Identifying the Impact of Landscape Pattern on Ecosystem Services in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River Urban Agglomerations, China

Luwen Liu, Xingrong Chen, Wanxu Chen and Xinyue Ye
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Luwen Liu: School of Mathematics and Physics, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
Xingrong Chen: School of Mathematics and Physics, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
Wanxu Chen: Department of Geography, School of Geography and Information Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
Xinyue Ye: Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77840, USA

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 14, 1-26

Abstract: Clarifying the impact mechanisms of landscape patterns on ecosystem services is highly important for effective ecosystem protection, policymaking, and landscape planning. However, previous literature lacks knowledge about the impact mechanisms of landscape patterns on ecosystem services from a spatial perspective. Thus, this study measured landscape patterns and the ecosystem services value (ESV) using a series of landscape pattern metrics and an improved benefit transfer method based on land-use data from 2015. It explores the impact mechanisms of the landscape pattern metrics on the ESV using the ordinary least-squares method and spatial regression models in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River Urban Agglomerations (MRYRUA), China. We found that forestland was the main landscape type in the MRYRUA, followed by cultivated land, and the fragmentation degree of cultivated land was significantly higher than that of forestland. The findings demonstrate that landscape pattern metrics had a significant impact on ecosystem services, but could vary greatly. Moreover, ecosystem services in the MRYRUA exhibited significant spatial spillover effects and cross-regional collaborative governance was an effective means of landscape planning. This paper acts as a scientific reference and effective guidance for landscape planning and regional ecosystem conservation in MRYRUA and other similarly fast-growing urban agglomerations.

Keywords: ecosystem services value; landscape pattern metrics; spatial regression analysis; middle reaches of the Yangtze River Urban Agglomerations; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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