Drivers, trends, and potential impacts of long-term coastal reclamation in China from 1985 to 2010

Tian, Bo; Wu, Wenting; Yang, Zhaoqing; Zhou, Yunxuan

doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2016.01.006

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“…Land reclamationdcreating new land in the seadis a common solution. From 1985 to 2010, all of the coastal provinces with high-intensity reclamation showed the same trend: GDP per capita was highly correlated with coastal reclamation (Tian et al, 2016).…”

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“…Coastal areas have also been magnets for people from surrounding and rural areas seeking work and prosperity. For centuries, many coastal countries, including developed countries such as the USA (Kennish, 2001), the Netherlands (Hoeksema, 2007), and Japan (Suzuki, 2003), as well as developing countries like China Tian et al, 2016) have conducted coastal reclamation for agriculture, industrial use, urban development, and so on. In Chinadthe world's most populous nation with 1.4 billion peopledclose to 50% of the population lives in eleven coastal provinces and major cities (He et al, 2014): Liaoning, Hebei, Tianjin, Shandong, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan (see Fig.…”

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“…Overall, China experienced four decades of unprecedented economic expansion under centrally planned economic reforms, with the most significant growth occurring through urbanization and industrialization in its coastal provinces. The environmental repercussions of China's economic expansion have been substantial, however, as manifest by widespread pollution, ecosystem degradation, and biodiversity loss (8)(9)(10)(11)(12). The impediments to sustainable development in China are revealed in the unintended, and often poorly reported, consequences of economic growth on human health, welfare, and the environment.…”

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Opportunity for marine fisheries reform in China

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China's 13th Five-Year Plan, launched in March 2016, provides a sound policy platform for the protection of marine ecosystems and the restoration of capture fisheries within China's exclusive economic zone. What distinguishes China among many other countries striving for marine fisheries reform is its sizeaccounting for almost one-fifth of global catch volume-and the unique cultural context of its economic and resource management. In this paper, we trace the history of Chinese government priorities, policies, and outcomes related to marine fisheries since the 1978 Economic Reform, and examine how the current leadership's agenda for "ecological civilization" could successfully transform marine resource management in the coming years. We show how China, like many other countries, has experienced a decline in the average trophic level of its capture fisheries during the past few decades, and how its policy design, implementation, and enforcement have influenced the status of its wild fish stocks. To reverse the trend in declining fish stocks, the government is introducing a series of new programs for sustainable fisheries and aquaculture, with greater traceability and accountability in marine resource management and area controls on coastal development. As impressive as these new plans are on paper, we conclude that serious institutional reforms will be needed to achieve a true paradigm shift in marine fisheries management in China. In particular, we recommend new institutions for science-based fisheries management, secure fishing access, policy consistency across provinces, educational programs for fisheries managers, and increasing public access to scientific data. offers for the restoration and enhancement of wild fisheries, the protection of marine ecosystem services, and the amelioration of coastal pollution are momentous. Achieving the Plan's marine protection objectives will be challenging, however, and will require new approaches for state governance of marine resources, data sharing and use for policy implementation, and an expanded public appreciation of marine ecosystem services for sustained economic growth and environmental quality. Without serious institutional adjustments, even the most limited

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“…Tian et al (2016) [6] reported how coastal reclamation has resulted in rapid losses of vegetated coastal wetlands and caused related environmental impacts. Many countries, including those in developed countries, such as Holland, Japan [12] and Korea [13], and in developing countries, such as China [6] and Indonesia, which aims to reclaim 10,000 ha from the sea, have anticipated large-scale reclamation since the 16th century [14,15].…”

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Assessment ecological risk of heavy metal caused by high-intensity land reclamation in Bohai Bay, China

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Xie

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The article examines the detailed spatial and temporal distributions of coastal reclamation in the northwest coast of Bohai Bay experiencing rapid coastal reclamation in China from 1974 to 2010 in annual intervals. Moreover, soil elements properties and spatial distribution in reclaimed area and inform the future coastal ecosystems management was also analyzed. The results shows that 910.7 km2 of coastal wetlands have been reclaimed and conversed to industrial land during the past 36 years. It covers intertidal beach, shallow sea and island with a percentage of 76.0%, 23.5% and 0.5%, respectively. The average concentration of Mn is 686.91mg/kg and the order of concentration of heavy metal are Cr>Zn>As>Ni>Cu>Pb>Cd>Hg. We used the "space for time substitution" method to test the soil properties changes after reclamation. The potential ecological risk of heavy metal is in low level and the risk of Cd and As is relatively higher. The ecosystem-based coastal protection and management are urgent to support sustainable coastal ecosystems in Bohai bay in the future.

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Drivers, trends, and potential impacts of long-term coastal reclamation in China from 1985 to 2010

Cited by 273 publications

References 27 publications

Characterization and environmental impact analysis of sea land reclamation activities in China

Characterization and environmental impact analysis of sea land reclamation activities in China

Opportunity for marine fisheries reform in China

Assessment ecological risk of heavy metal caused by high-intensity land reclamation in Bohai Bay, China

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