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Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021 To solve the shortage of land resources, many coastal cities have implemented coastal reclamation projects over the past few decades. Coastal reclamation can promote the economic development of coastal cities and improve human well-being in coastal zones.
Tanxin Feng, Nan Xu
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Satellite derived coastal reclamation expansion in China since the 21st century
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2021 Since 2000, many coastal land reclamation projects have been implemented in China to alleviate the shortage of coastal land resources with rapid urban sprawl and economic growth.
Nan Xu, Conghong Huang, Zhichao Li
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Mapping 21st Century Global Coastal Land Reclamation [PDF]
Earth's Future, 2023 Increasing population size and economic dependence on the coastal zone, coupled with the growing need for residential, agricultural, industrial, commercial and green space infrastructure, are key drivers of land reclamation.
Dhritiraj Sengupta +9 more
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Economic and ecological trade-offs of coastal reclamation in the Hangzhou Bay, China
Ecological Indicators, 2021 Due to the growing demand for land resources, coastal reclamation has become a global land use practice. Although the reclamation of coastal wetlands brings substantial economic benefits, it can lead to a series of adverse ecological impacts ...
Qiu Lefeng, Yuanzheng Cui, Shaohua Wu
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Remote Sensing, 2023 The coastal reclamation, as one of the most extreme transformations of the ocean space by humans, still lacks scientific quantitative evaluating methods to a large extent, compared with the evolution of land use patterns.
Jingfang Lu, Xianqing Lv, Honghua Shi
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Global Ecology and Conservation, 2019 The eastern coast of China provides a network of Important Bird Areas (IBAs) as feeding and breeding habitats, as well as migratory corridors for a large variety of waterbirds.
Guangliang Zhang, Baoshan Cui
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Towards an Urban Political Ecology of Coastal Land Reclamation
Geo: Geography and EnvironmentCoasts, deltas and estuaries have been reshaped for generations by land reclamation projects for the purposes of expanding settlements and agricultural lands as well as protecting coasts.
Jonas Hein
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Research on Key Technical Indexes of Coastal Reclamation Planning and Design [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2021 Large-scale coastal reclamation has become a significant land use issue worldwide for urban construction and economic development. The reclamation of coastal wetlands brings substantial economic benefits, however, the structure and function of coastal ...
Shixia Zhang, Zhenyu Zhan, Guangtian Cao
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Environment International, 2023 Coastal soil microbiomes play a key role in coastal ecosystem functioning and are intensely threatened by land reclamation. However, the impacts of coastal reclamation on soil microbial communities, particularly on their assembly processes, co-occurrence
Cheng Chen +8 more
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Biology, 2023 Coastal reclamation by seawall embankments and the spread of invasive C4 perennial grass Spartina alterniflora have recently become more prevalent in eastern China’s coastal wetlands.
Jian Li +5 more
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