The application of region-ecological-economy theory in western China

Based on the regionalizing zones, districts, and the regions in western China, this paper elaborates the main characteristics and the problems of every eco-economic zones, districts, and regions, which are all based on the GIS analyst and the comprehensive geographical statistic analyzing, we list the main indexes used in the regionalizing and the results to show the main character of each region, which comprise precipitation, temperature, primary production potential, while the population carrying capacity, and the index of water resources, land resources, landscape degradation, urbanization, and economic development, etc. To each type of eco-economic region, we analyze respectively from the social, economic, and natural environment aspects. The result shows that there does now have serious economic development in western China, while the environmental problem still cannot be ignored.