Evaluating and modeling ecosystem service loss of coal mining: A case study of Mentougou district of Beijing, China

Feng, Luzhao; Liu, Xusheng; Zhao, Dan; Wang, Beibei; Jin, Jing; Hu, Dan

doi:10.1016/j.ecocom.2011.01.002

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“…Due to urbanization, the original landscape dominated by natural vegetation was gradually replaced by numerous buildings and concrete surfaces (Li et al 2005(Li et al , 2011. Sealing of soils, here described as the covering by impervious materials, e.g., asphalt, concrete, plastic and glass, is the main characterization of urbanization and changes of urban land cover (Scalenghe and Marsan 2009).…”

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Effect of soil sealing on the microbial biomass, N transformation and related enzyme activities at various depths of soils in urban area of Beijing, China

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Effect of soil sealing on the microbial biomass, N transformation and related enzyme activities at various depths of soils in urban area of Beijing, China

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“…Surface mining is one of the most intensive human disturbances that negatively impacts the environment and human health [3]. It degrades ecosystem functions because it removes vegetation, alters the hydrological cycle and soil conditions, disrupts fundamental ecological relationships, and reduces biodiversity [4]. Furthermore, surface mining causes serious pollution to the air, water and soil.…”

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Mining Site Reclamation Planning Based on Land Suitability Analysis and Ecosystem Services Evaluation: A Case Study in Liaoning Province, China

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Abstract:Restoration of the degraded ecosystem is a global priority for achieving sustainable development. Although increasing ecosystem service is an important goal of ecological restoration, it is rarely used to inform mine reclamation. This study proposed a reclamation strategy that incorporated land suitability analysis and ecosystem service evaluation for a mining site in Liaoning Province, China. We assessed the land suitability for three reclamation alternatives and identified suitable land uses for each location by comparing their suitability levels. For areas that were suitable for multiple land uses with the same suitability level, the future land uses cannot be identified by land suitability analysis alone, and we employed ecosystem services evaluation to determine the optimal reclamation strategy. The results showed that forest could be restored throughout the entire mining site, agricultural land were most suitable in the western and southern parts, and developed land were in northern parts that were closer to roads and city centers. Our study showed that a large mining site can be reclaimed to different land uses and provided a practical framework for integrating ecosystem services into mine reclamation.

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“…Since then, many scholars have assessed the value of different types of ecosystem services for environments such as cities, wetlands, and farmland using Costanza's or Xie's coefficients (Gee and Burkhard, 2010;Huang et al, 2010;Kreuter et al, 2001;Li and Ren, 2008;Tong et al, 2007;Van Eekeren et al, 2010;Wang et al, 2010). Till now, some evaluation approaches and models, such as market valuation, hedonic property price, travel cost, contingent valuation, cost-based approaches, replacement costs, stated preference methods, alternative scenarios and integrated valuation of ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST) model, were developed and applied for ecosystem services (Nelson et al, 2009;Gómez-Baggethun et al, 2010;Li et al, 2011;Polasky et al, 2011;Calvet-Mir et al, 2012;Viglizzo et al, 2012;Gómez-Baggethun and Barton, 2013).…”

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Assessing the changes in land use and ecosystem services in Changzhou municipality, Peoples’ Republic of China, 1991–2006

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a b s t r a c tMuch of the world is experiencing fast urbanization. Many peri-urban open spaces, such as parks, forest, farmland, and wetlands, have been built over, which has resulted in a steep decline of ecosystem services at the municipal and regional levels. Using remote sensing, geography information system (GIS) technology and economic evaluation method for ecosystem services, the evolution of landscape spatial structure in 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2006 of Changzhou City, People's Republic of China, was obtained and the change of ecosystem services resulted from land use change was evaluated. Study results show a continuing expansion of urbanized areas and reduction in ecosystem services. Before 2001, farmland was the main type of land use, accounting for more than 53.3% of the total area within the broadlydrawn municipal boundaries. In 2006, farmland and built-up areas were the main land-use types. The built-up area increased by 122% from 1991 to 2006. From 1991 to 2001, the proportion of ecological land (farmland, forests, grasslands, and water-covered areas) within Changzhou's municipal boundaries decreased 24.1%. Based on the observed changes, the economic value of ecosystem services provided by Changzhou's ecological land decreased by 19.3% from 1991 to 2006 and the annual decrease ratio was approximately 1.3%. Conversion of farmland to other uses was responsible for the largest reduction in the value of ecosystem services, equal to 239.8 million RMB (equivalent to USD 37.8 million). Our research results were already adopted locally by Changzhou Municipal Bureau of Urban Planning and applied for Changzhou Mater Urban Planning. The current study can contribute not only to improvements in the Changzhou environment, but to the study of and improvements to other rapidly-urbanizing cities, as the rapid growth of urban areas is one of the most pronounced environmental trends of recent times.

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Evaluating and modeling ecosystem service loss of coal mining: A case study of Mentougou district of Beijing, China

Cited by 51 publications

References 26 publications

Effect of soil sealing on the microbial biomass, N transformation and related enzyme activities at various depths of soils in urban area of Beijing, China

Effect of soil sealing on the microbial biomass, N transformation and related enzyme activities at various depths of soils in urban area of Beijing, China

Mining Site Reclamation Planning Based on Land Suitability Analysis and Ecosystem Services Evaluation: A Case Study in Liaoning Province, China

Assessing the changes in land use and ecosystem services in Changzhou municipality, Peoples’ Republic of China, 1991–2006

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