Journal
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 576, Issue -, Pages 705-719Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.07.078
Keywords
Land-use/land-cover change (LUCC); Ecosystem service value (ESV); Elasticity indicator analysis; China
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Funding
- projects of National Natural Science Fundation of China [71225005, 41671177, 41501192]
- National Key Research Plan of China [2016YFA0602402]
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As a result of economics and policy, land-use/land-cover change (LUCC) in China has undergone a series of complicated changes over the past three decades. However, the effects of LUCCs on ecosystem service values (ESNs) have never been previously assessed at the national scale. Thus, on the basis of three Chinese LUCC maps from 1988, 2000, and 2008, we examined changes in land-use/land-cover and consequent ESVs using a value transfer method. We found that ESVs decreased by 0.45% and 0.10% during the periods 1988-2000 and 2000-2008, respectively, and that ESV changes in China during the period 2000-2008 were relatively moderate compared to the rest of the world over a similar period. The ESVs for provision, regulation, support, and culture decreased by 0.19%, 0.48%, 0.43%, and 0.45%, respectively, during the period 1988-2000, while they decreased by 0.11%, 0.09%, 0.14%, and 0.04%, respectively, during the period 2000-2008. We also developed an elasticity indicator to assess responses in ESV change relative to LUCCs. Results of this analysis show that 1% of land conversion in China resulted in 0.15% and 0.10% average changes in ESVs during the two periods, respectively. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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