Incorporating ecosystem service supply and demand into ecological risk assessment can
overcome the limitations of the traditional assessment framework. However, most previous …

Domestic water supply and agricultural irrigation are highly dependent on groundwater in
Beijing. Groundwater table (GWT) decline and ecological issues caused by groundwater …

Technology has been increasingly applied in search for excellence in water resource
management. Tools such as demand-forecasting models provide information for utility …

Since the explosive economic and population growth, tensions between human and
environment, particularly with regard to water, has never eased but intensified in most parts …

Assessing the impact of climate change on urban landscape dynamics (ULD) is the
foundation for adapting to climate change and maintaining urban landscape sustainability …

Spatially distributed industrial water use (IWU) data are essential for effective region-specific
water resource management. Such data are often scarce in underdeveloped and …

Land subsidence is a geohazard phenomenon caused by the lowering of land elevation due
to the compression of the sinking land soil body, thus creating an excessive constraint on the …

Rapid population growth and increased economic activity impose an urgent challenge on
the sustainability of water resources in Beijing. Understanding the spatial and temporal …

Long-standing wastewater and reclaimed water irrigation systems degrade groundwater
quality and thus pose great risks to local soils and even to human health. In this study …

Abstract The Yongding River Alluvial Fan is a northwestern part of the North China Plain, at
which Beijing is located. Since 1950 and especially 1970, excessive groundwater …