The Influences of Land Use and Economic Policy on Main Ecosystem Services in Rural East China

Kun Zhang, Xuehui Sun, Tingjing Zhang, Xiaozheng Zhang, Renqing Wang, Peiming Zheng, Hui Wang () and Shuping Zhang ()
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Kun Zhang: Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
Xuehui Sun: Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
Tingjing Zhang: Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
Xiaozheng Zhang: Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
Renqing Wang: Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
Peiming Zheng: Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
Hui Wang: Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
Shuping Zhang: Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China

Sustainability, 2025, vol. 17, issue 4, 1-19

Abstract: The growing need for food provision and materials challenges the maintenance of ecosystem services. Understanding the composition of ecosystem services and the factors that affect the services are critical to improving rural development. An assessment of ecosystem services in the densely populated rural areas of East China has been conducted. The results show the average value of rural ecosystem services was 34.99 thousand RMB/ha. The average value of provision services was 30.01 thousand RMB/ha, which was the main part of ecosystem services. The relationships between provision services and ecosystem services were complex. Provision (nutrition) services had no significant correlation with regulation services and provision (material) services. Provision services were mainly influenced by forest cover, proportion of arable land, and rural population (adjusted R 2 = 0.36). Social factors and land use factors also had a significant impact on nutrition provision services and material provision services. Land and economic policies could regulate the rural ecosystem service value by changing land use types, population mobility, and rural income. Our findings may shed light on the synergetic development of ecosystem services, provision services, and village development in densely populated rural areas worldwide.

Keywords: ecosystem services; land use; provision services; regulation services; village development; synergy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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