Sustainability of global Golden Inland Waterways

Wang，Yichu1,2; Chen，Xiabin1; Borthwick，Alistair G.L.3; Li，Tianhong1; Liu，Huaihan4; Yang，Shengfa5; Zheng，Chunmiao6; Xu，Jianhua7; Ni，Jinren1

2020-03-25

10.1038/s41467-020-15354-1

Nature Communications   影响因子和分区

2041-1723

2041-1723

Sustainable inland waterways should meet the needs of navigation without compromising the health of riverine ecosystems. Here we propose a hierarchical model to describe sustainable development of the Golden Inland Waterways (GIWs) which are characterized by great bearing capacity and transport need. Based on datasets from 66 large rivers (basin area > 100,000 km2) worldwide, we identify 34 GIWs, mostly distributed in Asia, Europe, North America, and South America, typically following a three-stage development path from the initial, through to the developing and on to the developed stage. For most GIWs, the exploitation ratio, defined as the ratio of actual to idealized bearing capacity, should be less than 80% due to ecological considerations. Combined with the indices of regional development, GIWs exploitation, and riverine ecosystem, we reveal the global diversity and evolution of GIWs' sustainability from 2015 to 2050, which highlights the importance of river-specific strategies for waterway exploitation worldwide.

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National Natural Science Foundation of China[51721006]

Science & Technology - Other Topics

Multidisciplinary Sciences

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1.Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences,Ministry of Education,College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering,Peking University,100871,China
2.Beijing Innovation Center for Engineering Science and Advanced Technology,Peking University,100871,China
3.Institute for Infrastructure and Environment,School of Engineering,University of Edinburgh,Edinburgh,The King's Buildings,EH9 3JL,United Kingdom
4.National Inland Waterway Regulation Engineering Technology Research Center,Wuhan,430010,China
5.National Inland Waterway Regulation Engineering Technology Research Center,Chongqing Jiaotong University,400074,China
6.Center for Global Large Rivers,School of Environmental Science and Engineering,Southern University of Science and Technology,Shenzhen,518055,China
7.Department of Environmental Management,Peking University,100871,China

Wang，Yichu,Chen，Xiabin,Borthwick，Alistair G.L.,et al. Sustainability of global Golden Inland Waterways[J]. Nature Communications,2020,11(1).

Wang，Yichu.,Chen，Xiabin.,Borthwick，Alistair G.L..,Li，Tianhong.,Liu，Huaihan.,...&Ni，Jinren.(2020).Sustainability of global Golden Inland Waterways.Nature Communications,11(1).

Wang，Yichu,et al."Sustainability of global Golden Inland Waterways".Nature Communications 11.1(2020).