Evaluation of the Potential Change to the Ecosystem Service Provision Due to Industrialization

Arturo Sanchez-Porras, María Guadalupe Tenorio-Arvide, Ricardo Darío Peña-Moreno, María Laura Sampedro-Rosas and Sonia Emilia Silva-Gómez
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Arturo Sanchez-Porras: Posgrado en Ciencias Ambientales, Instituto de Ciencias, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla 72570, Mexico
María Guadalupe Tenorio-Arvide: Posgrado en Ciencias Ambientales, Instituto de Ciencias, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla 72570, Mexico
Ricardo Darío Peña-Moreno: Posgrado en Ciencias Ambientales, Instituto de Ciencias, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla 72570, Mexico
María Laura Sampedro-Rosas: Unidad Académica de Ciencias del Desarrollo Regional, Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero, Acapulco de Juárez 39640, Mexico
Sonia Emilia Silva-Gómez: Posgrado en Ciencias Ambientales, Instituto de Ciencias, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla 72570, Mexico

Sustainability, 2018, vol. 10, issue 9, 1-20

Abstract: The provision of ecosystem services (ES) in a particular region is strongly related to land use. In 2013, San José Chiapa, México, was selected as the new operations base for an automotive company. The installation of the new automotive plant will encourage population growth from 8000 to 200,000 inhabitants by 2050. Consequently, the rise in the demand for land to urbanize will increase at a rate expected to have a significant impact in terms of land-use change, affecting the provision of ES in the region. This paper aims to characterize the ES provision that was present in the region before industrialization and to evaluate the potential effect of land-use change on ES provision. This study analyzed geographic and demographic information and involved a series of field trips to characterize the services present in the area. The ES budget is positive regarding the production of biomass, due to the rural nature of most of the study area. However, this picture is changing with the continuous growth of urban areas due to economic development. This is a critical point for the region regarding ES provision, and only a joint effort between municipalities and industry will make it possible for the region to seize on development while maintaining ES provision.

Keywords: ecosystem services; industrial development; ecosystem services assessment; urbanization; ecosystem services matrix; land use change (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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