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 POPULATION CARRYING CAPACITY EVALUATION AND PREDICTION OF JIANGSU‘S COASTAL AREAS BASED ON FARMLAND PRESSURE INDEX
Yang Dong, Zhang Hanyue, Weng Lingyan.
Resources & Industries    2017, 19 (5): 78-85.   DOI: 10.13776/j.cnki.resourcesindustries.20171106.014
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 The coastal area in Jiangsu province is the major crop producer, where ensure the guarantee of Jiangsu's crop supply. This paper, based on farmland-crop-population compound system, uses farmland pressure index model to estimate the population carrying capacity model, and to evaluate the actual population carrying capacity. The population carrying capacity in three coastal cities in Jiangsu in 2025 is predicted under the condition that the 2nd Child policy is open to all, which is used to plan a rational urban population size. During 19982014, farmland decreased in area, but population rose continuously, leading a largely falling in farmland area per capita; however, the total crop production was a little rising. The overall population carrying capacity pressure is small in Jiangsu's coastal area, Nantong sits on top, followed by Lianyungang and then by Yancheng. It is predicted that in 2025 the appropriate population is 6.4 million in Nantong, 9.78 million in Lianyungang and 17.56 million in Yancheng, maximum up to 8.00 million, 12.23 million and 21.95 million, respectively.
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