Integrating Ecosystem Services and Health into Landscape Functional Zoning: A Case Study of the Jinan Southern Mountainous Area, China

Kai Li, Ying Hou (), Ruhong Xin, Yuejing Rong, Xiang Pan, Zihan Gao, Ting Wang, Bingyang Lyu, Baimeng Guo, Haocheng Wang and Xi Li ()
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Kai Li: College of Landscape Architecture, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Ying Hou: State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
Ruhong Xin: School of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Southwest University, Chongqing 400700, China
Yuejing Rong: State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
Xiang Pan: College of Landscape Architecture, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Zihan Gao: College of Landscape Architecture, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Ting Wang: College of Landscape Architecture, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Bingyang Lyu: College of Landscape Architecture, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Baimeng Guo: College of Landscape Architecture, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Haocheng Wang: College of Landscape Architecture, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Xi Li: College of Landscape Architecture, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China

Land, 2024, vol. 13, issue 10, 1-22

Abstract: Ecosystems and their services to society have exhibited dramatic degradation all over the world, and landscape planning based on ecosystem service (ES) science is a promising way to mitigate ES loss and improve human well-being. However, ecosystem health, which is crucial for intrinsic ecosystem values, may be overlooked in ES-based landscape planning. Therefore, we proposed a landscape functional zoning method by combining the ES and EH using the Jinan Southern Mountainous Area as a case study. Specifically, we first quantified and mapped six ESs (including regulating, cultural, and provisioning services) and three EH properties (ecosystem vigor, organization, and resilience). Then, we used coupling coordination analysis to determine the coordination of the ES and EH, and adopted bundle analysis to reveal ES-EH compositions. Finally, landscape functional zones were delineated by spatially overlapping the maps of ES-EH bundle types and coupling coordination degrees. The results show that the different ESs and EH properties exhibited uneven spatial distributions. In terms of the ES-EH coupling coordination degree, high values were located along the mountains and aggregated in the eastern part of the study area, and the Caishi town had the highest coupling coordination degree on the town scale. Furthermore, five ES-EH bundle types were identified, i.e., bundles of multifunctionality, subordinate multifunctionality, the highest crop production, ESs and EH properties of medium levels, and ESs and EH properties of low levels. Finally, nine landscape functional zones based on the ES-EH bundle and coupling coordination were identified, and the grids within one zone were homogeneous in terms of their ES-EH compositions and coupling coordination. This study can contribute to the integration of ES and EH into landscape planning and provides a zoning method as a spatial instrument to achieve synergic ES-EH management.

Keywords: landscape functional zoning; ecosystem service; ecosystem health; bundle analysis; coupling coordination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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