Surplus or Deficit? Spatiotemporal Variations of the Supply, Demand, and Budget of Landscape Services and Landscape Multifunctionality in Suburban Shanghai, China

Jin Sun, Liming Liu, Klaus Müller, Peter Zander, Guoping Ren, Guanyi Yin and Yingjie Hu
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Jin Sun: College of Land Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Liming Liu: College of Land Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Klaus Müller: Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany
Peter Zander: Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany
Guoping Ren: College of Land Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Guanyi Yin: College of Geography and Environment, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China
Yingjie Hu: College of Land Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China

Sustainability, 2018, vol. 10, issue 10, 1-21

Abstract: Landscape services are inevitably interlinked with human wellbeing. It is essential to assess landscape services and multifunctionality from both supply and demand points of view toward sustainable landscape management. This study focused on the spatiotemporal variations of the supply, demand, and budget of landscape services in suburban Shanghai, China, including crop production, nutrient regulation, air-quality regulation, soil-erosion regulation, water purification, and recreation and aesthetical value. A new index landscape multifunctionality budget (B MFI ) was developed, integrating the budget status of surplus and deficit with landscape management. Spatial autocorrelation analysis and regression analysis were conducted to identify spatial agglomeration and influencing factors of B MFI . Pronounced spatiotemporal heterogeneity of landscape services was observed. B MFI was in surplus status in 2005 and 2010, but turned to deficit in 2015. Landscape service budgets generally followed the spatial pattern of positive in the west and negative in the east. Budget deficits covered half of the villages in 2015, which were mainly situated near central Shanghai with high population density, high average income, and a fragmented and less diverse landscape pattern. Rapid urban sprawl and the following land-cover changes are the main drivers for the spatiotemporal variations. Landscape function zoning with effective economic development and ecological conservation policies can comprehensively improve the competitiveness achieving sustainable future.

Keywords: landscape services; multifunctionality; supply; demand; budget; spatiotemporal variations; suburb; landscape management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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