Sustainable development of mineral resources (MRs) is important for a national strategy of resource security and ecological civilization. Reasonable zoning of MRs for development and management is key. In this study, we developed a multi-objective framework for MRs zones (MRZs), including indicator sets and dividing processes, after evaluating and grading indicators of 131 county-level units in Henan Province, China. We used this framework to customize resource management measures for all kinds of MRZs. The dominant criteria in the zoning evaluation system were resource conditions, development and utilization conditions, ecological environment conditions, and socioeconomic conditions, which included ecological priority, resource security, and socioeconomic development. Discriminant analyses, spatial superposition, cluster analyses, and exclusion method in ArcGIS were used to divide the study area into five categories: prohibited MRZ, restricted MRZ, key MRZ, optimal MRZ, and common MRZ. The results indicated the obvious regional characteristics of MRZ distribution in Henan Province, with 32 restricted MRZs, seven key MRZs, three optimal MRZs, and 23 common MRZs. Prohibited MRZs were located in 51 counties. For the different MRZ types, specific management measures were put forward to improve the layout structure and facilitate the future MRs planning.

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矿产资源开发与管理的多目标区划框架-以河南省为例

矿产资源的可持续发展对于国家资源安全和生态文明战略至关重要。对MR进行合理的分区以进行开发和管理是关键。在本研究中，我们在对河南省131个县级单位的指标进行评估和分级后，开发了一个多目标的MRs区（MRZ）框架，包括指标集和划分过程。我们使用此框架为各种MRZ定制资源管理措施。分区评估系统中的主要标准是资源条件，开发利用条件，生态环境条件和社会经济条件，其中包括生态优先，资源安全和社会经济发展。判别分析，空间叠加，聚类分析，使用ArcGIS中的排除法将研究区域分为五类：禁止的MRZ，限制的MRZ，关键MRZ，最佳MRZ和常见MRZ。结果表明，河南省机读区分布具有明显的区域特征，有32个限制机读区，7个关键机读区，3个最佳机读区和23个常见机读区。禁止的机读区位于51个县。针对不同类型的机读区，提出了具体的管理措施，以改善布局结构并促进未来机读区的规划。禁止的机读区位于51个县。针对不同类型的机读区，提出了具体的管理措施，以改善布局结构并促进未来机读区的规划。禁止的机读区位于51个县。针对不同类型的机读区，提出了具体的管理措施，以改善布局结构并促进未来机读区的规划。