Southern Tibet Human Activities: Ecological Footprint Analysis of Nyingchi Region

Chaohui Li, Chaohui Li, Xudong Wu, Xudong Wu, Kuang Chen, Dan Lo, Junxian Dai, Dongxue Xia, Ciren Yangzong, Guoqian Chen

2021

Abstract

The Tibetan Plateau has experienced a series of environmental changes in the last century due to climate change and anthropogenic activities. Extensive studies have examined the effect of anthropogenic activity disturbances such as grazing and transhumant pastoralism on the ecosystem of the TP. However, there remains much to learn about the impacts of forest economies in the less studied Southern TP region. This paper intends to evaluate the impacts of human actives in the forest region on the TP by focusing on a village (Nyingchi) in the above-mentioned region. Our study aims to carry out a full set of human footprint analysis that includes carbon, water, energy, and land-use footprint of the region through fieldwork, interviews, and onsite monitoring. The current paper presents a research plan with preliminary results that includes fieldwork analysis and preliminary calculations. Our current analysis indicates the need for future research on human footprint analysis in the southern TP region, with special attention to mapping the region’s spatiotemporal patterns from high-resolution data by using bottom-up analysis.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Li C., Wu X., Chen K., Lo D., Dai J., Xia D., Yangzong C. and Chen G. (2021). Southern Tibet Human Activities: Ecological Footprint Analysis of Nyingchi Region. In Proceedings of the 1st International Joint Conference on Energy and Environmental Engineering - Volume 1: CoEEE, ISBN 978-989-758-599-9, pages 94-99. DOI: 10.5220/0011358700003355

in Bibtex Style

@conference{coeee21,
author={Chaohui Li and Xudong Wu and Kuang Chen and Dan Lo and Junxian Dai and Dongxue Xia and Ciren Yangzong and Guoqian Chen},
title={Southern Tibet Human Activities: Ecological Footprint Analysis of Nyingchi Region},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Joint Conference on Energy and Environmental Engineering - Volume 1: CoEEE,},
year={2021},
pages={94-99},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011358700003355},
isbn={978-989-758-599-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Joint Conference on Energy and Environmental Engineering - Volume 1: CoEEE,
TI - Southern Tibet Human Activities: Ecological Footprint Analysis of Nyingchi Region
SN - 978-989-758-599-9
AU - Li C.
AU - Wu X.
AU - Chen K.
AU - Lo D.
AU - Dai J.
AU - Xia D.
AU - Yangzong C.
AU - Chen G.
PY - 2021
SP - 94
EP - 99
DO - 10.5220/0011358700003355