Frontiers in Environmental Science,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
12
Published: Oct. 25, 2024
Identifying
and
evaluating
the
ecological
security
pattern
(ESP)
of
region
can
provide
a
solid
foundation
for
optimizing
regional
ecosystem
elements
improving
security.
The
PLUS
model,
InVEST
circuit
theory
were
used
to
analyze
services
ESP
Shanxi
section
Yellow
River
Basin
(SYRB)
between
2005
2035.
findings
revealed
that
1)
total
area
land
use
shift
across
categories
2020
was
6,080.99
km
2
,
or
5.22%
SYRB’s
area.
Under
natural
development
scenario,
transfer
from
2035
predicted
be
4,605.10
.
Among
these,
tendency
construction
forest
expanding,
while
cultivated
land,
grassland,
water
area,
unused
shrinking;
2)
From
2035,
yield
soil
conservation
all
decreased,
habitat
quality
carbon
storage
showed
declining
tendency;
3)
source
increased
35,767.00
in
39,931.00
2035;
length
corridors
expanded
2,792.24
3,553.18
pinch
points
27
40
barrier
21
28
which
show
remained
unstable;
4)
According
service
characteristics
SYRB
2020,
an
“one
axis,
two
zones,
four
corridors,
multiple
points”
constructed.
This
study
could
useful
guidance
spatial
maintaining
services.
Land,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
14(1), P. 100 - 100
Published: Jan. 7, 2025
The
ecological
and
social
problems
brought
about
by
China’s
rapid
urbanization
process
threaten
sustainable
development.
Taking
the
cities
with
high
coarse
sediment
yield
in
middle
reaches
of
Yellow
River
as
research
objects,
this
study
constructed
a
complex
analytical
framework
composed
urbanization,
ecosystem
service
value
(ESV),
human
well-being
(HBW)
subsystems.
equivalent
factor
method
(EFM)
was
used
to
evaluate
ESV.
entropy
weight
(EWM)
comprehensive
nighttime
light
index
(CNLI)
were
adopted
assess
level
well-being.
Then,
coupled
coordination
degree
(CCD)
grey
relational
modes
developed
reveal
major
obstacles
synergistic
results
showed
that,
from
2000
2020,
ESV,
HWB
increased.
average
CCD
grew
0.34
0.56,
higher
levels
northeast
south.
coordinated
development
is
influenced
multiple
factors,
intensity
driving
factors
decreasing
order
industrial
structure,
population
quality,
economic
drive,
government
regulation,
scientific
technological
support.
indicate
that
it
essential
formulate
differentiated
regionally
strategies
establish
cross-regional
cooperation
mechanisms
achieve
interactive
urban
development,
protection,
improvements
River.
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
14(1), P. 37 - 37
Published: Jan. 19, 2025
The
Qin-Mang
River
Basin
is
an
important
biodiversity
conservation
area
in
the
Yellow
Basin.
Studying
spatiotemporal
changes
its
ecosystem
services
(ESs)
and
trade-offs
synergies
(TOSs)
between
them
crucial
for
regional
ecological
protection
high-quality
development.
This
study,
based
on
land
use
type
(LUT),
meteorological
soil
data
from
1992
to
2022,
combined
with
InVEST
model,
correlation
analysis,
spatial
autocorrelation
explores
impacts
of
use/land
cover
(LUCCs)
ESs.
results
show
that:
(1)
driven
by
urbanization
economic
development,
expansion
built-up
areas
has
replaced
cultivated
forests,
35,000
hectares
farmland
lost,
thereby
increasing
pressure
ESs;
(2)
ESs
overall
downward
trend,
habitat
quality
(HQ)
deteriorated,
carbon
storage
(CS)
remains
stable
but
low
CS
expanded,
sediment
delivery
ratio
(SDR)
water
yield
(WY)
fluctuate
due
human
activities
climate
influence;
(3)
TOSs
change
dynamically,
strong
among
HQ,
CS,
SDR.
However,
scarcity,
negative
HQ
WY
strengthened;
(4)
analysis
reveals
that
1992,
significant
positive
existed
northern
northwestern
regions,
negatively
correlated
other
services.
By
accelerated
intensified
trade-off
effects
southern
eastern
leading
degradation.
study
provides
scientific
support
sustainable
management
policymaking
watershed
ecosystems.
Frontiers in Environmental Science,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
13
Published: Jan. 29, 2025
Habitat
quality
(HQ)
is
a
critical
factor
for
regional
ecosystem
health
and
sustainable
development,
as
well
an
important
basis
formulating
ecological
protection
land-use
planning.
The
Qin-Mang
River
Basin,
integral
part
of
the
biodiversity
conservation
area
in
Yellow
plays
significant
role
maintaining
balance
stability
ecosystem.
