中文摘要：

随着经济社会快速发展，城市化进程加快，对滩涂资源的圈围开发已成为缓解日益增长的土地供需矛盾的重要途径．对有限滩涂资源的不合理开发已严重影响到许多河口海岸的自然演变规律，致使滩涂资源的再生能力下降甚至逆转，进而威胁河口海岸地区的防洪安全和水资源安全，影响沿海地区的经济和社会可持续发展．滩涂资源及其承载能力是有限的，在一定时期、一定的生产力发展水平下，需要以维护生态、环境健康为前提，以保障经济社会可持续发展为条件．简述了河口海岸滩涂开发治理与管理研究进展，包括滩涂开发利用的国内外现状及对环境影响、滩涂资源可持续开发利用评价、管理体系的构建，在此基础上指出了我国未来研究的方向．

英文摘要：

With the rapid socioeconomic development and urbanization, reclamation of mudflat resources has become an important way to ease the contradiction between land supply and demand. Irrational exploitation of limited mudflat resources has seriously affected natural evolution of many estuarine and coastal areas, weakened the regeneration of these resources, and threatened flood control, water security, and consequently the sustainable socioeconomic development in estuarine and coastal areas. Mudflat resources and their capacity are limited by the level of science and technology in a certain period of time. Therefore, the ecological environmental health should be protected to ensure the sustainable development. This paper presents a review on the state-of-the-art knowledge concerning mudflats development and management, including development and utilization of mudflats and their impacts on environment, assessment of sustainable development, as well as construction of management system. Some necessary research fields and topics in the future are also recommended.