气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): Climate Suitability Assessment of Human Settlements for Regions along the Belt and Road

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DOI	10.1007/s11769-021-1241-5
	Climate Suitability Assessment of Human Settlements for Regions along the Belt and Road
	Lin Yumei; Li Peng; Feng Zhiming; Yang Yanzhao; You Zhen; Zhu Fuxin
通讯作者	Feng, ZM (通讯作者)
发表日期	2021
ISSN	1002-0063
EISSN	1993-064X
起始页码	996
结束页码	1010
卷号	31 期号:6
英文摘要	Climate is one important environmental variable that affects human life. As the regions along the Belt and Road (B & R) encompass vast territories and large populations, it is significant to assess climate suitability for human settlements, which will influence the migration of various surrounding countries. We selected seven regions including 65 countries along the B & R for the research area and adopted the temperature-humidity index (THI), to assess the climate suitability. We analyzed the spatial characteristics of THI and the correlation between population distribution and THI, the results of which enabled us to adjust the THI classification criteria. We finally assessed the climate suitability of each region. The results reveal that outside the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the THI values generally tend to decrease from west to east as longitude increases and downward with increasing latitude. The population distribution is significantly correlated with the THI. Regions with relative suitable climate, including high suitability areas (HASs), moderately suitable areas (MSAs) and low suitability areas (LSAs), account for 50.62% of the total area and encompass in excess of 90% of total population. These areas are widely distributed in the southern regions of 45 degrees N latitude, again with the exception of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Critical suitable area includes 19.48% of the entire area and 8.98% of total population. The non-suitable area accounts for less than 30% of total area, concentrated in the cold high-latitude and high-altitude areas.
关键词	HUMAN THERMAL COMFORT THERMONEUTRAL ZONE URBAN CLIMATE TEMPERATURE HEAT PROVINCE HEALTH
英文关键词	climate suitability; temperature-humidity index; human settlements; spatial distribution; the Belt and Road
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:000716948500004
来源期刊	CHINESE GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCE
来源机构	中国科学院青藏高原研究所
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/260178
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Lin Yumei,Li Peng,Feng Zhiming,et al. Climate Suitability Assessment of Human Settlements for Regions along the Belt and Road[J]. 中国科学院青藏高原研究所,2021,31(6).
APA	Lin Yumei,Li Peng,Feng Zhiming,Yang Yanzhao,You Zhen,&Zhu Fuxin.(2021).Climate Suitability Assessment of Human Settlements for Regions along the Belt and Road.CHINESE GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCE,31(6).
MLA	Lin Yumei,et al."Climate Suitability Assessment of Human Settlements for Regions along the Belt and Road".CHINESE GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCE 31.6(2021).