Establishment of the evaluation index system for resources and environment carrying capacity in resource regeneration areas: A case study of Luoning County, Henan Province

In order to establish the evaluation index system of resources and environment carrying capacity in resource regeneration areas, the authors in this paper have carried out 1:50 000 environmental geological survey and geological environment background data collection in Luoning County of Henan Province, in order to find out the resources and environment endowment conditions and its disadvantageous elements. Based on the evaluation of geological environment, groundwater and mineral resources carrying capacity, the authors have adopted the evaluation of mine geo-environment carrying capacity to creatively construct a set of evaluation index system of resources and environment carrying capacity suitable for resource regeneration areas. On the basis of the actual verification and evaluation, through the comparison with the general evaluation index system of resources and environment carrying capacity, the authors have concluded that the mine geo-environment carrying capacity result is different from the geological environment carrying capacity result, and is also different from the mineral resource carrying capacity result. The results above show that the carrying capacity evaluation system in this paper is more suitable for resource regeneration areas with scattered mining areas and different development modes, which could further highlight the regional leading characteristics and provide some reference for geological environment protection and resource development planning in similar areas.