Landscape ecological planning and design of degraded mining land

Landscape ecology belongs to the macroecological spatial studies and its th eory focuses on spatial heterogeneity and ecological holism. Landscape reha bilitation based on ecological planning and design can be used satisfactori ly to restore degraded mining land to make it productive and reestablish a stable ecological equilibrium that is coordinated with its surroundings in order to attain ecological holism. Degraded mining land can be classified i nto diverse types, with different rehabilitation methods possible for each of the classifications. In addition, degraded mining lands are also associa ted with various types of landscape. Accordingly, landscape rehabilitation goals can only be realized by working out reasonable macrolandscape pattern s and establishing suitable microecological conditions based on the landsca pe ecology. Copyright (C) 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.