Spatiotemporal Differentiation and Balance Pattern of Ecosystem Service Supply and Demand in the Yangtze River Economic Belt

Chong Zhao, Pengnan Xiao, Peng Qian, Jie Xu, Lin Yang and Yixiao Wu
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Chong Zhao: School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan 430040, China
Pengnan Xiao: College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
Peng Qian: School of Business Administration, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan 430073, China
Jie Xu: Faculty of Resources and Environmental Science, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China
Lin Yang: School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan 430040, China
Yixiao Wu: School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan 430040, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 12, 1-20

Abstract: Analyzing the supply and demand of ecosystem services and the regional balance pattern is an important basis for improving the ecological management level. Taking the Yangtze River economic belt as the study area, the spatiotemporal characteristics and balance pattern of ecosystem service supply and demand are quantitatively revealed based on equivalent factors, supply and demand balance modeling and quantile regression. The results show that: (1) the ecosystem services value in the research area experienced a change process of “increase–decrease–increase” from 2000 to 2020. The ecological service value of cultivated land and grassland presented a continuous decline, with decreases of 20.446 billion and 4.53 billion yuan, respectively, in the past 20 years, with reduction rates of −4.82% and −3.98%, respectively. (2) The demand for ecosystem services showed an unbalanced and phased growth trend. The total demand for ecosystem services showed heterogeneity and agglomeration effects in space. High demand and higher demand areas are mainly distributed in the regions with relatively developed population and economy, including Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration, “Changsha–Zhuzhou–Xiangtan” urban agglomeration, Poyang Lake Plain, Jianghan Plain and Chengdu Plain. (3) The overall pattern of the supply–demand balance of ecosystem services has changed little; however, there have also been significant changes in certain areas in individual years.

Keywords: ecosystem service supply; balance pattern; Yangtze River economic belt; ecosystem service demand; ecosystem services (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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