The recycling of lake-dredged sediments (LDS) is an environmental issue of great concern, and its reuse in ecological slope protection is a new endeavor with economic and environmental advantages. However, the feasible process and reasonable parameters of this recycling concept are still unrevealed. In this paper, we presented a guiding framework for recycling lake-dredged sediments into lightweight aggregate for eco-friendly porous vegetation concrete blocks. The laboratory tests show that the LDS from Dongting Lake could be directly sintered ...