报告题目：Land reclamation and its impacts in the Yellow and East China Sea

报告人：王小华教授，澳大利亚新南威尔士大学

时间：2019年1月24日上午10：00

地点：西康路1号河海大学电气馆507

报告人简介：

王小华，澳大利亚新南威尔士大学国际学生招生办公室主任（亚太区），澳大利亚新南威尔士大学中澳海岸管理研究中心创始主任。王小华教授毕业于中国海洋大学，拥有澳大利亚詹姆斯库克大学物理海洋学博士学位，他在本科和研究生教学方面拥有超过28年的经验。他现任《河口海岸与陆架科学》以及《湖泊学与海洋学：方法》的副主编。王小华教授的研究涉及海洋环流模拟，泥沙输移动力学以及对沿海管理问题的理解。他有100多项出版物，包括期刊论文，书籍章节，国际会议摘要和政府/技术报告，并得到了各类资助，包括澳大利亚研究理事会，欧盟框架和美国海军研究办公室。

Land reclamation and its impacts in the Yellow and East China Sea

In recent decades, land reclamation around the world’s ocean has reached new heights as a consequence of significant economic expansion in the coastal zones, especially in the Asia-Pacific region. For example, between 1949 and 2012 reclamation has already turned approximately 13,022 km2 of coastal wetland and tidal flats into industrial and farming lands, more than 55% of the total coastal wetland in the Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea and East China Sea (BYECS). On a regional scale, Jiaozhou Bay, Qingdao, China, is typical of a coastal area suffering from severe land reclamation. The alteration in the coastline caused by land reclamation from 1935 to 2008 has led to a decrease in the area of tidal flats by over 30%. Many studies have been conducted to examine local changes as a result of reclamation in tides, which in turn affect sediment transport patterns. However, little is understood as to how reclamation may induce far-field effects on the sea level changes. In this talk, I will use three case studies to demonstrate both local and far-field effects on tides in BYECS region caused by severe tidal flat reclamation and artificial island building activities.