The strategic ecological impact assessment of urban development policies: a case study of Rizhao City, China

Wang, Shujun; Li, Jennifer; Wu, Daqian; Liu, Jian; Zhang, Kai; Wang, Renqing

doi:10.1007/s00477-008-0290-y

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“…Only 14% of studies engaged with all components of the ecosystem services cascade (see for example, (Wang et al, 2009); (Escobedo et al, 2010)), while 35% only considered a single isolated aspect of the cascade model (i.e. structure, or function, or benefit).…”

Section: The Ecosystem Service Cascadementioning

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A review of urban ecosystem services: six key challenges for future research

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a b s t r a c tGlobal urbanization creates opportunities and challenges for human well-being and transition towards sustainability. Urban areas are human-environment systems that depend fundamentally on ecosystems, and thus require an understanding of the management of urban ecosystem services to ensure sustainable urban planning. The purpose of this study is to provide a systematic review of urban ecosystems services research, which addresses the combined domain of ecosystem services and urban development. We examined emerging trends and gaps in how urban ecosystem services are conceptualized in peer-reviewed case study literature, including the geographical distribution of research, the development and use of the urban ecosystem services concept, and the involvement of stakeholders. We highlight six challenges aimed at strengthening the concept's potential to facilitate meaningful inter-and transdisciplinary work for ecosystem services research and planning. Achieving a cohesive conceptual approach in the research field will address (i) the need for more extensive spatial and contextual coverage, (ii) continual clarification of definitions, (iii) recognition of limited data transferability, (iv) more comprehensive stakeholder involvement, (v) more integrated research efforts, and (vi) translation of scientific findings into actionable knowledge, feeding information back into planning and management. We conclude with recommendations for conducting further research while incorporating these challenges.

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Section: The Ecosystem Service Cascadementioning

confidence: 99%

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“…Ecological accounting can potentially help avoid undervaluation of ecosystems in planning, and support more appropriate compensation mechanisms (Li et al 2005a ;Bengston and Youn 2006 ;Wang et al 2009 ;Gaodi et al 2010 ).…”

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“…Numerous studies highlight the importance of strong legal protection to avoid ecosystem degradation and maintain or enhance various ecosystem services (Borgström 2009 ;Wang et al 2009 ;Huang et al 2011 ;Morimoto 2011 ;Xu et al 2011 ). There are several approaches to regulating areas of importance for ES , and managing the city as a part of the surrounding landscape (Li et al 2005a ;Xu et al 2011 ), like smart growth policies and zoning (Hutton 2011 ).…”

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Urban Governance of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

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Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities

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In an increasingly urban world the battle for biodiversity hinges on how effectively cities are governed, and how responsive those who run cities are to transforming the urban system to embrace ecosystem integrity and restoration. This chapter sets out the nascent fi eld of urban biodiversity governance, and is the fi rst scientifi c publication to provide a synthesis review of the urban biodiversity and ecosystem services governance literature. It notes the recent expansion of an interdisciplinary global urban biodiversity and ecosystem services governance agenda, and that a signifi cant body of academic material already has emerged. The chapter focuses on the challenges and opportunities of governing urban biodiversity and ecosystem services at the local, national, regional and global scales. It reveals that although overarching patterns of lack of political will, institutional capacity and knowledge are challenges to making an impact on ecological integrity, there are numerous sites of innovation, and solutions that have been put in practice. While the chapter fi nds patterns of challenges and opportunities experienced across cities covered in the literature, it is cautious about generalizations, as studies from Africa, South America and parts of Asia are largely lacking. Finally, the chapter considers what is required to improve governance of urban biodiversity and ecosystem services, and sets out a more inclusive research agenda to inform future global assessments of urban biodiversity and ecosystem services, with respect to local to global governance.

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“…Evolving from the fields of ecological risk assessment (EPA 1992;Diodato and Ceccarelli 2005;Wang et al 2008;Cao et al 2009) and ecological health studies (Schaeffer et al 1988;Rapport 1995;Suo et al 2008;Zhao and Yang 2009), this assessment of ecological security has progressively matured (Mische 1998;Xiao et al 2002;Zhao et al 2006). Due to the comparatively complicated structure of land ecosystems, however, land ecological security is still a nebulous term which can have variable meaning, depending on the scale of assessment.…”

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Integrative fuzzy set pair model for land ecological security assessment: a case study of Xiaolangdi Reservoir Region, China

Chen

DeGloria

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Stoch Environ Res Risk Assess

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Due to the increasingly serious ecological degradation of land systems, the land ecological security issues have attracted more and more attention of policy makers, researchers and citizens. Aiming at overcoming the disadvantages in subjectivity and complexity of the currently used assessment methods, an integrative fuzzy set pair model for assessing the land ecological security was developed by integrating fuzzy assessment and set pair analysis (SPA). The approximate degree of land ecological security to the optimal standard set was calculated to describe the secure level by combining multiple indices. The indices and weights were determined by a pressurestate-response model and the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (AHP), respectively. Aided by a geographic information system, this model was applied to evaluate comprehensively the status of land ecological security in Xiaolangdi Reservoir Region, China, taking the administrative division as the assessment unit. The results showed that 20% of the total area maintained a slightly secure status, while 50% of the study area was of a middle or seriously low grade of land ecological security. The remaining portion (30%) was the most ecologically insecure. From the spatial prospective, obvious variations were observed. The land eco-security gradually decreased from the Xiaolangdi Dam to its surrounding regions. It was concluded that the status of the integral land ecological security of Xiaolangdi Reservoir Region was in the middle level, and increasingly intense human activities speeded up the degradation of regional land ecosystem in recent years and thus induced the crisis of land ecological security.

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The strategic ecological impact assessment of urban development policies: a case study of Rizhao City, China

Cited by 22 publications

References 30 publications

A review of urban ecosystem services: six key challenges for future research

A review of urban ecosystem services: six key challenges for future research

Urban Governance of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Integrative fuzzy set pair model for land ecological security assessment: a case study of Xiaolangdi Reservoir Region, China

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