This
study
based
on
land
use/land
cover
changes
(LUCC)
data
from
1992,
2002,
2012,
2022.
It
employs
use
transfer
matrix
to
analyze
dynamic
trends
patterns
LUCC.
HQ
are
evaluated
using
InVEST
model,
GeoDetector
model
used
identify
key
driving
factors
their
interactions.
Additionally,
spatial
autocorrelation
analysis
applied
explore
clustering
characteristics
HQ.
results
indicate
that
between
1992
2022,
cumulative
exceeded
600
km
2
,
primarily
characterized
by
conversion
cultivated
built-up
areas.
index
decreased
0.3409
0.2896
with
increase
heterogeneity.
Altitude,
vegetation
coverage,
temperature,
precipitation,
slope
main
influencing
HQ,
natural
dominating,
but
human
activities
gradually
playing
increasingly
role.
Furthermore,
exhibits
characteristics,
hotspot
coldspot
areas
providing
scientific
evidence
restoration
measures.
To
improve
it
recommended
strictly
enforce
red
lines,
control
expansion
areas,
compensation
mechanisms,
promote
measures
such
returning
farmland
forest
grassland.
Land,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
14(4), P. 801 - 801
Published: April 8, 2025
Understanding
the
socioecological
nexus
between
urbanization
and
ecosystem
health
(EH)
is
crucial
for
formulating
sustainable
development
policies.
While
prior
research
has
focused
on
this
topic,
critical
gaps
persist
in
characterizing
distributional
polarization
decomposing
inequality
drivers
within
coupled
human–environment
systems—particularly
China’s
Yellow
River
Basin
(YRB),
a
strategic
region
undergoing
concurrent
ecological
restoration
urbanization.
The
integration
of
kernel
density
estimation
Theil
index
establishes
robust
analytical
framework
to
effectively
overcome
spatial
heterogeneity
limitations
regional
disparity
research.
Therefore,
study
combines
coupling
coordination
degree
(CCD),
nonparametric
estimation,
decomposition
examine
complex
interactions
(EHI)
across
538
county-level
units
from
perspective
heterogeneity.
key
findings
reveal
following:
(1)
Urbanization
exhibited
phased
enhancement
yet
maintained
elementary
developmental
stages
overall,
with
distinct
gradient
descending
eastern/central
riparian
counties
western
hinterlands.
(2)
EHI
showed
marginal
upward
trend,
80.29%
persisted
suboptimal
categories
(EHI-1
EHI-3),
gains
concentrated
high-vegetation
mountainous
areas
(45.72%)
versus
declines
economically
developed
areas.
(3)
CCD
evolved
mild
imbalance
(II-1)
low
(III-1)
but
significant
special
differences—the
midstream
downstream
improved
markedly,
while
upstream
remained
weakest.
(4)
Intragroup
disparities,
particularly
among
middle
reaches,
were
primary
disequilibrium
YRB,
contributing
87.9%
overall
inequality.
In
contrast,
regions
improvements
levels,
accompanied
by
emergence
“multi-polarization”
patterns.
provide
refined
differentiated
decision-making
references
narrowing
gap
coordinated
YRB.
Ecology and Evolution,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
15(4)
Published: April 1, 2025
Understanding
and
quantifying
the
dynamic
features
of
local
ecosystem
services
(ESs)
integrating
diverse
assessment
results
form
crucial
foundations
for
regional
ES
management.
However,
existing
methods
objectively
evaluating
multiple
ESs
remain
limited.
Consequently,
this
research
evaluates
four
key
based
on
InVEST
RUSLE
models
in
Central
Yunnan
Province
(CYP)-from
2000
to
2020:
water
yield
(WY),
carbon
storage
(CS),
habitat
quality
(HQ),
soil
conservation
(SC).
It
then
constructs
an
Integrated
Ecosystem
Service
Index
(IESI)
using
principal
component
analysis
(PCA).
Additionally,
study
explores
factors
driving
spatial
divergence
by
employing
optimal
parameter-based
geographical
detector
model
(OPGD)
at
scale.
The
indicated
that
(1)
IESI
was
effectively
applied
CYP
could
quantitatively
comprehensively
integrate
ESs.
(2)
During
period,
showed
increasing
trends
WY,
HQ,
SC,
while
CS
a
decreasing
trend.
(3)
during
period
exhibited
trend
initially
increasing.
average
values
were
0.7338
2000,
0.6981
2005,
0.6947
2010,
0.6650
2015,
0.6992
2020.
(4)
A
4500
m
×
grid
identified
as
scale
detecting
comprehensive
service
(CES)
CYP,
relief
degree
land
surface
(RDLS),
slope,
NDVI
top
three
drivers
q-values.
This
offers
more
scientific
effective
method
CES.
also
provides
analytical
tool
balancing
use
competition
assessing
effectiveness
policy
implementation.