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However, the challenge remains to quickly and accurately identify degraded wetland areas and their degradation levels. In this study, we used remote sensing interpretation data from 1980 to 2020 and the wetland degradation evaluation method based on a landscape directional succession model to quantify the spatial and temporal characteristics of wetland degradation in Jiangsu Province, China. The key findings showed that 3020.67 km2 of wetlands became degraded over the 40 years of this study, accounting for 42.74% of the total area of coastal wetlands, and that the overall degradation was mild. This degradation presented significant spatial differences, with the wetland degradation in Yancheng City observed to be more serious than that in Nantong City. Degradation mainly occurred in Sheyang County, Dafeng District, Dongtai City, and Rudong County, and the spatial distribution pattern of severe and moderate degradation, mild degradation, and non-degradation was observed from land to sea in that order. The degradation of wetlands was observed to have obvious stages, and the degradation of coastal wetlands in the study area from 1980 to 2020 showed a significant increasing trend. The comprehensive score of wetland degradation in 2020 (1.67) was 3.70 times that in 1985 (0.45), and the turning point occurred in 2000. The types of wetland degradation were dominated by the transformation of natural wetlands into construction land (coastal industry), fish farming, and arable land, as well as the invasion of exotic species. Although great efforts have been made in recent years to protect and restore coastal wetlands, the development and utilization of coastal wetland resources should be strictly controlled to achieve the goal of sustainable development in coastal areas.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs14205273","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,24]],"date-time":"2022-10-24T10:09:23Z","timestamp":1666606163000},"page":"5273","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":23,"title":["Remote Sensing of Coastal Wetland Degradation Using the Landscape Directional Succession Model"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1806-2413","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Linlin","family":"Cui","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China"},{"name":"College of Resources and Environment, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu 610225, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3458-3294","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Guosheng","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China"}]},{"given":"Huajun","family":"Liao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"SuperMap Software Co., Ltd., Beijing 100015, China"}]},{"given":"Ninglei","family":"Ouyang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Center of Big Data Technology, Nanhu Laboratory, Jiaxing 314001, China"}]},{"given":"Xingyue","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Resources and Environment, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu 610225, China"}]},{"given":"Dan","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Resources and Environment, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu 610225, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"1157","article-title":"Degradation of coastal wetland ecosystem in China: Driver, Impacts, and Strategies","volume":"31","author":"Zhou","year":"2016","journal-title":"Bull. 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