Pearl River Delta

Haixian Xiong; Jie Ren; Huan Liu; Junjie Deng; Leiping Ye; Benwei Shi; Jiaxue Wu

doi:10.1007/978-981-97-7259-9_13

Pearl River Delta

Haixian Xiong^*
, Jie Ren
, Huan Liu
, Junjie Deng
, Leiping Ye
, Benwei Shi
, Jiaxue Wu

^*Corresponding author for this work

State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research (School of Marine Sciences)

Sun Yat-Sen University
Guangdong Laboratory

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Abstract

The Pearl River Delta is a low-lying, densely populated and highly urbanized region in China. This chapter briefly introduces its environmental setting, geomorphology and evolutional history, as well as socioeconomic characteristics. The major environmental issues and related solutions are discussed, including flooding, sand mining, land reclamation, saltwater incursion, hypoxia, environmental pollution, biodiversity loss, and sea-level rise.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Delta Sustainability
Subtitle of host publication	A Report to the Mega-Delta Programme of the UN Ocean Decade
Publisher	Springer Nature
Pages	237-261
Number of pages	25
ISBN (Electronic)	9789819772599
ISBN (Print)	9789819772582
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-7259-9_13
State	Published - 1 Jan 2024

UN SDGs

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SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
SDG 15 Life on Land

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