Evolution process of land reclamation in Macao and its impact on economy and ecology

Shangchen Wu; Youshen Lu; Hanwei Fang

doi:10.2991/aebmr.k.220307.501

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Evolution process of land reclamation in Macao and its impact on economy and ecology

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Shangchen Wu¹^{, *}, Youshen Lu²^{, †}, Hanwei Fang³^{, †}

¹High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China, Beijing, Beijing, 100000, China

²Natural geography and resource environment, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, Tianjin, 300000, China

³Harrow International School Beijing, Beijing, Beijing, 100000, China

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These authors contributed equally.

^*Corresponding author’s e-mail: lys1999@stud.tjut.edu.cn

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Shangchen Wu

Available Online 26 March 2022.

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Keywords: economy; ecology; Macao; reclamation
Abstract: The city of Macao has always been a typical example of reclamation. With more room for variety of land uses especially for public facilities, it brings opportunities for city development. However, some unexpected impacts have been discovered regarding land reclamation in Macao. This article analysed reasons and evolution process of Macao’s land reclamation, and discussed their impacts on city development. QGIS software is used to analyse the Landsat satellite images data, and classification maps and land cover change maps are obtained. Through analysing these images, this study can clearly recognize the land change situation in Macao. The results show that the area of land reclaimed from the sea in Macao in the past 30 years is very huge, but the area covered by vegetation has also decreased. The land reclaimed from the sea has been used to build casinos and transport facilities, these lands give an explosive development to Macao’s economy in the past three decades. Meanwhile, the positive development of Macao’s population and economy has also promoted the further implementation of land reclamation. Both economic as well as ecological negative impacts, however, have been discovered. One of the hugest ecological impacts are destruction of vegetation and worsening water quality, and high cost is the major economic impact.
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Volume Title: Proceedings of the 2022 7th International Conference on Financial Innovation and Economic Development (ICFIED 2022)
Series: Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research
Publication Date: 26 March 2022
ISBN: 978-94-6239-554-1
ISSN: 2352-5428
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