Evolution of the human–water relationships in the Heihe River basin in the past 2000 years

Lu, Z.; Wei, Y.; Xiao, H.; Zou, S.; Xie, J.; Ren, J.; Western, A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-2261-2015

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Catchment co-evolution: space–time patterns and functional...

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-2261-2015

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12 May 2015

Research article |

| 12 May 2015

Evolution of the human–water relationships in the Heihe River basin in the past 2000 years

Z. Lu, Y. Wei, H. Xiao, S. Zou, J. Xie, J. Ren, and A. Western

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Final revised paper (published on 12 May 2015)
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- AC C666: 'Responses to major comments of Reviewer #2', Zhixiang Lu, 24 Mar 2015

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (24 Mar 2015) by Hongyi Li

AR by Zhixiang Lu on behalf of the Authors (20 Apr 2015)

ED: Publish as is (25 Apr 2015) by Hongyi Li

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This paper quantitatively analyzed the evolution of human-water relationships in the Heihe River basin over the past 2000 years by reconstructing the catchment water balance. The results provided the basis for investigating the impacts of human societies on hydrological systems. The evolutionary processes of human-water relationships can be divided into four stages: predevelopment, take-off, acceleration, and rebalancing. And the transition of the human-water relationship had no fixed pattern.