Land use and ecosystems services value changes and ecological land management in coastal Jiangsu, China

Chuai, Xiaowei; Huang, Xianjin; Wu, Changyan; Li, Jianbao; Lu, Qinli; Qi, Xinxian; Mei, Zhang; Zuo, Tianhui; Lu, Jiaxin

doi:10.1016/j.habitatint.2016.07.004

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“…The ecosystem degradation, indicated by decreased CESPI, had close relationships with the local economy. The result was consistent with the finding that the relationship between the ecosystem service and local economy was at an inverse curve under restrained conditions (Chuai et al, ; J. J. Zhang et al, ). In view of the total CESPI, in addition to the above regions, significant degradation was also concentrated in the Inner Mongolia Plateau and the northern part of Xinjiang, where land development occurred by converting grassland and forest into farmland.…”

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“…Of the group of ecosystems we observed, the ecosystem comprising high proportions of forest generated the highest ESPI value. The high ESPI values were attributed to the benefits of forest ecosystems, in particular timber provision, recreation, erosion control, and climate regulation (Chuai et al, ; Frelichova & Fanta, ; Papanastasis et al, ; Xie et al, ). In addition, the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau is the source of three major river systems.…”

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“…Xie et al () have come to similar conclusions, based on land use data derived from Thematic Mapper/Enhanced Thematic Mapper (TM/ETM + ) remote sensing images at a national scale in China. Similarly, several studies showed that land use had a major influence on the ecosystem service value and, particularly, converting farmland into forests determined the entire ecosystem structure and functions (Abulizi et al, ; Chuai et al, ; J. J. Zhang et al, ). Improvements and restoration of the ecosystem are one of the sustainable development goal targets related to Chinese ecological civilization construction.…”

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“…These include studies on Spanish drylands with respect to the relationship between human activities and ecosystem services (Quintas‐Soriano, Castro, Castro, & Garcia‐Llorente, ); degraded Mediterranean rangelands, considering grazing regulations and reforestation (Papanastasis et al, ); African Savanna woodlands (Kalema, Witkowski, Erasmus, & Mwavu, ); and a case study in the Czech Republic on ecosystem sustainability (Frelichova & Fanta, ). Various studies have been carried out in China, such as in a mining ecosystem, regarding the local economy in response to land use (J. J. Zhang, Fu, Zeng, Geng, & Hassani, ); in a coastal region, regarding ecological land management (Chuai et al, ); and in an oasis region (Abulizi et al, ). In addition, Xie, Zhang, Zhang, Xiao, and Lu () have measured the ecosystem service values of different land use types at the national scale in China.…”

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The role of human activity in decreasing ecologically sound land use in China

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Ecologically sound land (ESL) represents a meaningful geographical spatial unit that provides ecological goods and services at various scales. However, few studies focusing on national‐ or regional‐scale changes in ESL use and the degradation of the land ecosystem in China have been based on reliable and up‐to‐date land survey data. The study aimed to analyze the relationship between the changes in ESL use and human activities and regional policies, as well as land ecosystem degradation. The results indicated that land capitalization, resulting from rapid industrialization, urbanization, and the effects of regional land policies and large land projects, caused a clear decrease in grassland and wetland ecosystems, and an increase in forest ecosystem, varying in extent during different periods. Land ecosystem degradation, according to the decreased ecosystem service provision index (ESPI), was concentrated in the Yangtze River Delta, the southwestern regions, and the Inner Mongolia Plateau, where human activity was concentrated. From 2009 to 2015, such degraded land amounted to 9.51% of the Counties. The degradation in ESL use caused a decrease in the ecological goods and services provided by the ecosystems. Land ecosystem degradation resulting from the abandonment of natural grassland and farmland is a prominent and complex problem in China. Optimizing the regional spatial patterns of ESL use was critical for sustainable ecosystem management. Balancing compromises and synergies between providing ecological goods or socioeconomic benefits and ecological costs at a regional or national scale was found crucial for land policy making.

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“…Human beings and other organisms benefit directly and indirectly in many ways from their ecosystems, such as through the provision of food and resources, storing carbon, air purification, biodiversity protection, pharmaceuticals, and the regulation of local climates [1,2]. As an important part of the biosphere, ecosystem services maintain the environment, and understanding the multiple benefits provided by the ecosystems is becoming increasingly important [3].…”

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Variations of Ecosystem Service Value in Response to Land-Use Change in the Kashgar Region, Northwest China

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Abstract:Increasing anthropogenic activities have significantly altered ecosystems in arid oasis regions. Estimating the impact on a wide range of ecosystem services is important for decision making and the sustainable development of these regions. This study analyzed time-series Landsat data to determine the influences of oasis land-use changes on the ecosystem services in the Kashgar region in Northwest China. The following results were found. The total value of the ecosystem services in the Kashgar region were approximately $10, 845.3, $11,218.6, $10,291.7, and $10,127.3 million in 1986, 1996, 2005, and 2015, respectively. The water supply, waste treatment, biodiversity protection, and recreation and cultural services were the four ecosystem services with the highest service value, contributing 77.05% of the total ecosystem services. The combined contribution rate of food production and raw material value was only about 4.02%, relatively small. The sensitivity analysis indicated that the estimated total ecosystem service value (ESV) for this study area was relatively inelastic with respect to the value coefficients. The findings of this study will be crucial for maintaining the stability and sustainable development of the oasis region, where socio-economic development and the integrity of the natural ecosystem complement each other. Furthermore, the results provide a scientific basis for decision makers in land use management, and provide a reference for researchers in the Northwest China.

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A two‐step spatially explicit optimization approach of integrating ecosystem services (ES) into land use planning (LUP) to generate the optimally sustainable schemes

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Xuzhou, as an industrial centre and typical resource‐based city in China, is facing serious pressure on development transformation. The embedding of ecosystem services (ES) into land use planning (LUP) is of great significance to realize the coupling of ecology and society. This paper proposed a two‐step spatially explicit optimization approach of integrating ES into LUP, with consideration of macro‐requirements, spatial heterogeneity, and the spatially explicit basis. The first step was to construct a linear optimization model to obtain the land quantity structure corresponding to the maximized ES value. The second step was to spatially allocate land use structure to maximize the suitability of spatial units providing ES. The results showed that the land use structure corresponding to the maximization ES value of Xuzhou was obtained to satisfy the welfare of habitant and to create the ecological competitiveness. The optimal spatial layout of Xuzhou with maximum spatial suitability of providing ES was acquired through spatial optimization of this approach. ES was matched to the units with the high spatial suitability, and the spatial potential of ES was released. The conflicts among supporting services, provisioning services, regulating services, and cultural services were well managed with the equipment of multi‐objective trade‐off technology. The proposed ES embedding approach has good performance in the optimal allocation of land resources for ES maximization and in managing trade‐offs during multi‐objectives programming. Therefore, it is expected to be widely used for ES‐oriented LUP formulation.

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Land use and ecosystems services value changes and ecological land management in coastal Jiangsu, China

Cited by 137 publications

References 46 publications

The role of human activity in decreasing ecologically sound land use in China

The role of human activity in decreasing ecologically sound land use in China

Variations of Ecosystem Service Value in Response to Land-Use Change in the Kashgar Region, Northwest China

A two‐step spatially explicit optimization approach of integrating ecosystem services (ES) into land use planning (LUP) to generate the optimally sustainable schemes

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