak in the deeper region.The experiments of physical models verify the effectiveness of the two parameters(Δh andΔH).and indicate that the values ofΔh andΔH are independent of the rhizome burial depth;instead,they are only related to the diameter of the rhizome.For both the numerical simulations and the physical model experiment,the estimation errors ofΔh andΔH for the rhizome diameters can be constrained to less than 6%and 5%,respectively,which shows that the estimation of the rhizome diameters using GPR based RTM imaging technology is reasonable and effective and its high estimation accuracy meets the technical requirements.

Impacts of formal credit on rural household income:Evidence from deprived areas in western China

Financial support is a crucial part of China's poverty alleviation effort.Thus,it is vital to understand how formal credit impacts income growth in rural households.In 2012,2015,and 2018,a survey was conducted to obtain a panel dataset of 592 rural households from 6 poverty-stricken counties in western China,including counties in Guizhou,Yunnan,and Shaanxi provinces.We use the data to examine the effect of formal credit on rural household income and the mechanism that underlies this effect.We find that formal credit can significantly increase rural households'income in deprived areas in western China.Furthermore,formal credit promotes the reallocation of household labor from the agricultural sector to the non-agricultural sector and changes rural households'decisions about investment-consumption behavior.These are the drivers of changes in the amount and structure of household income.Further analyses show that formal credit may widen income inequality among rural households in western China's deprived areas.The individual characteristics of rural households,such as different levels of material capital,human capital,and social capital,bring about differences in the effects of formal credit on income growth.This study emphasizes that the implementation of formal credit is an essential strategy for poverty alleviation in underdeveloped areas,but policymakers should not excessively interfere with the financial market.

Satisfaction of Village Doctors with the Township and Village Health Services Integration Policy in the Western Minority-inhabited Areas of China

Township and Village Health Services Integration Management（TVHSIM） is an essential form of China＇s two-tiered health service integration plan at the township and village level. Its main purpose, also one of the target goals in China＇s new healthcare reform, is to gradually integrate rural health services and appropriately allocate rural health resources. This study aims to assess the village doctors＇ satisfaction with the TVHSIM and provide scientific base to further improve TVHSIM. A cross-sectional study was carried out in which 162 village doctors from Qinghai, Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang in western China were interviewed. Descriptive analysis, independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Spearman rank correlation and multiple linear regression were used to analyze the difference and relevance between village doctors＇ personal characteristics and their satisfaction with TVHSIM and six subscales. Village doctors with different years of practice, social insurance status and essential medical knowledge level showed statistically significant differences in their satisfaction levels（all P〈0.05）. Age（P〈0.05） and years of practice（P〈0.01） were negatively correlated with Drug and Medical Device Management and Financing Management. Essential medical knowledge level（P〈0.05） was negatively correlated with Operations Management as well. However, social insurance status（P〈0.05） was positively correlated with Human Resources Management and Drug and Medical Device management. Gender, age and years of practice respectively had significant influence on village doctors＇ satisfaction with TVHSIM（P〈0.01）. In conclusion, in order to further promote TVHSIM policy in rural China, a well-rounded social insurance model for village doctors is urgently needed. In addition, the development of TVHSIM is regionally imbalanced. Efficient and effective measures aiming at rationalizing gender and age structure and enhancing essential medical training should be carefully considered.

Implement PPET Strategy and Develop Ecotourism of Minority Areas in Western China——Take Xinlong County of Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province as An Example

To help the poor and to develop tourism are two mportant problems in poverty-stricken areas. However, they were isolated for years.The PPET strategy was put forward in this paper based on PPT.The feasibility and the realistic meaning of the strategy in developing the ecotourism, overcoming poverty, and achieving prosperity of minority areas inwestern China are analyzed bytaking Xinlong county of Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province as an example.

Structural Styles of Fronts of Thrust-Detachment Faults in Petroleum-bearing Areas of Western China

The front of a thrust-detachment fault may have various styles such as decoupling, fold, forethrust and backthrust ones because of differences in magnitude, direction and time of the forces exerted on the fault and the inhomogeneity of rock mechanical properties. They have different characteristics and are usually associated with gravity structure, inverse structure and diapir structure. These structures exist together in the same thrust-detachment fault and can influence, compensate for and convert into each other. They provide important grounds not only for the study of the dynamic state, propagation mode, evolutionary process and formation mechanism but also for the analysis of the petroleum generation, migration, accumulation and preservation and arrangement of drill holes in foreland basins.

