Tidal marshes and mangroves are increasingly valued for nature-based mitigation of coastal
storm impacts, such as flooding and shoreline erosion hazards, which are growing due to …

Nature-based solutions (NBS) for hydro-meteorological risks (HMRs) reduction and
management are becoming increasingly popular, but challenges such as the lack of well …

Ecological compensation is an effective way to harmonize the conflict between exploitation
and protection of ecosystem. Xin'an River Basin, as the first pilot project in China to carry out …

Coastal wetlands provide a range of valuable ecosystem services, including protecting
coastal communities from storms. We estimated for the first time the global value of these …

The maintenance of the total natural capital stocks has received increased attention
worldwide for its ability to achieve sustainable development. However, the claim that …

A better understanding of how tidal-flat reclamation changes the flood hazard is critical for
climate-proofing coastal flood defense design of heavily urbanized areas. Since the 1950s …

Coastal zones are defined as the areas where the land meets the sea. Although coast zones
have significant resource and ecological value, they are ecologically vulnerable to human …

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 …

Estimating the recreational value of a coastal wetland park is useful in understanding
wetland ecosystem and nurturing a balanced relationship between wetland tourism …

The notable improvement of China's wetland management policies over the last four
decades prompted this study's goal to quantitatively analyze the transformation of China's …