Professor, State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-ecosystems, College of Ecology, Lanzhou University. Post-Doctor of Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Visiting scholar of Cornell University in the United States for one year. The anonymous reviewer for academic journals, such as 《Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science》《Journal of Environmental Planning and Management》etc.

Contact Information                      

Email: zhdawei@lzu.edu.cn

Address: College of Ecology, Lanzhou University, 222 South Tianshui Road, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu Province, China    

Research Area

I am particular interested in sustainable ecology, coupled Human and Natural systems and regional sustainable development.

Books

1. Sustainable development in Silk Road Economic Belt：from the view of coupled Human and Natural systems. Science Press, 2021.

2. Legal policy capacity assessment in Heihe River Basin based on ecosystem management, Science Press, 2019.

3. The construction of the strictest water resources management law system in Heihe River Basin, Science Press, 2019.

4. Legislative Research on Water Pollution Prevention and Control in Watershed, Lanzhou University Press, 2004.

Representative Publications

1. Exploring the role of co-agglomeration of manufacturing and producer services on carbon productivity: An empirical study of 282 cities in China. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023, 399, 136674. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.136674

2. Comprehensive evaluation on sustainable development based on planetary pressures and ecological well-being performance: A case study on the belt and road regions. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022, 376: 134211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro. 2022.134211

3. Exploring the link between natural resources, urbanization, human capital, and ecological footprint: A case of GCC countries. Ecological Indicators, 2022, 144:109556. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109556

4. Looking for ecological sustainability: A dynamic evaluation and prediction on the ecological environment of the belt and road region. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2022,32:851-862. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2022.06.007

5. Ecology and environment of the Belt and Road under global climate change: A systematic review of spatial patterns, cost efficiency, and ecological footprints. Ecological Indicators,2021,131:108237. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.108237

6. The case of China’s fiscal decentralization and eco-efficiency: is it worthwhile or just a bootless errand? Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2021, 26: 89–100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2020.09.0144.

7. Coupling mechanism of water-energy-food and spatiotemporal evolution of coordinated development in the Yellow River Basin. Resources Science. No.12, 2021

8. High-quality development level and its spatiotemporal changes in the Yellow River Basin. Resources Science. No.1, 2020.

9. Optimizing the ratio of environmental protection investment: based on the eco-efficiency. China Environmental Science, 2019, 39(08): 3530-3538.

10. Endogenous Research on Economic Growth, Environmental Pollution and Environmental Protection Investment. Exploration of Economic Issues. No. 10, 2018

11. Frame of legal system for Heihe River basin based on eco-system management of watershed, Journal of Economics of Water Resources, 2016, 2: 49-52,67.

12. The role of water users associations in integrated water resource management of Zhangye City in Heihe River Basin, China, River Basin Management in the Twenty-first Century. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. 2014.8.

13. An Attempt to Apply a Quantitative Research Method in the Assessment of Environmental and Resource Law. Statistics and Decision-making, No. 3, 2011.

14. On Legal Assessment - Theory, Method and Practice. Gansu Social Sciences, No. 5, 2010.

15. Evaluation of National Legislation for Sustainable Development of Watershed in China, Eco-economy, No. 11, 2007.

16. Opportunities and Challenges in Implementing Valley Ecosystem Management in China. Population, Resources and Environment in China, No. 5, 2007.

Funding

1. Study on the supporting capacity of the ecological environment and sustainable development of the “Silk Road Economic Belt” under the background of global change, the project is sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

2. The Coupled Mechanism Study of Water Environmental Evolution and Human Activity in Heihe River Basin in Recent Fifty Years, the project is sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

3. Assessment of watershed sustainable management capacity based on ecosystem health: Taking typical inland watershed in Western China as an example, the project is sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

4. Biodiversity investigation on Qingtu lake.