Determining Optimal Strategies to Reduce Maternal and Child Mortality in Rural Areas in Western China: an Assessment Using the Lives Saved Tool

China, as a whole, is about to meet the Millennium Development Goals for reducing the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) and infant mortality rate (IMR), but the disparities between rural area and urban area still exists. This study estimated the potential effectiveness of expanding coverage with high impact interventions using the Lives Saved Tool (LiST). It was found that gestational hypertension, antepartum and postpartum hemorrhage, preterm birth, neonatal asphyxia, and neonatal childhood pneumonia and diarrhea are still the major killers of mothers and children in rural area in China. It was estimated that 30% of deaths among 0-59 month old children and 25% of maternal deaths in 2008 could be prevented in 2015 if primary health care intervention coverage expanded to a feasible level. The LiST death cause framework, compared to data from the Maternal and Child Mortality Surveillance System, represents 60%-80% of neonatal deaths, 40%-50% of deaths in 1-59 month old children and 40%-60% of maternal deaths in rural areas of western China.

China Steps Up Anti-poverty Effort in Arid Western Areas

China＇s State Council, or the cabinet, has decided to further extend a program that involves special funds for infrastructure and other projects in three particularly add and poor areas in the country＇s remote northwest. While extending the program from 2009 to 2015, the government also decided to raise the annual total funding from 200 million yuan （29.2 million U.S. dollars） to 300 million yuan.

Industrial Policy Analysis of Restricted Development Zones in Western China——A Study of State-level Main Producing Areas of Agricultural Products and Key Ecological Functional Areas

As one of the important policies of promoting the formation of main functional areas, the industrial policy directly determines the sustainable growth of space control ability of main functional areas. A restricted development zone is a type of main functional area which provides agricultural products and ecological products, assures the supply of national agricultural products and the stability of ecosystems, as well as safeguards the ecological functions and agricultural functions of wider regions by restricting its own development. Therefore scientific, complete and operable industrial policy support is needed. Restricted development zones are distributed widely in western China. With the restriction of their main functions, differential industrial policies should be implemented in the development of the restricted development zones: Dealing well with the relationship between industrial development and ecological protection, developing special industries which are friendly to resources and environment and appropriate for local conditions, guiding and encouraging industries to learn from regions with favorable development conditions, orderly withdrawing industries and enterprises adverse to main functions, facilitating industrial structure upgrading, optimizing industrial organization, improving industrial technological level and rationalizing industrial layout.

Analysis on the Changes of Temperature and Heat Resources in Rural Area of Chaoyang in Western Liaoning

[Objective] The aim was to study the change characteristics of temperature and heat resources in rural area of Chaoyang in western Liaoning. [Method] Based on the data from rural meteorological station in Chaoyang in western Liaoning from 1966 to 2010, the change characteristics of temperature and heat resources in rural area in Chaoyang were analyzed by means of serial correlation and climate tendency method, so as to master its climate situation. [Result] The annual average value of daily average temperature, daily maximum temperature and daily minimum temperature in rural area of Chaoyang in western Liaoning from 1966 to 2010 showed fluctuation variation, and the annual average value of daily maximum temperature increased most obviously with the climatic tendency of 0.328 ℃/10 a and highest significant level, so it played an important role in temperature increase, next came daily average temperature (0.151 ℃/10 a), while there was no obvious decrease in daily minimum temperature. The average of daily maximum temperature in winter half year increased more obviously than that in summer half year, with the climatic tendency of 0.417 and 0.250 ℃/10 a, respectively; the trend of daily average temperature reached low significant level, and there was no obvious variation in daily minimum temperature. In addition, ≥10 ℃ accumulated temperature in rural area of Chaoyang in western Liaoning went up obviously, with the climatic tendency of 42.59 ℃·d/10 a, namely it increased by 192 ℃·d in recent 45 years. [Conclusion] The study could provide climatic reference for the adjustment of agriculture structure and varieties distribution.

