China's wetlands loss to urban expansion

• Published in: Land degradation & development Vol. 29; no. 8; pp. 2644 - 2657
• Main Authors: Mao, Dehua, Wang, Zongming, Wu, Jianguo, Wu, Bingfang, Zeng, Yuan, Song, Kaishan, Yi, Kunpeng, Luo, Ling
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.08.2018
• Subjects: Aquatic ecosystems; China; cities; Ecosystem services; industrialization; Land cover; marshes; Metropolitan areas; Nature conservation; ponds; remote sensing; river deltas; Rivers; Spatial analysis; Sustainable development; traffic; Urban sprawl; Urbanization; wetland conservation; wetland degradation; wetland loss; Wetlands; Yangtze River; China; Yangtze River

Humans benefit from multiple ecosystem services of wetlands, but massive wetland loss has occurred worldwide due to rapid urbanization. To assess the problem, it is necessary to quantify the spatial extent of urbanization‐induced wetland loss. Here, we investigated the amount and pattern of wetland...