Mapping Ecosystem Service Supply–Demand Bundles for an Integrated Analysis of Tradeoffs in an Urban Agglomeration of China

Zhen Zhong, Xuening Fang (), Yu Zhang, Xianfang Shu and Dan Guo
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Zhen Zhong: School of Environmental and Geographical Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
Xuening Fang: School of Environmental and Geographical Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
Yu Zhang: School of Environmental and Geographical Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
Xianfang Shu: School of Environmental and Geographical Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
Dan Guo: School of Environmental and Geographical Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China

Land, 2022, vol. 11, issue 9, 1-18

Abstract: Ecosystem service (ES) bundles are widely used approaches to analyze ES tradeoffs in urban agglomeration. However, few ES bundle studies considered both the supply and demand sided. The objective of this study was to map ES supply–demand bundles to comprehensively analyze the ES tradeoffs in the Yangtze River Delta using cluster analysis, correlation analysis, hotspot analysis, and principal component analysis. We found that: (1) Both the supply and demand of ES are unevenly distributed with highly spatial autocorrelation. (2) There are significant tradeoffs and synergies between ES in terms of supply–supply, demand–demand, and supply–demand. (3) Four ES supply–demand bundle types were identified with distinct ES supply and demand relationships. (4) Land-use types, urban intensity, and climatic factors are the main social-ecological factors that distinguish the four identified clusters. The identified ES supply–demand clusters can support the main functional zoning of the Yangtze River Delta. Our results also suggest that land sharing is a more appropriate approach for the sustainable development of the Yangtze River Delta considering the balance of multiple ES supply and ES demand.

Keywords: ecosystem services; urban agglomeration; supply–demand bundles; urban sustainability; landscape sustainability; Yangtze River Delta (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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