Location matters: Rethinking wetland restoration for combating floods in China
• Global flood events have been surging significantly in recent years. • Wetlands are recognized as a nature-based solution to defense floods. • Wetlands’ flood-regulating functions vary with their location in the watershed. • China’s current “No Net Loss” policy lacks spatial targeting. • Location-based wetland restoration enhances flood mitigation cost-effectively.
Authors
- Jinwei Dong
- Xi Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5518-4220)
- Xinxin Wang
- Xiangming Xiao
Institutions
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Ministry of Natural Resources (RW)
- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (CN)
- University of Oklahoma (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Geography and sustainability
- Published
- 2026-01-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geosus.2026.100408
- Primary Topic
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00