Incorporating Ecosystem Service Multifunctionality and Its Response to Urbanization to Identify Coordinated Economic, Societal, and Environmental Relationships in China

编号 030035903

推送时间 20220905

研究领域 森林经理 

年份 2022 

类型 期刊 

语种 英语

标题 Incorporating Ecosystem Service Multifunctionality and Its Response to Urbanization to Identify Coordinated Economic, Societal, and Environmental Relationships in China

来源期刊 FORESTS

期 第359期

发表时间 20220330

关键词 ecosystem services;  ecosystem service multifunctionality;  urbanization;  spatially heterogeneous response;  sustainable development; 

摘要 Urbanization poses a threat to ecosystems and contributes to the degradation of the environment. It is of great importance to identify coordinated economic, societal, and environmental relationships with key ecological functions and services to achieve regional sustainability. Based on a case study in China, this study seeks to fill this gap by estimating the spatial distribution of ecosystem service multifunctionality (ESM) and its spatially heterogeneous response to urbanization. First, the biophysical values of five typical ecosystem services (ESs) (carbon storage, habitat quality, net primary production, soil conservation, and water yield) were assessed based on several simulation models. The biophysical values of these ESs were then standardized and summed to obtain the spatial distribution of ESM. Afterward, the urbanization level was evaluated, and finally, the spatial interaction between urbanization and ESM was exhibited based on the bivariate Moran’s I and Getis-Ord Gi* statistic. The results showed that: (1) the ESM showed obvious spatial heterogeneity in southeastern and northwestern China, with a gradual decline from the coast to the interior; (2) ESM and urbanization had different spatial distribution patterns and produced significant local aggregation effects; and (3) harmonious relationships between ESM and urbanization were observed in southeastern coastal China and the surrounding areas of the North China Plain, which were related to the capacity of local coastal ecosystems, mangrove forests, and aquatic ecosystems to provide multiple services and goods simultaneously. Our results suggest that multifunctional ecosystems can realize a ‘win–win’ situation for ecological conservation and socioeconomic development. The results of this study can advance our understanding of the ecological effects of urbanization on ecosystems and provide valuable implications for the coordinated development of humans and nature in the rapid urbanization process.

服务人员 付贺龙

服务院士 唐守正

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