Losses of Ecosystem Service Values in the Taihu Lake Basin from 1979 to 2010

doi:10.1007/s11707-016-0612-1

Front. Earth Sci.

2017, Vol. 11

Issue (2) : 310-320 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11707-016-0612-1

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Losses of Ecosystem Service Values in the Taihu Lake Basin from 1979 to 2010

Hui ZHANG^1,^2,³, Qiao WANG^1,⁴(

), Guangyu LI²(

), Hanpei ZHANG³, Jue ZHANG³

¹. College of Geographical Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
². Nanjing Institute of Environmental Science, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Nanjing 210042, China
³. Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology (CICAEET), Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
⁴. Environmental Satellite Application Center, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Beijing 100029, China

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Abstract

The Taihu Lake Basin, an east-coastal developed area, is one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in China. Ecosystem services in the Taihu Lake Basin have been overexploited and jeopardized. Based on land-use and land-cover change (LUCC) data from 1979, 1984, 2000, and 2010, in conjunction with the adjusted ecosystem service values (ESV), changes in ESV were analyzed in detail. Results revealed that LUCC resulted in a substantial decrease in total ESV from $3.92 billion in 1979 to $2.98 billion in 2010. The ESV of cropland decreased from $1.64 billion in 1979 to $1.34 billion in 2010, which represented a 20.28% reduction. The ESV of water areas decreased from $1.08 billion in 1979 to $0.36 billion in 2010, which represented a 65.62% reduction mainly because of a decline in water quality. In terms of annual change rate, cropland and water areas showed a sustained downward trend. Spatially, ESV declines were mainly observed in Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, and Shanghai, probably due to a combination of economic progress, population growth, and rapid urbanization. The research results can be a useful reference for policymakers in mitigating ESV decline.

Keywords ecosystem service values land use/land cover water quality Taihu Lake Basin

Corresponding Author(s): Qiao WANG,Guangyu LI

Just Accepted Date: 28 November 2016 Online First Date: 15 December 2016 Issue Date: 19 May 2017

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Hui ZHANG,Qiao WANG,Guangyu LI, et al. Losses of Ecosystem Service Values in the Taihu Lake Basin from 1979 to 2010[J]. Front. Earth Sci., 2017, 11(2): 310-320.

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