title: [Comprehensive assessment of urban ecosystem health].
abstract: Ecosystem health is one of the research hotspots in ecology. This paper discussed the concept of urban ecosystem health, and from the viewpoint of complex ecosystem, presented a new method and a calculation model for the comprehensive assessment of urban ecosystem health to overcome the current researches shortcomings. The application of the method and model in Foshan City of Guangdong Province showed that the assessment results could reflect not only the overall health status of the city, but also the relative health level of the city's sub-systems.
authors.affiliation: School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China. sangyh1975@163.com
authors.forename: Yanhong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sang
authors.forename: Xingeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Renhai
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Xiaochun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Peng
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D002958:City Planning; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D004463:Ecology; D017753:Ecosystem; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D008433:Mathematics; D008954:Models, Biological; D014504:Urban Health