%0 Journal Article
%T Potential for Wetland Restoration in the Drawdown Zone of Hanfeng Lake
%A MartinJ.H.WILLISON
%A LIBo
%A WANGQiang
%A YUANXing-zhong
%J 重庆师范大学学报(自然科学版)
%P 87-93
%D 2012
%R 10.11721/cqnuj20120318
%X "AbstractIn2008HanfengLakewascreatedinKaiCounty,Chongqing,bythefillingofthereservoirassociatedwiththeThreeGorgesDam.ThelakeispartiallyseparatedfromthePengxiRiverbyawater-levelregulatorydam,andissurroundedbyurbandevelopment.ThedrawdownzoneofHanfengLakerequiresspecialattentionbecauseofitsurbanlocationandthestatusofthelakeasanaturereserve.Herewediscusssomeofthemanagementissuesforthedrawdownzone,withspecialconsiderationtoeco-designprinciplesandengineeredwetlands.Giventheuniquenatureofthelake,wearguethatmanage-mentofthedrawdownzonerequiresanapproachthatisexperimentalandthereforeadaptive.Giventhatthenaturereserveobjectivesincludeafocusonbirdabundanceanddiversity,wearguethatthemanagementapproachmustbeecosystem-based.Giventheurbanlocation,wearguethatcommunity-basedprocessesmustbeusedforthemanagementapproachtobesociallyacceptable.Weconsiderthattheeffectiveecosystemisthewatershedofthelakeandthatbothlarge-scaleandlocalzoningarenecessarymanagementtools.Withinthedrawdownzoneitself,weconsiderthateco-designprinciplescanbeap-pliedtoachievetheprovisionofvaluableecosystemservicesincludingbankstabilization,improvedwaterquality,wetlandproductivityandbiodiversity,naturalscienceeducation,foodproduction,andagriculturaleducation.Bytakingthesecommunity-basedandecosystem-basedapproachestoraisingawarenessaboutthevaluesprovidedbywetlands,naturalecosystemserviceswillbedeliveredandthesewillpromotethesustainableeconomicandsocialdevelopmentofKaiCounty."
%K ThreeGorges
%K Kaixian
%K eco-design
%K dike-pond
%K wetland
%U http://cqnuj.cqnu.edu.cn/oa/DArticle.aspx?type=view&id=120318