Open AccessEffect evaluation of soil erosion control in Xingguo County
Author(s) -
Keller Jiang,
Yuqian Liu,
Yushuo Song,
Guicheng Liu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/605/1/012014
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , erosion , environmental science , structural equation modeling , poverty , economics , mathematics , economic growth , geology , paleontology , philosophy , linguistics , statistics
Xingguo county once suffered from serious soil erosion, fragile ecological environment and extreme poverty. After 1980, Xingguo County government adopted a series of measures to control soil erosion, improve people’s life and promote economic development. After nearly 40 years of governance, Xingguo has been lifted out of poverty, and the ecological environment has changed greatly. The strategy of Xingguo County Government to control soil erosion has referenced significance. In this study, GIS technology was used to calculate the current situation of soil and water loss in Xingguo County.