Analysis on Variations of the Temperature and Precipitation in North Slope Area of the Western Tianshan in Recent 50 Years

[Objective] The research aimed to analyze variation characteristics of the temperature and precipitation in north slope area of the Western Tianshan in recent 50 years.[Method] According to temperature and rainfall data from 1961 to 2010 at three meteorological stations in north slope area of the Western Tianshan,climate change in the zone in recent 50 years was analyzed by using linear trend analysis method and 5-year sliding average method.[Result] The temperature in north slope area of the Western Tianshan showed significant warming trend.The annual average temperature significantly increased at 0.3 ℃/10 a in recent 50 years.But rise rates of the temperature in different seasons were different:autumn> winter> spring> summer.The annual rainfall in north slope area of the Western Tianshan in recent 50 years overall presented relative increase trend.Seen from annual rainfall,it significantly increased at 16.9 mm/10 a.Seen from seasonal rainfall,except in autumn,rainfalls in other three seasons in the past 50 years all showed significant increase trends,with amplitude of 3.2-11.2 mm/10 a.The largest increase amplitude was in summer.After a small precipitation peak in the 1980s,autumn rainfall slightly declined in the past 20 years.[Conclusion] The climate in north slope area of the Western Tianshan become warm and wet.

中国式现代化背景下西部农村学前教育高质量发展的困境与纾解

西部农村学前教育高质量发展对建设教育强国、推进中国式现代化具有重要意义。理论上,中国式现代化从普惠性教育、整体性思维、内涵式发展、共生型主张、前瞻性布局五个维度为农村学前教育高质量发展指明了方向。实践上,通过对我国西部70所农村幼儿园的大规模调研发现,在中国式现代化进程中,我国学前教育整体取得了跨越式发展,但西部农村学前教育仍面临规模与质量协同的“困顿”、教育资源供给与需求的“错配”、园本课程特色与底色的“迷失”、教师专业发展能动与被动的“纠葛”、教育督导与评估机制的“乏力”等困境。为此,有必要建立“量质并举”的教育质量观,顺应人口变动,合理调控教育资源,坚持乡土特色与课程底色并重,构建以教师为核心的“1+3+N”育人新格局,加强数字化教育质量评估体系建设。

我国西部农村地区固体燃料燃烧污染物排放因子测定及分布特征

排放因子是估算污染物排放量的重要参数,为获取可靠的、有区域特征的固体燃料排放因子,2018年在我国西部9个省/自治区利用稀释采样系统入户收集了226个固体燃料燃烧样本,获得了薪柴、秸秆和煤在不同类型炉具中燃烧排放CO_(2)、CO、OC、EC、PM_(2.5)的排放因子。结果表明:秸秆类较易燃烧的燃料有较高的OC、EC、PM2.5排放因子,煤有较高的CO_(2)、CO排放因子。炉灶类型对薪柴的OC、PM2.5的排放因子影响稍大,薪柴在炕中燃烧的OC、PM_(2.5)排放因子比在砖灶和铁炉高约2-3.1倍,但秸秆在不同炉具中的排放因子差异较小。受不同区域燃料和炉灶类型以及操作习惯差异的共同影响,排放因子呈现明显的区域性差异,高CO_(2)排放因子分布在以煤为主要燃料的区域,高OC、EC、PM_(2.5)排放因子分布在以生物质为主要燃料的区域,并且CO、OC和PM_(2.5)排放因子的区域分布呈现一定的相关性。

华西雨屏区不同林龄柳杉人工林土壤微生物生物量碳氮含量和氮矿化速率特征

【目的】探究华西雨屏区不同林龄柳杉人工林根际与非根际土壤微生物生物量碳氮含量、活性氮含量和氮矿化速率的差异,为该区域柳杉人工林土壤氮素管理提供理论支持。【方法】以华西雨屏区中龄林(13 a)、成熟林(33 a)和过熟林(53 a)的柳杉人工林为研究对象,采集根际土和非根际土壤样品,测定微生物生物量碳、氮含量及氮矿化速率等指标。【结果】(1)柳杉成熟林根际土微生物生物量碳、氮含量整体显著高于中龄林和过熟林阶段,非根际土微生物生物量碳、氮含量随林龄增加呈降低趋势,而根际与非根际土微生物生物量碳氮比值均随林龄增加呈增加的趋势。(2)成熟林根际土与非根际土的铵态氮含量、铵态氮与硝态氮比值整体均显著高于中龄林和过熟林,而土壤硝态氮和无机氮含量随林龄增加均呈降低趋势,并且根际土铵态氮、硝态氮以及无机氮含量整体均高于非根际土。(3)成熟林根际土铵化速率及其根际效应显著高于其他林龄阶段;中龄林和成熟林根际土与非根际土的硝化速率和净氮矿化速率整体显著高于过熟林,并且根际土的硝化速率和净氮矿化速率整体均高于非根际土。(4)柳杉人工林土壤微生物生物量碳、氮含量和氮矿化速率与土壤理化性质密切相关。【结论】相较于中龄林和过熟林,柳杉成熟林根际土壤表现出更快的氮循环速率和更高的氮素有效性。因此,适当加强柳杉中龄林和过熟林氮肥管理可能更有利于提高柳杉人工林质量。

