title: Watershed protection and landscape enhancement by utilization of river water.
abstract: A scheme for watershed protection and landscape enhancement (WPLE) by utilization of river water was proposed to renovate water resources and protect ecological environment in Qiongshan City, Hainan Province, China. Utilization of river water may diminish the drought and flood risks. The scheme is beneficial to solve the problems of water resources shortage, groundwater declines and saltwater intrusion in the watershed. The object of the WPLE scheme is to achieve a sustainable integrated development of environment, ecology, economy and society. A kind of physically beautiful and functionally vivid landscape may exert its synthetical function on the diversity of landscape and the enjoyment of inhabitants. Feasibility of the scheme will be demonstrated by more experiments and tests, as well as observations in a long term.
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China.
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zuo
authors.forename: Yuan-sheng
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Pei
authors.forename: De-zhi
authors.initials: DZ
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Zhao-kun
authors.initials: ZK
authors.lastname: Luan
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D004190:Disasters; D004777:Environment; D045483:Rivers; D014876:Water Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control; D014881:Water Supply