Index system and method for the evaluation of highway ecological landscape quality: A case study of Nantong City, Jiangsu Province, China

doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201812.012

Abstract

Abstract: The construction of highway ecological landscape is an important part of highway entity and an iconic feature of scenic countryside and ecological garden city, which plays an important role in the process of achieving social and economic sustainable development. The efficient index system and method is a basic measurement for the assessment of the interior quality and its associated outer environment. By taking five arterial highways (G15, G228, G204, S334 and S335) in the territory of Nantong City, Jiangsu Province as the case, an evaluation system containing quantitative and qualitative indices was developed to deal with the ecological landscape quality. The system composed of 12 evaluation indices which were divided into three categories including ornamental value, ecological efficiency, and safety design. Based on the survey and calculation of the raw data, the variable matrix was established and analyzed with principal component (PC) analysis. The results showed that the equation of highway greening ecological evaluation score was H=0.694×PC1+0.191×PC2+0.115×PC3, and scores of 5 highways ranked in the ordination of G204 > G15 > S334 > G228 > S335. The results would provide methods and references for efficient evaluation of highway landscape.

YIN Ming, XIAO Wei, JI Yi-fan, XU Jian-hua, HUA Jian-feng, LU Xiao-li. Index system and method for the evaluation of highway ecological landscape quality: A case study of Nantong City, Jiangsu Province, China[J]. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 2018, 29(12): 4128-4134.

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