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COASTAL MANAGEMENT
Volume 44, Issue 1, Pages 21-35Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/08920753.2016.1116668
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China; coastal management; marine policy; natural coast; redline policy
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A significant proportion of China's coast has been developed for aquaculture, salt industry, ports and harbors, industry, reclamation, and so on. The stated target, of keeping at least 35% mainland coast in natural status until 2020, in the National Marine Functional Zoning Plan (2011-2020) is unlikely to be realized. This article analyzes the current protection and utilization of mainland coast and discusses effects of coastal over-development. The use of the redline policy in natural resources protection, including forests, cultivated land, freshwater and marine ecology is reviewed, and the redline policy is advised to be adopted in natural coast protection through such measures as total length control, buffer zones, regional control, inter-region engagement, and efficient artificial coastal areas use and restoration.
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