From spatial models to spatial evaluation in the analysis of wetland restoration in the Vecht river basin

Gilbert, Alison J.; Herwijnen, M. van; Lorenz, C.M.

doi:10.1007/s10113-004-0071-1

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“…Wetlands restorations have attracted great attentions worldwide in last decades (Gilbert and others 2004 ; Gray and others 2002 ; Konisky and others 2006 ). To well understand the structure and function of the restored wetlands, researches on wetland degradation, restoration and reconstruction have become more important.…”

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Vegetative Ecological Characteristics of Restored Reed (Phragmites australis) Wetlands in the Yellow River Delta, China

Wang

Zhou

et al. 2011

Environmental Management

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In this study, we compared ecological characteristics of wetland vegetation in a series of restoration projects that were carried out in the wetlands of Yellow River Delta. The investigated characteristics include plant composition structure, species diversity and community similarity in three kinds of Phragmites australis wetlands, i.e. restored P. australis wetlands (R1, R2, R3 and R4: restored in 2002, 2005, 2007 and 2009, respectively), natural P. australis wetland (N) and degraded P. australis wetland (D) to assess the process of wetlands restoration. The coverage of the R1 was 99%, which was similar to natural wetland. Among all studied wetlands, the highest and lowest stem density was observed in R1 and R2, respectively, Plant height and stem diameter show the same trend as N > R2 > R1 > R3 > D > R4. Species diversity of restored P. australis wetlands became closed to natural wetland. Both species richness and Shannon–Wiener index had similar tendency: increased first and then decreased with restored time. The highest species richness and species diversity were observed in R2, while the lowest values of those parameters were found in natural P. australis wetland. Similarity indexes between restored wetlands and natural wetland increased with the restoration time, but they were still less than 50%. The results indicate that the vegetation of P. australis wetlands has experienced a great improvement after several years’ restoration, and it is feasible to restored degraded P. australis wetlands by pouring fresh water into those wetlands in the Yellow River Delta. However, it is notable that costal degraded P. australis wetland in this region may take years to decades to reach the status of natural wetland.

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Vegetative Ecological Characteristics of Restored Reed (Phragmites australis) Wetlands in the Yellow River Delta, China

Wang

Zhou

et al. 2011

Environmental Management

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“…For defining the boundaries of the protected wetland area in our model, we employ a suggested restoration plan provided by Van den Bergh et al (2001) and Gilbert et al (2004), which they use to analyze and evaluate land-use scenarios for wetland areas in the Netherlands, but just taking the present situation into account.…”

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City versus wetland: Predicting urban growth in the Vecht area with a cellular automaton model

Tendurus,

Baydin,

Eleveld

et al. 2013

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There are many studies dealing with the protection or restoration of wetlands and the sustainable economic growth of cities as separate subjects. This study investigates the conflict between the two in an area where city growth is threatening a protected wetland area. We develop a stochastic cellular automaton model for urban growth and apply it to the Vecht area surrounding the city of Hilversum in the Netherlands, using topographic maps covering the past 150 years. We investigate the dependence of the urban growth pattern on the values associated with the protected wetland and other types of landscape surrounding the city. The conflict between city growth and wetland protection is projected to occur before 2035, assuming full protection of the wetland. Our results also show that a milder protection policy, allowing some of the wetland to be sacrificed, could be beneficial for maintaining other valuable landscapes. This insight would be difficult to achieve by other analytical means. We conclude that even slight changes in usage priorities of landscapes can significantly affect the landscape distribution in near future. Our results also point to the importance of a protection policy to take the value of surrounding landscapes and the dynamic nature of urban areas into account.

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Evaluating the ecological performance of wetland restoration in the Yellow River Delta, China

Cui

Yang

Zhang

et al. 2009

Ecological Engineering

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From spatial models to spatial evaluation in the analysis of wetland restoration in the Vecht river basin

Cited by 8 publications

References 18 publications

Vegetative Ecological Characteristics of Restored Reed (Phragmites australis) Wetlands in the Yellow River Delta, China

Vegetative Ecological Characteristics of Restored Reed (Phragmites australis) Wetlands in the Yellow River Delta, China

City versus wetland: Predicting urban growth in the Vecht area with a cellular automaton model

Evaluating the ecological performance of wetland restoration in the Yellow River Delta, China

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