Integrating ecosystem services and human well-being into management practices: Insights from a mountain-basin area, China

Wang, Bojie; Tang, Hongqu; Xu, Ying

doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.07.018

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“…Therefore, the cropland quantity and quality are important limiting factors for CP in Altay Prefecture. Using previous studies 73 – 75 as a reference, we quantified CP by stacking the cropland quality factors onto the foundation of potential net primary productivity as follows: where CP represents crop production; P v is the climatic productivity for a crop; and I zrd is the land use level index determined by the regulations of farm land grading in China.…”

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Scenario analysis of ecosystem service changes and interactions in a mountain-oasis-desert system: a case study in Altay Prefecture, China

Hou

Wang

et al. 2018

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Scenario analysis of ecosystem services (ES) can provide a scientific basis for ecosystem management. The objective of this study was to reveal the effects of future land use scenarios on ES in a mountain-oasis-desert system (MODS). We first simulated land use changes for the period of 2015–2035 in Altay Prefecture under three different scenarios: business as usual (BAU), economic development (ED), and ecological conservation (EC). We then evaluated water yield (WY), crop production (CP), soil conservation (SC), sand fixation (SF), carbon sequestration (CS), and aesthetic value (AV) and investigated the multiple interactions among ES at the regional and grid scales. The results showed that SC, CS, and AV continually increased, WY continually decreased under the three scenarios. Our study revealed that the multiple interactions among ES were spatially heterogeneous in the MODS and the spatial heterogeneities changed across scenarios. The locations of and causes for the formation of the multiple interactions among ES were identified based on spatial analysis. This information can help decision-makers develop targeted and differentiated ecosystem management strategies. This study can increase the understanding of the multiple interactions among ES. Our findings can provide a reference for studies of other regions with the MODS structure.

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Scenario analysis of ecosystem service changes and interactions in a mountain-oasis-desert system: a case study in Altay Prefecture, China

Hou

Wang

et al. 2018

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“…The integration of the ES concept in decision-making has been increasingly promoted in the scientific literature, as well as in policy guidelines at different strategic levels [60]. Most of the previous studies have focused on how to integrate ES into social values [61], or how to include ES and human welfare into the framework of management practice [18]. However, few researchers have noticed the scale effect during evaluating the ES supply process.…”

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“…At the same time, the understanding and demand of ES by the stakeholders at different spatial scales have their own emphasis, while management decisions exert their own influences on the spatial distribution of ES [15,16]. In general, local residents are more concerned about primary services, such as food supply and aesthetic appreciation, which provide direct benefits [17,18]. Meanwhile, policy makers at regional levels [19][20][21], national [22,23] and global levels [24] tend to promote ES with long-term benefits to social welfare, such as climate regulation.…”

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“…To the best of our knowledge, most ES studies have focused on the spatial distribution of ES supply or pairwise ES interactions on a single space scale. Specific regular grid unit [30,31] or administrative division unit [18,20,21,[32][33][34] were widely applied as the research unit in these studies. However, ES assessments conducted at only a single scale may miss or distort the associations between ES [35].…”

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How to Detect Scale Effect of Ecosystem Services Supply? A Comprehensive Insight from Xilinhot in Inner Mongolia, China

Dou

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Sustainability

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Spatial scale plays a crucial role in the assessment and management of ecosystem services (ES), yet explicit information for identifying and understanding the scale effect on ES supply remains limited. In an attempt to detect scale effect on ES supply from a comprehensive perspective, this study developed a framework for integrating scale effect in three aspects, including individual ES patterns, pairwise ES interactions, and ecosystem service bundles (ESB). The framework was tested in Xilinhot, a prairie landscape city of Inner Mongolia, at four different levels of spatial scale. The results indicated that, most ES showed a decreasing clustering at coarser scales in terms of spatial pattern. At the same time, coarser scales resulted in fewer trade-offs and stronger synergies between pairwise ES. The identification of ESB varied greatly with scale, and this change reflected in the composition of ES variables and spatial distribution of bundles. We attributed the scale effect of the above three aspects to differences in social-ecological factors and their driving mechanisms at different scales. This comprehensive framework could support local managers to coordinate the management of multiple ES at different scales.

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“…As more in-depth studies become available, the links among ES supply, demand, and human well-being have become the new direction for research in this area [5,6]. Ecosystem service has emerged as a bridge between natural domain and social, human domain, which show both natural supply and human needs [7,8]. Therefore, the use of biophysics and geographical methodology to evaluate ES, combined with the use of sociocultural methodology to identify the stakeholders' perception and preference of ES, are essential approaches to applying ES theory to ES management practice.…”

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Exploring Connections among Ecosystem Services Supply, Demand and Human Well-Being in a Mountain-Basin System, China

Wang

Tang

Zhang

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Stakeholder perception and supply–demand relations are the main challenges and future directions for research on ecosystem services (ES). Based on spatial data and statistical data, we mapped eight key ES supply between 2005–2015 in the Huailai mountain-basin area. Using data from 507 survey questionnaires, we identified the ES demand and the public perceptions of the changes in ES. In addition, we also reveal the characteristics of the spatial distribution of ES demand, analyze the spatial supply–demand matching of ES, and explore the relationships between ES supply–demand and human well-being. From 2005 to 2015, a general upward trend was observed in the supply of four types of product provisioning services, which is different from the trend perceived by the stakeholders. An increasing trend was observed for carbon sequestration and forest recreation, which was in line with the perceptions of change. A spatial mismatch existed between the ES demand and supply, whereby the supply of carbon sequestration, soil conservation, habitat quality, and forest recreation services exceeded the demand in townships in the mountainous and hilly regions. On the other hand, townships located in the valley plains experienced a high imbalance between the demand and the supply. For the four types of product provisioning services, most towns and villages showed a balance in demand and supply. Linking ES supply–demand and human well-being showed that a threshold may exist in the supply–demand imbalance of regulating and supporting services before it begins to impact human well-being. Our study would enrich the theory and methodology research on relationships between ecosystem services and human well-being, and support knowledge to land allocation and management.

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Integrating ecosystem services and human well-being into management practices: Insights from a mountain-basin area, China

Cited by 64 publications

References 59 publications

Scenario analysis of ecosystem service changes and interactions in a mountain-oasis-desert system: a case study in Altay Prefecture, China

Scenario analysis of ecosystem service changes and interactions in a mountain-oasis-desert system: a case study in Altay Prefecture, China

How to Detect Scale Effect of Ecosystem Services Supply? A Comprehensive Insight from Xilinhot in Inner Mongolia, China

Exploring Connections among Ecosystem Services Supply, Demand and Human Well-Being in a Mountain-Basin System, China

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