Sustainability,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
16(24), P. 10839 - 10839
Published: Dec. 11, 2024
A
comprehensive
understanding
of
the
spatial
and
temporal
patterns
changes
in
ecosystem
services,
along
with
their
driving
factors,
is
crucial
for
managing
ecosystems
effectively
ensuring
sustainable
development
area.
Intense
human
activities
rapid
urbanization
have
led
to
frequent
land
use/cover
changes.
Nanning,
as
a
rapidly
developing
city,
has
received
increasing
attention
its
services.
This
research
assesses
valuation
services
by
employing
equivalent
factor
approach,
utilizing
use
data
from
Nanning
City
spanning
period
2000
2020.
It
analyzes
dynamics
these
identifies
key
drivers
through
application
GeoDetector
model.
The
results
show
following:
(1)
Between
2020,
forests
were
predominant
City.
During
this
period,
significant
type
conversions
occurred,
largest
outflow
arable
inflow
construction
land.
(2)
Over
20
years,
aggregate
value
(ESV)
exhibited
declining
trend,
culminating
net
reduction
USD
1056.8
million.
Forest
ESVs
constituted
proportion
total
value,
exceeding
59%.
Among
individual
ESVs,
hydrological
regulation
climate
collectively
accounting
over
48%
contributing
20.7%
27.7%.
(3)
exhibit
pronounced
differentiation,
higher
values
concentrated
central
regions
lower
peripheral
zones.
Notably,
high-value
zones
are
experiencing
size,
while
low-value
progressively
expanding.
(4)
findings
analysis
indicate
that
soil
organic
matter,
rate,
annual
sunshine,
financial
expenditure,
population
density
primary
determinants
affecting
ESV.
Furthermore,
explanatory
power
influencing
factors
substantially
increased
following
interactive
detection.
provides
scientific
basis
management
strategies
policies
holds
substantial
significance
advancing
regional
development.
Land Degradation and Development,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 1, 2025
ABSTRACT
Anthropogenic
interference
causes
ecological
fragmentation
and
vulnerability,
weakening
urban
ecosystems'
adaptive
capacity.
The
network
is
based
on
the
principles
of
landscape
ecology,
connecting
resource
patches
through
linear
corridors
to
protect
biodiversity
integrity,
enhance
environmental
carrying
capacity,
improve
ecosystem
resilience.
However,
current
research
resilience
often
relies
single
methods
scales,
overlooking
potential
discrepancies
between
different
approaches
scales.
This
study
uses
Zhejiang
construct
networks
with
structural,
functional,
integrated
at
provincial,
agglomeration,
city
levels.
performance
these
in
protecting
structure,
maintaining
function,
ensuring
overall
was
compared,
yielding
following
results:
First,
spatial
output
consistency
source
areas
across
scales
for
three
ranged
from
50.48%
97.81%.
Second,
approach
not
optimal
all
goals.
structure‐oriented
method
demonstrated
cross‐scale
applicability
structural
goal,
while
function‐oriented
strategy
performed
well
functional
Third,
scale
analysis
showed
results
provincial
agglomeration
levels
when
meeting
same
objectives,
but
level.
By
expanding
methodologies
perspectives
field
resilience,
this
assesses
It
found
that
do
always
effectively
coordinate
multiple
protection
objectives;
thus,
large‐scale
strategies
cannot
be
directly
applied
smaller
practical
applications.
proposes
validates
a
multi‐scale,
multi‐method
framework
assessing
networks.
reveals
differences
methods,
providing
valuable
theoretical
insights
guidance
future
particularly
regarding
Land,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
14(2), P. 286 - 286
Published: Jan. 30, 2025
Strengthening
the
exploration
of
synergistic
promotion
mechanisms
between
ecosystem
services
(ESs)
and
new
urbanization
is
great
significance
for
watershed
development.
In
this
work,
we
revealed
evolution
mechanism
coupling
coordination
development
degree
(CCD)
ESs
its
driving
factors
in
Huaihe
River
Basin
(HRB)
from
1980
to
2020
using
a
combination
CCD
model,
Exploratory
Spatial
Data
Analysis
(ESDA)
method,
GeoDetector
model.
Additionally,
employed
PLUS
model
investigate
multi-scenario
simulations.
