The Impact of Restoration and Protection Based on Sustainable Development Goals on Urban Wetland Health: A Case of Yinchuan Plain Urban Wetland Ecosystem, Ningxia, China

Xiaolan Wu, Xiaoyan Bu (), Suocheng Dong, Yushuang Ma, Yan Ma, Yarong Ma, Yulian Liu, Haixian Wang, Xiaomin Wang and Jiarui Wang
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Xiaolan Wu: School of Geography and Planning, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750014, China
Xiaoyan Bu: School of Geography and Planning, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750014, China
Suocheng Dong: Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Yushuang Ma: School of Geography and Planning, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750014, China
Yan Ma: School of Geography and Planning, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750014, China
Yarong Ma: School of Geography and Planning, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750014, China
Yulian Liu: School of Resource and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
Haixian Wang: School of Geography and Planning, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750014, China
Xiaomin Wang: School of Geography and Planning, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750014, China
Jiarui Wang: School of Geography and Planning, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750014, China

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 16, 1-19

Abstract: Drawing heavily upon the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), an SDG–pressure–state–response (PSR)–ecological–economic–social (EES) model and an index system for wetland ecosystem health assessment were constructed from the three dimensions of environment, economy, and society. By using the Yinchuan Plain urban wetlands in the Yellow River Basin of China as a case study, their ecological health status from 2000 to 2020 was systematically evaluated by integrating information from remote sensing technology, geographic information technology, field sampling, information entropy (IE), a landscape index, and a Comprehensive Evaluation Index. The results show that the restoration and protection of wetland ecosystems have achieved remarkable results in the Yinchuan Plain. The wetland ecological health index has significantly increased from 0.26 to 0.67, which is an increase of 157.7%, and the health level increased from poor (II) to sub-healthy (IV). Factors restricting the healthy development of wetland ecology in the Yinchuan Plain include wetland construction, investment, population density, the number of tourists, and fertilizer use. The research results show that the wetland restoration and protection have achieved specific environmental, economic, and social results in the Yinchuan Plain. However, we also need to pay attention to increasing the investment in wetland environmental governance, strictly controlling the intensity of land use and the total amount of chemical fertilizer applied in various regions, scientifically carrying out wetland restoration and protection, reasonably coordinating the relationship between environment and society, and providing technical and decision-making support for wetland management and protection. This study provides a reference for the ecological governance and sustainable development of wetlands in large river basins worldwide.

Keywords: urban wetlands; ecological health; SDGs-PSR-EES model; obstacle degree model; restoration and conservation project (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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