Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(23), P. 10212 - 10212
Published: Nov. 22, 2024
Coastal areas are among the most densely populated globally and crucial components of terrestrial marine ecosystems. Investigating interplay between population distribution ecosystem service value (ESV) in coastal regions, along with their spatial temporal dynamics, is for safeguarding ecological security, fostering regional sustainable development, facilitating a harmonious coexistence humans nature. This study focuses on China’s areas, utilizing land use data from 2000 to 2020 at county-level scale. Several methods, such as geographic concentration, autocorrelation, mismatch index, employed reveal relationships characteristics ESV. The main findings follows: (1) increased 580.6632 million 700.7265 million, rising density. core concentrated Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Urban Agglomeration, Yangtze River Delta Pearl secondary cores forming near provincial capitals. (2) concentration lower than that population, displaying pattern “low–high–low” north south. ESV these has by CNY 121.66 billion, significant decline per capita Low values concentrations northern part research area, particularly across North China Plain. (3) correlation negative, relatively good overall coordination. Increased human activities urbanization have led degradation functions.
Language: Английский