Quantify the landscape effect and environmental sustainability of rural region planning at town scale near metropolis

doi:10.1007/s11707-009-0006-8

Front Earth Sci Chin

2009, Vol. 3

Issue (1) : 112-117 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11707-009-0006-8

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Quantify the landscape effect and environmental sustainability of rural region planning at town scale near metropolis

Shiliang LIU¹(

), Yuhong DONG², Minxia WEN¹, Bin CHEN¹

1. State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; 2. Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yucheng Comprehensive Experimental Station, Beijing 100101, China

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Abstract

The urban fringe, which can be seen as a special form of regional ecosystem with a spatial transition from urban to rural areas, has strong heterogeneity and is a typical ecologically sensitive area. The expansion of cities and the landscape effect of the changes have attracted wide attention. The primary aim of this study is to obtain an understanding of the spatial patterns of landscape conversion and the corresponding environmental sustainability. With the help of GIS and Fragstats software, the changes of landscape patterns before and after town planning were compared in An-Ding town of Beijing, of which the sustainability was also revealed based on the ecological footprint using social and economic statistic data. The results showed that the landscape pattern changed greatly during its conversion from several villages to a small town and the landscape fragmentation increased due to road construction. Meanwhile, human disturbance increased with the constructed land extension. For the gap between the ecological footprint and the biological capacity, An-Ding town ran an ecological deficit at that period, which means it was unsustainable. However, the environmental sustainability decreased after planning due to the degraded green land and forest. The results suggested that ecological management should be strengthened during the town planning period.

Keywords environmental sustainability landscape ecological footprint ecological capacity town development

Corresponding Author(s): LIU Shiliang,Email:shiliangliu@163.com

Issue Date: 05 March 2009

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Shiliang LIU,Yuhong DONG,Minxia WEN, et al. Quantify the landscape effect and environmental sustainability of rural region planning at town scale near metropolis[J]. Front Earth Sci Chin, 2009, 3(1): 112-117.

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Fig.1 Land use and land planning of An-Ding town

Tab.1 Land use changes at class level before and after planning in An-Ding town

Tab.2 Changes in landscape metrics before and after planning in An-Ding town

Tab.3 The ecological footprint of the biotic resources in An-Ding town

Tab.4 The ecological footprint’s ledger of energy consumption in An-Ding town

Tab.5 The biologically productive land area of An-Ding town

Tab.6 The ecological footprint’s summary of An-Ding town

Tab.7 The ecological capacity of An-Ding town after planning

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