中小型土壤动物群落对华西雨屏区常绿阔叶林氮沉降的响应

【目的】掌握氮沉降对土壤动物群落特征的影响,为亚热带常绿阔叶林的可持续发展提供数据支撑。【方法】自2014年1月起在华西雨屏区进行模拟氮沉降试验,于2021年7月开始进行为期1年的季度采样试验。设置对照0 g/(m^(2)·a)、低氮5 g/(m^(2)·a)和高氮15 g/(m^(2)·a)3个施氮水平,采用干生漏斗对中小型土壤动物进行分离鉴定,研究土壤动物群落特征。【结果】试验共捕获中小型土壤动物8 390只,属2门5纲8目40科,优势类群为弹尾目等节(虫兆)科,占中小型土壤动物总密度的31.05%。土壤动物群落垂直分布表现出明显的表聚性特征。多样性特征均无显著变化。土壤动物功能类群以菌食性、腐食性和捕食性土壤动物为主。【结论】模拟氮沉降在一定程度降低了中小型土壤动物平均密度,增加了土壤动物类群数。氮沉降浓度的增加,不利于中小型土壤动物的生存发展。

西部煤矿区微生物修复促进植物水分高效利用策略

西部煤矿区生态环境脆弱,叠加高强度开采致使水土流失、土壤退化、根系受损,植物水分利用效率低,生态恢复困难,提高水分利用效率成为西部矿区生态修复或重建的关键。土壤水是限制干旱半干旱煤矿区生态修复的关键因素,它连接大气水、地表水、地下水与植被生长,是水分循环与养分运输的重要载体。土壤水分的高效与合理利用关系到生态修复的成败,因此探究植物根系水分利用策略对于西部煤矿区生态修复具有重要作用。分析了国内外植物水分利用的主要研究方法,比较了不同方法之间的优缺点及相应研究进展。在干旱半干旱煤矿区受损生态环境中,采用植物-微生物联合的微生物修复技术,能提高植物水分利用效率,改善植物水分利用策略。同时,接种微生物降低了植物从浅层土壤吸收水分的比例,有效地增加植物从深层土壤中吸收和利用水分,提升了植物水分利用效率,使接菌植物在干旱半干旱煤矿区表现出更高的生态适应性。分析了目前西部煤矿区植物水分利用的研究进展和存在的问题,探讨了煤矿区微生物修复对水分利用策略的改善,提出了西部干旱煤矿区生态修复中不同植物组合对水分利用策略的影响及其研究重点,为实现矿区绿色可持续、高质量发展奠定了扎实的基础,具有重要的生态应用价值。

西部高山峡谷区重大滑坡成生规律及灾变演化机理研究进展

中国西部水电工程大多位于高山峡谷内,复杂的工程地质条件导致峡谷库岸滑坡灾害分布广泛。基于西部高山峡谷水电工程区的工程地质特征,系统分析了地形、地质构造、滑体物质、坡体结构和水文地质条件与滑坡的成生发育关系,并总结了典型滑坡的类型、特征及其灾变演化的力学机制。研究结果表明:西部高山峡谷滑坡以坡度30°~50°、高程超过1000 m、体积超过100×10^(4)m^(3)的滑坡为主;三叠系、奥陶系和志留系为典型的易滑地层;降雨和水库蓄水导致侵蚀基准面抬升、侵蚀范围扩大,库区水位的反复升降导致涉水滑坡体前缘岩土体性质降低。西部高山峡谷区滑坡类型主要分为以牵引式滑坡、推移式滑坡和复合式滑坡为主的堆积层滑坡以及以顺层岩质滑坡、溃屈型岩质滑坡、反倾岩质滑坡和座落式滑坡为主的岩质滑坡,不同类型的滑坡其演化过程不同,滑坡灾变机理也有所差异。研究成果将对西部高山峡谷区的滑坡识别、监测、预警以及防治具有一定的指导意义。

