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Constructed wetland modelling for watershed ecosystem protection under a certain economic load: A case study at the Chaohu Lake watershed, China

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  • Ni, Jingneng
  • Xu, Jiuping
  • Zhang, Mengxiang

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The two major aims of watershed management are regional economic development and watershed ecosystem protection. In this paper, constructed wetland (CW) technology is employed to examine watershed ecosystem protection under a certain regional economic load. The Chaohu Lake watershed in China was chosen as the target study area and fuzzy random variables used to describe the uncertainties. Then, a bi-level optimization model for watershed-scale CW planning was developed and applied to the Chaohu Lake watershed with the aim of protecting ecosystem health. To solve the model, a fuzzy random simulation-based nested simulated annealing algorithm was designed. The results showed that there was a “finite sum game” relationship between economic development and ecosystem health within the Chaohu Lake watershed. Under a probability and possibility of 0.9, to achieve the ecological goal F1=70, it was estimated that a 348.19 (ha) CW needed to be constructed. The impacts of environmental policies and economic development on the watershed ecosystem were found to be significant. One of the key practical results indicated that: in the Chaohu Lake watershed, the water environmental treatment of rivers should take precedence over that of lakes; a result which could be of assistance to local government policy making.

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  • Ni, Jingneng & Xu, Jiuping & Zhang, Mengxiang, 2018. "Constructed wetland modelling for watershed ecosystem protection under a certain economic load: A case study at the Chaohu Lake watershed, China," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 368(C), pages 180-190.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecomod:v:368:y:2018:i:c:p:180-190
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2017.11.019
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