Contents
1 Introductory Maps
Global Remote Sensing Images 2
Global Remote Sensing Images in Different Seasons 4
Remote Sensing Images of China and Its Neighboring Areas 6
Relief of China and Its Neighboring Areas 7
Population Density 8
Ecological Function Zone 9
2 Urbanization and Urban Expansion
Urbanization Development 12
Distribution of Urban Population(1953) 12
Distribution of Urban Population(1964) 13
Distribution of Urban Population(1982) 14
Distribution of Urban Population(1990) 15
Distribution of Urban Population(2000) 16
Distribution of Urban Population(2010) 17
Main Urban Agglomeration 18
Distribution of Main Urban Agglomeration 18
The Urban Built-up Area (2011) 21
Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Urban Agglomeration 22
Beijing 24
Tianjin Tangshan 26
The Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration 28
Shanghai 30
Hangzhou 32
Nanjing 34
The Pearl River Delta Urban Agglomeration 36
Guangzhou 38
Shenzhen 40
Other Important Cities 42
Harbin 42
Chnngchun 43
Shenyang 44
Xi'an 45
Chengdu 46
Kunming 47
Sanya 48
Dalian 49
3 EnvIronmental Change of Lakes
ABriefIntroduction to China's Lakes 52
Shrthking Water Surface 54
HulunNur 54
EbinurHu 56
QinghaiHu 58
Water Surface Expansion 60
Siling Co 60
Nam Co 62
Lake Envirorunental Change 64
PoyangHu 64
Chlorophyll in Poyang Hu 68
Tai Hu 70
Lake Development and Utilization 72
Aquacultuer in Hongze Hu 72
Polder and Reclamation in DongtthgHu 74
Lake Restoration from Impoldering in Dongting Hu 76
Warter Resource Utilities in Erhai 78
4 Environmental Change of Wetlands
Distribution and Change of Wetlands 82
Wetlands Distribution 82
Marsh Wetland in the Sanjiang Plain 84
The Ruoergai Plateau Wetland 86
Coastal Wetland in the Yellow River Delta 88
Coastal Wetland of Yancheng 90
Coastal Wetland of shenzhen 92
Mangrove Wetland of Hainan 94
5 Deforestation��Conservation and Restoration
Distribution of Forest Ecology Projects 98
Deforestation 100
Menghai��Yunnan 100
Genge��Inner Mongolia 102
Wenchang��Hainan 104
Forest Preservation 106
Bu'erjin��Xinjiang 106
Huma��Heilongjiang 108
Hegang��Heilongjiang 110
Changjiang��Hainan 112
Baisha��Hainan 114
Yuanjiang��Hunan 116
Yuping��Guizhou 118
Forest R��Resoration 120
Mohe��Heilongjiang 120
Yanbian��Jilin 122
6 Land Desertification
Desertifcation and Sandification 126
Desertined Land Types and Desertification Degrees in China 126
Sandification Degrees of Land in China 127
Sandy Area in Bashang��Hebei 128
Hunshandake Sandy R��region 130
Ulan Buh Desert 132
Kubuqi DesRest 134
Minqin Sandy Region 136
Horqin Sandy Land 138
Mu Us Sandy Land 140
7 Impacts of Large-scale Projects
Qinghai-Xizang Railway 144
Impacts of Major Projects-Nagqu��Xizang 146
South-to-North Water Diversion 148
Resettlement in Xichuan��Henan 150
The Three Gorges Project 152
Three-North Shelterbelts Project-Baiquan��Heilongjiang 156
Grain for Green Pr��Project 158
Wuqi��Shaanxi 160
Yanchuan��Shaanxi 162
Zichang��Shaanxi 163
Yan'an��Shaanxi 164
8 Natural Hazards and Prevention
Flood 168
Fuyuan 168
Dongting Hu(1996) 170
Dongting Hu(1998) 172
Forest Fire 174
Lengshuijiang1 174
Huzhong 176
Drought 178
Middle and Lower Reaches of Yangtze River��2011 178
Five Southwestem Pronces 180
Sea Ice Hazard in Liaodong Wan 182
Debris Flow in Zhouqu 184
References 186