Polluted lake restoration to promote sustainability in the Yangtze River Basin, China
Boqiang Qin, Yunlin Zhang, Jianming Deng, Guangwei Zhu, Jianguo Liu, David P. Hamilton, Hans W. Paerl, Justin D. Brookes, Tingfeng Wu, Kai Peng, Yizhou Yao, Kan Ding, Xiaoyan Ji
Abstract
China has made a concerted effort to successfully improve water quality of rivers, but lake water quality has not improved. Lakes require controls on both catchment external nutrient loads and in-lake internal loads, where nature-based solutions are coupled with engineered systems to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Topics & Concepts
ChinaYangtze riverDrainage basinSustainable developmentSustainabilityEnvironmental scienceWater qualityWater resource managementStructural basinNutrientHydrology (agriculture)Environmental protectionGeographyEcologyGeologyBiologyArchaeologyGeomorphologyGeotechnical engineeringCartographyAquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton DynamicsWater Quality and Pollution AssessmentHydrology and Watershed Management Studies