environment (He et al., 2017; Wang and Zhao,
2016)There are many methods of ecological
environment evaluation, which can be divided into
qualitative and quantitative evaluation. Quantitative
evaluation includes vulnerability calculation
method, distance calculation method, ecological
footprint method and comprehensive index method
(Guo and
Li, 2007; Rees, 1992; Bi and Hong, 2001). At
present, the comprehensive index method is widely
used and it refers to the reasonable evaluation of the
research area by selecting the appropriate evaluation
index and evaluation model. There are great
differences in the selection of the index system or
the weight distribution of the same index in the
understanding of the ecological environment or the
purpose of the study, which leads to differences in
the evaluation results of the same ecological
environment. As a result, different evaluations
cannot be directly compared. Adopting standardized
method, such as Technical Criterion for Ecosystem
Status Evaluation (HJ192-2015), can enhance the
comparability between results from various
researches. HJ192-2015 uses the comprehensive
index (Ecological index, EI) to describe the overall
state of the regional ecological environment. It
provides for the evaluation index system of
ecological environment status and the calculation
method of each index, which is suitable for
evaluating the status and changes of the ecological
environment of the county, provincial and ecological
areas. However, the indexes are difficult to obtain
and the data acquisition cycle is long. Besides, the
data sources are mostly obtained based on the
administrative area, which is difficult to meet the
requirements of the timeliness and refinement of the
evaluation unit. GIS and RS technology are used to
evaluate the ecological environment condition, to
process the remote sensing image data of the
evaluation area and extract the index data of the
evaluation, greatly saving the time and energy of the
data collection and management, improving the
timeliness of the evaluation results, increasing the
visibility of the results, and providing technical
support for the ecological environment evaluation.
Many researchers use remote sensing data to
evaluate ecological environment. For example,
researches are carried out on ecological environment
evaluation in the Quanzhou Bay area, Kunming
Chenggong District, Yanhe watershed and Longkou,
respectively (He et al.,
2017; Li et al., 2016; Wang
and
Zhao, 2016; Gan et al., 2016). With the growing
maturity of remote sensing (RS), the EI index can be
relatively easy to obtain and the result can be well
visualized (Song and
Xue, 2016; Li et al., 2007;
Gupta et al., 2012; Yan, 2017).
In this paper, Tiangong-2 MWI image, as a new
domestic remote sensing data source, is used for the
ecological environment evaluation in Kunming.
Referring to Technical Criterion for Ecosystem
Status Evaluation (HJ192-2015) (Rees,
1992), and
combining the characteristics of Kunming's eco-
environment, the evaluation factors are extracted
with RS and EI is calculated to evaluate of the
ecological environment condition in Kunming. This
paper quantitatively analyses and evaluates the
ecological environment in Kunming, which can
provide the basis for the scientific ecological
protection and restoration of this city, as well as
promote the "The Belt and Road Initiative"
ecological construction.
2 MATERIALS AND METHODS
2.1 Study Area
Kunming (102°10 'E~103°40' E, 24°23 'N~26°22'
N) is located in the central area of the lake basin
group in the central Yunnan Province, which is in
the central part of Yungui Plateau in Southwest
China. Kunming is south to Dian Lake and is
surrounded by mountains on three sides. It is
dominated by Plateau hilly landforms (
Tang, 2017;
Yang
et al., 2001).
Kunming is a frontier and portal of China facing
Southeastern Asia, Southern Asia, the Middle East,
southern Europe and Africa. As an important city
along the Belt and Road, Kunming has a unique
geographical advantage, connecting to the coastal
areas through Guizhou Province on the East, to India
and Pakistan through Myanmar on the west, to the
Central Plains of the China through Sichuan
Province and Chongqing on the north, and to
Thailand and Cambodia through Vietnam and Laos
on the south.
Kunming is dominated by low north latitude
subtropical-plateau monsoon climate, with the
average annual temperature of 14.7 Celsius degree
and the average annual precipitation of 1011.2mm
(Zhao
et al., 2013). It has jurisdiction over 7
municipal districts, 1 county-level city, 3 counties
and 3 autonomous counties. Its permanent
population is 6.728 million. There are three main
lakes, which is the Dian Lake, the Yangzonghai
Lake and the Qingshuihai Lake. Kunming’s
vegetation type is the Evergreen broad-leaved forest