Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the use of two linear programming models to optimize protection, development, and ecological restoration of coastal mud flat, in particular maximizing ecosystem service values and minimizing ecological restoration cost. Such two linear programming models for Dafeng City, Jiangsu Province, China were constructed to represent all ecosystem and ecological restoration services in a decision support model and given the optimal protection, development, and ecological restoration decision for the coastal mud flat. This indicates that there is a possibility of obtaining a decision support system from the linear programming models and suggests that it is possible to improve decisions of restoration programs of the coastal mud flat by selecting areas of protection and development in which multiple service benefits can be maximized and ecological restoration cost can be minimized simultaneously.
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