Land Reclamation - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Jun 2, 1976 · Land reclamation is defined as the process of creating new land from the sea, often involving filling submerged areas with heavy materials like rock and soil, and draining wetlands …
Distinguishing among remediation, reclamation, and offsetting in …
Sep 1, 2025 · So long as reclamation is required, and the reclamation plan commits to restoration of a certain area to equivalent land capability (as described above) and some wetland function, …
Sea Reclamation in Mainland China: Process, Pattern, and …
Apr 1, 2023 · Sea reclamation has mostly focused on the construction of aquaculture ponds, ports and agricultural land since 1980 in mainland China.
Saline-alkali land reclamation boosts topsoil carbon storage by ...
Sep 30, 2024 · The results indicated that saline–alkali land reclamation leads to plant-derived C becoming the dominant contributor of SOC storage. POC storage and MAOC storage were …
Spatial-temporal impacts of landscape metrics and uses of land ...
Oct 1, 2023 · Taking the land reclamation history in Macao from 1975 to 2018 as the empirical case, this study quantifies landscape metrics and uses of reclaimed lands through time, and …
Land reclamation and artificial islands: Walking the tightrope …
Oct 1, 2017 · Coastal developments worldwide have put entire shoreline ecosystems at risk. Recently, land reclamation has been extended to the construction of whole…
Joint effect of aquaculture and land reclamation on sediment …
Aug 1, 2025 · The rapid development of global coastal aquaculture and land reclamation are significantly changing the offshore sediment dynamics system. Based on remote sensing, in …
Transitions and suggestions for China's coastal port reclamation ...
Apr 1, 2023 · The study of port reclamation patterns and environmental strategies for port clusters has become the focus of coastal zone sustainable development. Ports are the only land usage …
‘Making Bombay Island’: land reclamation and ... - ScienceDirect
Jan 1, 2018 · Reclamation, it was hoped, would eliminate the Portuguese argument that Bombay consisted of distinct islands; it would also remove the colony's dependence on imported …
The current developments and impact of land reclamation control …
Dec 1, 2021 · This study did a comprehensive analysis of China’s reclamation policy and new developments of China's reclamation management and control, its impact and trends. In the …