Guidelines for Assessing the Ecological Environment Quality of Riverbank Areas, T/CSES 08-2020

Scope

Scope: This document specifies the objectives and principles of the assessment of the ecological environmental quality of riparian zones, the construction of an assessment index system, field investigation and parameter acquisition, comprehensive assessment of the ecological environmental quality of riparian zones in sample sites, and assessment of the ecological environmental quality of riparian zones in target areas. This document is applicable to the evaluation of the habitat conditions of riparian zones and the assessment of non-point source pollution of water bodies in riparian zones; Main technical content: In response to the needs of integrated governance of "mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes and grasslands" and the protection and utilization of river and lake shorelines in China, this study conducts a hierarchical assessment of the ecological environmental quality of riparian zones with the goal of river water ecological health, and establishes an assessment index system centered on the land use of riparian zones, providing a basis for scientifically and standardly evaluating the habitat conditions of riparian zones and their impact on non-point source pollution of water bodies, and guiding the protection and planning of river shorelines, spatial control of land use, and other work. Specific technical content includes: (1) Scope; (2) Normative reference documents; (3) Terms and definitions; (4) Assessment objectives, principles and processes; (5) Construction of an assessment index system; (6) Field investigation and parameter acquisition; (7) Comprehensive assessment of the ecological environmental quality of riparian zones in sample sites; (8) Assessment of the ecological environmental quality of riparian zones in target areas.

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