Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT
Volume 188, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-016-5312-5
Keywords
Eco-environmental quality; Environmental assessment; Indicators of eco-environmental quality; Sustainable development; GIS technology; Western Taiwan Straits Economic Zone
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [71533003]
- Special Project on Remote Sensing Survey and Assessment of National Ecological Environment Change in Ten Years [STSN-11-02]
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Regional eco-environmental quality is the key and foundation to the sustainable socio-economic development of a region. Eco-environmental quality assessment can reveal the capacity of sustainable socio-economic development in a region and the degree of coordination between social production and the living environment. As part of a new development strategy for Fujian Province, the Western Taiwan Straits Economic Zone (hereafter referred to as the Economic Zone) provides an important guarantee for the development of China's southeastern coastal area. Based on ecological and remote sensing data on the Economic Zone obtained in 2000, 2005, and 2010, this study investigated county-level administrative regions with a comprehensive index of eco-environmental indicators. An objective weighting method was used to determine the importance of each indicator. This led to the development of an indicator system to assess the eco-environmental quality of the economic zone. ArcGIS software was used to assess the eco-environmental quality of the economic zone based on each indicator. The eco-environmental quality index (EQI) of the county-level administrative regions was calculated. The overall eco-environmental quality of the Economic Zone during the period studied is described and analyzed. The results show that the overall eco-environmental quality of the Economic Zone is satisfactory, but significant intraregional differences still exist. The key to improving the overall eco-environmental quality of this area is to restore vegetation and preserve biodiversity.
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