Ecological Security Research of Shanghai Hangzhou Bay North Shore under the Impact of Tourism Activities

Abstract

The ecological security of coastal area has been a focus in the research of coastal wetlands ecosystem. However, with the development of China’s coastal tourism, the research of coastal wetlands ecological security under the impact of tourism activities seems not updated enough. Therefore, this paper selected Fengxian and Jinshan District on Shanghai Hangzhou Bay North Shore, and made tourism activities the major driving factor for ecological security of tourism environment in coastal area, thus establishing an ecological security evaluation system of costal tourism environment, based on DPSIR Model. The result showed that tourism development would enhance the ecological security level of regional tourism environment, and tourism activities would exert positive impact on regional tourism environment. The conclusions include: (1) Before 2003, the tourism environment of Fengxian District was in an insecure state, but with tourism development, in 2007, its ecological security level was largely elevated; (2) The tourism ecological security of Jinshan District was higher than that of Fengxian District, but due to industrial development and tourism downturn, ecological security witnessed a trough in 2003.