title: [Ecological security assessment model and corresponding indicator system of the regions along Huaihe River in Anhui Province].
abstract: With the Pressure-State-Response (PSR) model developed by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), this paper assessed the ecological security of the regions along Huaihe River in Anhui Province. Based on it, a revised integrative assessment model of regional ecological security and corresponding indicator system were built, in light of the social, economic and environmental characteristics of the regions. The weight of 17 indicators was estimated by Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Delphi technique, and three mathematical functions for these indicators were established. The results showed that the integrative ecological security degree of the regions based on PSR model was 0.41, and that after adding social-economic components was 0.34. Compared with the criterion set in this paper, the two assessment results of the regions were at comparatively unsafe level. However, the difference between the two results was 20.6%. To confirm the main elements that affect regional ecological security, the assessment model and corresponding indicator system should be combined with regional characteristics, and assessed with multi-model.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China. wzx1972@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Zhenxiang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiaodong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Yangfan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jiaquan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Liangqing
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jia
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000191:economics; D004463:Ecology; D017753:Ecosystem; D004777:Environment; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D004787:Environmental Pollution; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D018570:Risk Assessment; D045483:Rivers; D012449:Safety