“双碳”目标下西部农村生活能源消费特征及碳排放分析

运用能源环境理论、多元线性回归分析和主成分分析方法探究西部地区10个省区(市)农户主要生活能源消费特征及碳排放。结果表明:①西部农村生活能源存在明显区域异质性,四川和甘肃生活能源分布特征极明显,贵州、广西和云南生活能源分布特征明显,陕西、青海、重庆、宁夏和新疆生活能源分布特征不明显。②西部农村主要生活能源平均占比排序依次为:太阳能0.29%、沼气0.79%、液化石油气19.95%、煤40.47%、柴草49.16%、电53.24%,使用绿色能源农户占比仅有18.1%,通过发展绿色能源促进“双碳”目标实现任务艰巨。③若西部农村1789万煤用户、4225万柴草用户和1770万煤气、天然气、液化石油气用户转型升级使用绿色能源,每年能节约标准煤约3700万t,减少CO_(2)排放约1亿t。由此可见,生活能源蕴含着巨大碳减排潜力,是不可忽视的“双碳”载体,应进一步加大居民生活能源消费转型升级以此促进“双碳”目标的实现。

中西部乡村地区家校社协同育人的现实困境与纾解路径——基于37位乡村校长访谈数据的质性分析

随着教育改革的纵深发展,家校社协同育人成为促进我国基础教育高质量发展的应有之义。通过对37位中西部地区乡村校长访谈数据的质性分析发现,中西部乡村地区家校社协同育人的现实困境主要表现在认知困境、师资困境、沟通困境和管理困境四个方面。促进乡村地区家校社协同育人,需要增强家长心理资本,以获得感为取向促进农村家长对家校共育的认同;加强队伍建设,以主题培训为抓手提高乡村教师的家庭教育指导专业素养;优化资源供给,以社区资源整合为手段丰富家庭教育指导内容;强化制度保障,以机制建设为驱动促进家校社三方高效联动。

中国西部边疆民族地区文旅融合高质量发展时空演化及驱动因素分析

旅游业是国民经济的战略性支柱产业,发挥着文化繁荣、民族团结、稳疆固边的作用。中国西部边疆民族地区文化旅游资源丰富,推动文旅融合高质量发展是促进各民族交往交流交融、铸牢中华民族共同体意识的重要抓手。以中国西部边疆民族地区为研究对象,基于2011—2020年的多指标面板数据,测度文化和旅游高质量发展水平,分析协调度时空演化,并识别驱动因素。结果表明:(1)西部边疆民族地区文化和旅游高质量发展水平总体呈上升趋势,2020年新冠疫情对旅游业冲击明显,受历史文化沉淀和文化交流影响,文化高质量发展水平高于旅游高质量发展水平。(2)各省区文旅融合高质量发展协调度波动上升,协调等级逐步优化,广西和云南文旅融合高质量发展协调水平较高,形成“马太效应”。(3)投资水平、政策支持、市场供给和交通条件是西部边疆民族地区文旅融合高质量发展的重要驱动力,其中投资水平表现出的效用最强。研究结果可为西部边疆民族地区文旅融合高质量发展提供理论依据和数据支撑,有助于加强文化旅游建设,实现旅游业转型升级,提升文化活力和影响力。

发现“东西中国”:市场化与当代乡村变迁

改革开放以来出现的全国统一的劳动力市场、全国性的农产品市场和全国性的婚姻“市场”,让乡村走向了自由开放。市场化改变社会连接方式,打破乡村的地方性,让乡村中的人财物变成了自由流动的要素,市场区位决定了乡村人财物流动的方向。在三大市场的共同作用下,农村人财物总体呈现东进西出的特点,乡村秩序和乡村发展因而出现了显著的东中西地区差异。东部与中西部地区农村不仅在城乡关系、村庄形态等方面存在不同,而且还存在发展路径上的差异。“东西中国”是从农民与市场的关系的角度,呈现出改革开放后乡村变迁逻辑和分布形态。下一步,在定位乡村发展、实施乡村振兴、选择基层治理手段和推动重大涉农政策改革的过程中,要立足于“东西中国”这个现实前提。