TITLE:
The Evaluation Method of Gully Village’s Ecological Sustainable Development in the Gully Regions of Loess Plateau
AUTHORS:
Tao Zhang, Qinian Hu, Hiroatsu Fukuda, Dian Zhou
KEYWORDS:
Loess Plateau, Gully Village, Comprehensive Evaluation, Suitability, Sensitivity
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Building Construction and Planning Research,
Vol.4 No.1,
March
8,
2016
ABSTRACT: The gully region of Loess Plateau is one of the earliest human settlement areas and the most ecologically
sensitive areas in China. It has been facing challenges for future development. Gully village
is the smallest social units on Loess Plateau that owns large amount of agricultural population.
However, due to inappropriate development planning and lack of developing directions, they are
gradually disappearing. Based on the practical investigations of the Gully Regions of Loess Plateau,
this paper aims to explore a new way for the future development of gully villages. Firstly, it classifies
the gully villages by the distribution of location. Secondly, selecting ecological construction
evaluation factors of gully village and completing the quantitative evaluation are applied on the
suitability and sensitivity of ecological sustainable development classification. Thirdly, according
to the comprehensive evaluation, the developing condition of each gully village is divided into
“Good”, “General” and “Poor”. Finally, this paper figures out the future developing direction for
gully villages in different developing conditions.