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Effects of the Land Use Change on Ecosystem Service Value in Chengdu, Western China from 1978 to 2010

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Analysis of the ecosystem service value (ESV) associated with the observed land use changes is critically important for environmental assessment and sustainable urban development. This research evaluate the effects of land use on ESV in Chengdu based on remotely sensed data and GIS, assessment model, transfer and flows model, sensitivity and variable ratio function. The results show that the ESV is mainly composed of forest land and cultivated land. ESV substantially and continuously decreased by 92 × 108 Chinese Yuan (CNY) or about 45 % in Chengdu during the study period and ESV from urban areas in the city center and its surroundings were much lower than those from the natural landscape in the northern and western Longmenshan mountainous region. Land use changes were the major causes of the observed transfer and flows in ESV. The flows of ESV both positive and negative were associated with observed land use changes, but overall land use changes had a negative impact on ESV. The results further indicate that the coefficient change relative to the ESV was inelastic, and the relative sensitivity index was as follows: forest land > cultivated land > water areas, but changes in water area had the largest influence and amplification effect on the ESV. This research offers important insights for use in planning fast urbanizing regions and can assist to achieve more sustainable land use and policy making.

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Funding for this study was provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.41371125), Scientific Research Fund of Sichuan Normal University (No.13ZDL03), and Province Key Subject Foundation of Sichuan Normal University (Human Geography). The authors thank the editors and anonymous referees for their valuable comments and suggestions, which helped improve the manuscript. Landsat data was acquired from the USGS EROS Data Center, the Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Data Center for Resources and Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Science. The funding sources had no involvement in the collection, analysis, or interpretation of data; the writing of the report; or the decision to submit the article for publication.

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  1. College of Geography and Resources, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, 610101, People’s Republic of China

    Wen F. Peng, Jie M. Zhou, Shu Y. Fan & Cun J. Yang

  2. Key Lab of Land Resources Evaluation and Monitoring in Southwest, Ministry of Education, Sichuan Normal University, No. 1819, Chenglong Road, Longquanyi District, Chengdu city, 610101, People’s Republic of China

    Wen F. Peng, Jie M. Zhou, Shu Y. Fan & Cun J. Yang

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Peng, W.F., Zhou, J.M., Fan, S.Y. et al. Effects of the Land Use Change on Ecosystem Service Value in Chengdu, Western China from 1978 to 2010. J Indian Soc Remote Sens 44, 197–206 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-015-0481-1

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