The
results
demonstrate
that
showed
decline
initially,
followed
by
an
increase,
while
index
consistent
annual
growth
over
four
decades.
Furthermore,
yearly
optimization
trend.
demonstrated
notable
spatial
clustering
characteristics,
with
such
as
precipitation,
distance
water
body,
elevation,
per
area
GDP
emerged
primary
drivers.
Under
scenarios
ecological
protection,
comprehensive
development,
natural
value
2050
maintained
upward
trend;
however,
it
fell
decrease
under
scenario
cropland
protection.
These
research
findings
offer
valuable
decision-making
support
differentiated
regulation
functions
high-quality
HRB.
Sustainability,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
17(5), P. 1998 - 1998
Published: Feb. 26, 2025
The
increasing
tensions
between
urban
development
and
ecological
environments
in
China,
as
evidenced
by
the
country’s
rapidly
globalising
urbanising
society,
pose
significant
challenges
to
implementation
of
sustainable
strategies.
In
order
evaluate
coupled
coordination
degree
(CCD)
regional
(RD)
carrying
capacity
(ECC)
within
Chengdu-Chongqing
Twin
Cities
Economic
Circle,
this
study
proposes
a
comprehensive
CCD
evaluation
framework.
This
framework
includes
indicator
analysis,
quantitative
measurement
coupling
coordination,
identification
types,
impacts.
results
indicate
that
is
on
growth
trajectory
while
lags
behind.
has
shifted
from
state
’basically
uncoordinated’
coordinated’,
exhibiting
decreasing
gradient
spatial
distribution,
with
core
cities
demonstrating
leadership.
thus
provides
set
optimised
strategies
tailored
at
different
stages
development,
offering
theoretical
foundation
decision-making
for
promoting
quality
Circle.
Remote Sensing,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
17(6), P. 956 - 956
Published: March 8, 2025
Biodiversity
has
important
implications
for
the
sustainable
development
of
cities.
Given
paucity
ground-based
experiments,
responses
biodiversity
to
urbanization
and
its
associated
controls
on
a
global
scale
remain
largely
unexplored.
We
present
novel
conceptual
framework
quantifying
direct
indirect
impacts
in
1523
cities
worldwide
using
100
m
grid
intactness
index
data
(2017–2020)
as
proxy
biodiversity.
The
results
show
pervasive
positive
impact
cities,
with
mean
24.85
±
9.97%
16.18
10.92%,
respectively.
is
relatively
large
highly
urbanized
eastern
United
States,
Western
Europe,
Middle
East.
predominantly
influenced
by
intensity,
population
density,
background
climate.
correlation
between
intensity
most
pronounced
across
all
climate
zones,
while
other
driving
variables
influencing
effect
exhibited
considerable
variations.
Furthermore,
our
findings
indicate
that
are
conditions
Our
have
understanding
future
urban
Land Degradation and Development,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: April 1, 2025
ABSTRACT
Investigating
the
spatial
coupling
between
urbanization
and
ecosystem
services
(ESs)
enhances
understanding
of
social–ecological
interactions
while
addressing
sustainability
challenges
in
urban
agglomerations.
While
most
studies
have
focused
on
local
ESs,
fewer
examined
their
telecoupling,
considering
increasing
distant
systems.
In
this
study,
we
developed
a
methodological
framework
to
disentangle
telecoupling
ESs
Beijing‐Tianjin‐Hebei
agglomeration,
China.
Urbanization
seven
were
mapped,
relationships
quantified.
Different
further
generalized
through
archetype
analysis,
influencing
factors
identified.
The
results
indicate
that
from
2000
2020,
number
counties
with
relatively
high‐level
increased.
lagged
or
balanced
counties.
showed
both
increases
decreases
across
different
revealing
networks
ESs.
Areas
clustered
into
four
archetypical
interactions.
These
distributed
along
urban–peri‐urban–rural
gradient:
three
types
found
separately
mountainous,
rural,
central
areas,
type
was
mainly
peri‐urban
areas.
Our
study
provides
implications
for
targeted
land
management
similar
We
suggest
increase
self‐sufficiency
improve
ecological
compensation,
thereby
fostering
sustainable
development.
