The basic concepts of comprehensive evaluation of urban ecological revetments were clarified

and the insufficiencies of current index systems for the urban ecological slope evaluation were exposed explicitly.An ideal evaluation index system should reflect

scientifically and reason-ably

the requirements of an ecological protection system.Based on this concept

a comprehensive evaluation index system for the ecological revetments of Hefei City was developed.The system is consisted of four indices including types and materials of the construction

stability

functions

and social and economic benefits.The analytic hierarchy process(AHP)was then applied to evaluate engineering cases and the results were found reasonable.The system could provide a basis to evaluate ecological revetments in Hefei City and potentially significant guidance for urban revetment constructions.