在对河岸带特性进行调查的基础上，针对我国北方河岸带的特点，从河流健康状况、岸坡稳定性、河岸带土壤条件、河岸带植被条件等4个方面选取16个指标，运用层次分析法，构建了河岸植被缓冲带综合评价体系，并将河岸带生态系统的状态分为4个等级：理想状态、良好状态、一般自然状态和较差状态。运用该体系对山西省沁河的一级支流赤石桥河和紫红河的河岸植被带现状进行评价，结果显示赤石桥河处于“良好状态”，紫红河处于“一般状态”。

A comprehensive evaluation index system of the riparian buffer strips was constructed by using analytical hierarchy process (AHP) based on the result of field survey on riparian, according to the characteristics of riparian zone in northern China. This index system offered 16 indicators according to the river health, bank stability, edaphic condition and vegetation status. The ecological riparian zone system states could be divided into four grades: perfect, good, normal and worse. The index system was used to evaluate the riparian buffer both firstlevel tributaries of Chishiqiao and Zihong rivers of the Qin river, and the result showed that Chishiqiao river was in “good” condition while Zihong river was in “normal” condition.