Dynamic Monitoring and Analysis of Ecological Quality of Pingtan Comprehensive Experimental Zone, a New Type of Sea Island City, Based on RSEI

Xiaole Wen, Yanli Ming, Yonggang Gao and Xinyu Hu
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Xiaole Wen: College of Environment and Resources, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China
Yanli Ming: College of Environment and Resources, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China
Yonggang Gao: College of Environment and Resources, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China
Xinyu Hu: College of Environment and Resources, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-14

Abstract: Islands face increasingly prominent environmental problems with rapid urbanization. Hence, timely and objective monitoring and evaluation of island ecology is of great significance. This study took the Pingtan Comprehensive Experimental Zone (PZ) in the east sea of Fujian Province of China as the research object. Based on remote sensing technology, four Landsat images from 2007 to 2017 and the remote sensing ecological index (RSEI) were used to explore the ecological status and space–time change. The results showed that from 2007 to 2011, the average RSEI decreased from 0.519 to 0.506, indicating that the ecological quality generally showed a slight downward trend, mainly due to large-scale development brought by the construction; by 2014, although the ecology of the original area improved, the overall ecology was still declining with 0.502 mean RSEI mainly because of large-scale reclamation projects; by 2017, the average RSEI rebounded to 0.523, which was attributed to the fact that ecological construction and protection were emphasized in the construction of PZ, especially in reclamation areas. In conclusion, the increase of large area bare soil will lead to the decline of regional ecology, but the implementation of scientific ecological planning is conducive to ecological restoration and construction.

Keywords: RSEI; remote sensing; ecological status; dynamic motoring; Pingtan Island (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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