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Influence of rapid rural-urban population migration on riverine nitrogen pollution: perspective from ammonia-nitrogen.
Zhang, Wangshou; Swaney, Dennis P; Hong, Bongghi; Howarth, Robert W; Li, Xuyong.
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  • Zhang W; Key Laboratory of Watershed Geographic Sciences, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China. wszhang@niglas.ac.cn.
  • Swaney DP; State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. wszhang@niglas.ac.cn.
  • Hong B; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
  • Howarth RW; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
  • Li X; Division of Water Resources, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Raleigh, NC, USA.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int ; 24(35): 27201-27214, 2017 Dec.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28965271
China is undergoing a rapid transition from a rural to an urban society. This societal change is a consequence of a national drive toward economic prosperity. However, accelerated urban development resulting from rapid population migration from rural to urban lands has led to high levels of untreated sewage entering aquatic ecosystems directly. Consequently, many of these regions have been identified as hot spots of riverine nitrogen (N) pollution because of the increasing level of urban point-source discharge. In order to address this concern, we assessed effects of urban development on ammonia-nitrogen (AN) loads using a panel data regression model. The model, expressed as an exponential function of anthropogenic N inputs multiplied by a power function of streamflow, was applied to 20 subwatersheds of the Huai River Basin for the years 2003-2010. The results indicated that this model can account for 81% of the variation in annual AN fluxes over space and time. Application of this model to three scenarios of urban development and sewage treatment (termed urbanization priority, sustainable development, and environmental priority) suggests that future N pollution will inevitably deteriorate if current urban environmental management and investment are not significantly improved. Stronger support for environmental management is very critical to alleviate N pollution and improve water quality. More effort should focus on improving sewage treatment and the N removal rate of the current sewage system in light of the increasing degree of urbanization.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Urbanización / Contaminantes Químicos del Agua / Ríos / Migración Humana / Amoníaco / Nitrógeno País/Región como asunto: Asia Idioma: En Revista: Environ Sci Pollut Res Int Asunto de la revista: SAUDE AMBIENTAL / TOXICOLOGIA Año: 2017 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: China Pais de publicación: Alemania
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Urbanización / Contaminantes Químicos del Agua / Ríos / Migración Humana / Amoníaco / Nitrógeno País/Región como asunto: Asia Idioma: En Revista: Environ Sci Pollut Res Int Asunto de la revista: SAUDE AMBIENTAL / TOXICOLOGIA Año: 2017 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: China Pais de publicación: Alemania