Research Institute of Management Science, Business School, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China.
Research Institute of Management Science, Business School, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China.
Sci Total Environ. 2022 Jul 20;831:154967. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154967. Epub 2022 Mar 31.
High-density human activities have rapidly changed the pattern of urban land use/land cover (LULC), affecting the supply of urban ecosystem services (ESs). This poses a challenge to the balance of urban development and ecological protection, which may be more serious in ecologically fragile regions. This study identified key LULC change (LULCC) impacts on ESs in Ordos, an ecologically fragile region in Northwest China. The urbanization process of Ordos will continue in 2030 under the business-as-usual scenario due to its strategic positioning in the National Energy Base of China. The future LULC simulation results showed that developed land in eastern Ordos will continue to expand in 2030, and more forest and grassland will appear in western Ordos as a result of ecological restoration. The results of the InVEST model in calculating four important ESs showed that the ES supply in the densely populated areas (eastern Ordos) has declined, and more attention must be given to natural vegetation protection in the urbanization process. Although carbon storage in the western region has increased due to afforestation, this also reduces the water yield supply, which may exacerbate the water shortage in Ordos. Supported by this framework, more sustainable urban land use management can be undertaken to balance the conflict between ecological protection and urbanization. This will contribute to regional ecological health and sustainable urban development.
高密度的人类活动迅速改变了城市土地利用/土地覆盖(LULC)的格局,影响了城市生态系统服务(ESs)的供给。这对城市发展和生态保护的平衡构成了挑战,而在生态脆弱地区,这种挑战可能更为严重。本研究确定了关键的土地利用/土地覆盖变化(LULCC)对中国西北地区生态脆弱地区鄂尔多斯市生态系统服务的影响。由于鄂尔多斯在中国国家能源基地的战略定位,在“照常营业”情景下,鄂尔多斯的城市化进程将在 2030 年继续推进。未来土地利用模拟结果表明,2030 年鄂尔多斯东部发达地区将继续扩张,而随着生态恢复,西部将出现更多的森林和草地。InVEST 模型计算的四项重要 ESs 的结果表明,人口密集地区(鄂尔多斯东部)的 ES 供应已经下降,在城市化进程中必须更加重视自然植被保护。虽然由于造林,西部地区的碳储存有所增加,但这也减少了水的产量供应,这可能会加剧鄂尔多斯的水资源短缺。在这一框架的支持下,可以采取更可持续的城市土地利用管理措施来平衡生态保护与城市化之间的冲突。这将有助于区域生态健康和可持续城市发展。