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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Ecol. Evol.
Sec. Conservation and Restoration Ecology
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fevo.2024.1470912
This article is part of the Research Topic Ecosystem Condition Assessments: Progress towards a Global Standard View all 4 articles

Spatiotemporal changes and influencing factors of ecosystem services in the Nanchang metropolitan area, China

Provisionally accepted
Ting Zhang Ting Zhang 1Yuzhu Hu Yuzhu Hu 2*Shengyu Guan Shengyu Guan 1*Mengyao Wang Mengyao Wang 1*Tingting Lei Tingting Lei 1*Haihui Hu Haihui Hu 1*
  • 1 College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China
  • 2 College of Electronics, Information and Automation, Aba Normal College, Aba, China

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    Ecosystem services (ES), such as carbon storage (CS), soil conservation (SC), habitat quality (HQ), and water yield (WY), are crucial for maintaining ecological balance and supporting regional sustainable development. As environmental changes intensify, identifying the spatiotemporal dynamics of these services and their driving factors has become a central issue in environmental science. This study focuses on the Nanchang Metropolitan Area, analyzing the quantification of carbon storage (CS), soil conservation (SC), habitat quality (HQ), and water yield (WY) from 2000 to 2020. The effects of major factors including climate, topography and social aspects on the spatial heterogeneity of ES were explored. The results indicate that between 2000 and 2020, SC and HQ in the Nanchang metropolitan area decreased by 0.1385×10 8 tons/ha and 0.0507 respectively, while CS and WY increased by 2.4754×10 9 tons/ha and 1.6668×10 10 m 3 respectively. There is obvious spatial heterogeneity in the correlation between driving factors and ES changes. The spatial distribution density of ESs is high in mountainous areas, while it is low in the central plains. Among human factors, population (POP) and gross domestic product (GDP) predominantly influenced CS and HQ changes; climatic factors and POP drove changes in SC, whereas changes in WY were primarily affected by climate and topography. The results of this study indicate that attention should be focused on key driving factors to develop targeted land policies to improve the ES value of the Nanchang metropolitan area.

    Keywords: ecosystem services, environmental change, land planning, Influencing factors, sustainable development

    Received: 26 Jul 2024; Accepted: 30 Sep 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Zhang, Hu, Guan, Wang, Lei and Hu. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Yuzhu Hu, College of Electronics, Information and Automation, Aba Normal College, Aba, China
    Shengyu Guan, College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, Heilongjiang Province, China
    Mengyao Wang, College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, Heilongjiang Province, China
    Tingting Lei, College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, Heilongjiang Province, China
    Haihui Hu, College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, Heilongjiang Province, China

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