Balancing priorities for a sustainable future in cities: Land use change and urban ecosystem service dynamics
Journal of Environmental Management,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
382, P. 125460 - 125460
Published: April 19, 2025
Cities
must
prepare
for
future
uncertainties
associated
with
climate
change
and
societal
challenges.
This
study
used
the
Patch-generating
Land
Use
Simulation
(PLUS)
model
to
simulate
potential
scenarios
Tehran
metropolitan
area.
We
considered
various
development
their
implications.The
sustainable
scenario
produced
more
balanced
outcomes,
including
rangeland
expansion
preservation
of
cropland.
In
addition,
using
Integrated
Valuation
Ecosystem
Services
Trade-offs
(InVEST)
model,
we
quantified
seven
ecosystem
services
from
2017
2043,
revealing
temporal
spatial
variations.
Some
showed
significant
declines
in
water
yield,
carbon
storage,
urban
cooling,
habitat
quality,
stormwater
retention,
flood
mitigation,
recreation
potential,
particularly
southern
areas.
contrast,
is
a
promising
scenario,
along
compact
growth
nature
conservation.
Utilizing
Criteria
Importance
Through
Intercriteria
Correlation
(CRITIC)
method,
identified
risk
mitigation
management
as
critical
service
priorities.
Synergies
emerged
among
heat
while
trade-offs
were
observed
between
others,
such
storage
quality.
Priority
maps
fuzzy
geospatial
multicriteria
analysis
high-priority
areas
protection
restoration.
The
proposed
integrated
multi-scenario
approach
discovered
gap
regional,
urban,
landscape
planning,
emphasizing
need
priorities
minimize
promote
future.
helps
clarify
current
situation
trends
nature-based
solutions
that
help
build
resilience
cities
Language: Английский
Building ‘soil-darity’: Identifying personal priorities to facilitate greater participation in community composting initiatives to enhance urban resilience in Singapore
Wayne Stanley Rice,
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Sarah May,
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Cuifen Pui
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City and Environment Interactions,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 100205 - 100205
Published: May 1, 2025
Language: Английский
Exploring the Response of Ecosystem Services to Socioecological Factors in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China
Land,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
13(6), P. 728 - 728
Published: May 23, 2024
Understanding
the
response
of
mechanisms
driving
ecosystem
services
(ESs)
to
socioecological
factors
is
imperative
for
regional
sustainable
management.
However,
previous
studies
ESs
have
focused
more
on
degree
and
direction
(positive
negative)
effects
ES
supply
or
supply–demand
balance,
while
their
nonlinear
processes
not
been
fully
considered.
In
this
study,
a
theoretical
framework
was
developed
through
integrating
land
use/land
cover
data
demand
matrices
with
random
forest
models
assess
processes,
including
relative
importance
marginal
effects,
essential
that
drive
demand,
supply,
balance.
Using
Yangtze
River
Economic
Belt
(YREB)
as
an
example,
our
results
indicated
deficit
regions
(332
1070
counties
14.45%
area)
YREB
were
located
mainly
in
three
national
urban
agglomerations.
Moreover,
study
natural
environmental
(such
slope
precipitation)
significantly
influence
balance
ESs,
socioeconomic
cropland
ratios
population
density)
profoundly
ESs.
most
important
drivers
YREB.
types
identified
study:
logarithmic
increase,
decrease,
volatility
increase.
Specific
(e.g.,
proportion
area,
precipitation,
density,
slope)
had
significant
threshold
The
turning
points
can
be
extracted
from
these
should
recommended
restoration
projects
maintain
Language: Английский
Identifying Cross-Regional Ecological Compensation Based on Ecosystem Service Supply, Demand, and Flow for Landscape Management
Hejie Wei,
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Jiahui Wu,
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Yu Ma
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et al.
Diversity,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
16(9), P. 561 - 561
Published: Sept. 7, 2024
Clarifying
the
issues
related
to
supply,
demand,
and
flow
of
ecosystem
services
is
crucial
for
regional
landscape
management.
This
study
employs
equivalence
factor
method
demand
index
quantification
analyze
supply
in
Zheng-Bian-Luo
region
2000
2020.
We
used
hotspot
analysis
tools
minimum
cumulative
resistance
model
establish
ecological
corridors,
identifying
spatial
paths
our
site.
By
calculating
volume
key
corridor
value
through
breakpoint
formula
field
strength
theory
combining
this
with
ratio
regulating
service
value,
we
computed
compensation
amount,
thereby
realizing
service.
The
results
indicate
that
area
balance
between
gradually
decreased
deficit
increased
43.62%
from
2020
along
rapid
urbanization.
total
by
important
corridors
was
USD
242.40
million
365.92
million,
respectively.
In
2020,
it
predicted
Luanchuan
County
would
receive
totals
237.76
each
area,
mainly
Jinshui
District.
Our
findings
support
enhancing
quality
environment
optimizing
management
Yellow
River’s
Henan
section.
Language: Английский
Advancing Sustainability in Urban Planning by Measuring and Matching the Supply and Demand of Urban Green Space Ecosystem Services
Sustainability,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
16(23), P. 10306 - 10306
Published: Nov. 25, 2024
As
global
cities
rapidly
develop,
the
realization
of
sustainable
urban
development
has
become
a
pressing
concern.
critical
component
built
environment,
green
spaces
are
essential
for
maintaining
sustainability
ecosystems
by
offering
variety
ecological
benefits.
However,
there
some
problems
in
design
and
construction
framework,
which
often
disregard
real
needs
residents
hinder
areas.
Therefore,
planning
that
takes
into
account
supply
demand
relationship
space
is
considered
to
be
key
technology
should
help
improve
residents’
happiness
promote
development.
This
paper
Zunyi
City
as
an
example;
selects
six
indicators;
combines
UAV
images,
population,
economic,
environmental
data
evaluate
ecosystem
services
valuation
existing
city;
analyzes
its
social
needs.
Affected
land
utilization
density,
value
showed
low
spatial
density
characteristics
central
area
high
distribution
surrounding
area.
The
correlation
between
population
largest,
pattern
similar
density.
supply-demand
ratio
study
−0.54,
indicating
severe
imbalance
demand.
analysis
comprehensive
each
influencing
factor
shows
with
largest.
combination
maps
addresses
major
problem
planning,
namely,
ensuring
communities
have
priority
providing
based
on
society’s
need
services.
In
addition,
these
will
develop
best
planting
plans
meet
specific
different
communities.
Taken
together,
findings
can
city
planners
decision
makers
layout
areas,
increase
service
potential,
quality
sustainability.
Language: Английский