Advances in Earth Science ›› 2018, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (7): 665-674. doi: 10.11867/j.issn.1001-8166.2018.07.0665
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Jun Xia 1( ), Qiting Zuo 2, *( ), Chunhui Han 2
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First author:Xia Jun(1954-), male, Xiaogan City, Hubei Province, Professor, Academician of Chinese Academy Sciences. Research areas include hydrology and water resources. E-mail:xiajun666@whu.edu.cn
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Jun Xia, Qiting Zuo, Chunhui Han. Disciplinary System and Development Strategy for Eco-hydrology[J]. Advances in Earth Science, 2018, 33(7): 665-674.
Eco-hydrology is a new discipline developed in recent decades. It is of great significance to accelerate and promote the development of eco-hydrology subject by constructing a perfect discipline system and formulating future development strategies. By reviewing a large number of literatures, this paper systematically combed and expounded the development and evolution of the eco-hydrology, which can be divided into five stages, the embryonic period of eco-hydrology (1970-1986), formulation terminology and the initial exploration period of eco-hydrology (1987-1991), discipline establishment and the initial development period of eco-hydrology (1992-1995), the rapid development period of eco-hydrology (1996-2007) and the improvement period of eco-hydrology (2008-present). Based on the analysis of the development of eco-hydrology, the disciplinary system of eco-hydrology was proposed as a framework of “theory-method-practice-branch discipline”. Finally, combined with the authors’ understanding, this paper put forward the development strategy system of the eco-hydrology, including the disciplinary research plan, the key research project, the country’s major demand, the discipline construction and the international cooperation, which will provide support for the promotion and establishment of a sound disciplinary system of eco-hydrology.