Coastline Resources Evaluation of Coastal Ningbo City
摘要
The importance attached to the sustainable development of coastal areas is increasing, and coastline assessments are required to minimize environmental destruction resulting from complexity of the property in coastal areas, and human activities. In order to build a comprehensive evaluation index system, the needs of production (port, industry), living (tourism and leisure) and ecological protection were considered. Ningbo, with coasts on three sides, lies in the Yangtze River delta and has 1600 kilometers of coastline. So far, coastlines have been used for ports, industry and Tidal Flat Reclamation, and little attention has been given to ecological protection. The positive analysis indicates that the method explored in this paper can be helpful for the comprehensive utilization of coastlines. The assessment also shows that most of the coastline in Beilun, Daxie, Meishan, Shipu Bay and the front part of Xiangshan Bay is suitable for port and industry because of good natural conditions and large environmental capacity. The coastline in the southeast part of Xiangshan county and Xiangshan Bay can play a role in the future by making full use of rich landscape resources and environmental properties. Coastline along the bottom of Xiangshan Bay and western Xihu Bay should be protected strictly because of the important ecological function and small capacity of the environment. Guiding coastline development activities according to suitability can maximize the region’s coastline and promote the sustainable utilization of coastline.