Exploring management objectives and ecosystem service trade-offs in a semi-arid rangeland basin in southeast Iran

Mashizi, Azam Khosravi; Heshmati, Gholam Ali; Mahini, Abdol Rasool Salman; Escobedo, Francisco J.

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.11.065

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“…In 1990-2000, the CS in the whole SHB increased, while it presented a reduction around the urban land in the northwest and central (especially in Shanghai and Hangzhou); in 2000-2010, the increased areas were mainly distributed in the south and west (i.e., Shaoxing and Huzhou), while the decreased areas were concentrated in Jiaxing and Shanghai in the northeast; and in 2010-2019, the increased areas were the same as in the previous stage, but the decreased areas were mainly distributed in Hangzhou, Huzhou, and Shanghai in the central and northeast. (2) The high value areas of FS were mainly distributed in plain regions in the central and northeast, with relatively low values in other regions (Figure 8b). In the spatial change, the increased areas were extremely small from 1990 to 2019, which were mainly distributed in coastal areas in the east and northeast, and the decreased areas were mainly distributed in Jiaxing in the northeast and Shaoxing in the south, and Jiaxing had the most obvious decrease in 2000-2010.…”

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“…As the basis for improving the well-being of mankind and achieving sustainable development [1], ecosystem services (ESs) refer to natural conditions and utilities providing life supporting products and services by ecosystems and ecological processes that sustain anthropic life [2,3]. The changes in ESs are the most intuitive reflection of the impacts of anthropic activities on the ecological environment and directly or indirectly affect ecosystem functions, patterns, and processes [4,5].…”

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“…The goal of this study was to revel the impact of urban expansion forms on ESs under different expansion intensities and different urban sizes in urban agglomerations. Specifically, this study comprised three steps: (1) to identify spatiotemporal variations of urban expansion forms and ESs in SHB; (2) to explore whether the relationships between urban expansion forms and ESs change with expansion intensity of urban expansion forms; (3) to analyze the impacts of various urban expansion forms on ESs in different cities. The purposes of this study were to provide a deep understanding of the relationship between different urban expansion forms and ESs and to find a scientific path to maintain the sustainable development of urban ecosystems.…”

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Impacts of Urban Expansion Forms on Ecosystem Services in Urban Agglomerations: A Case Study of Shanghai-Hangzhou Bay Urban Agglomeration

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Exploring impacts of urban expansion on ecosystem services has become a hot topic for regional sustainable development, while analyzing the ecological effects of urban expansion forms under different expansion intensities and city sizes is relatively rare. Therefore, taking a typical urban agglomeration, Shanghai-Hangzhou Bay Urban Agglomeration, as a case study, this study first analyzed the dynamics of urban expansion forms (leapfrogging, edge-expansion, and infilling) and four critical ecosystem services (carbon sequestration, food supply, habitat quality, and soil retention) in three periods from 1990 to 2019. The multiple linear regression model and zonal statistics analysis model were used to quantitatively identify the impacts of urban expansion forms on ecosystem services, taking into account different expansion intensities and city sizes. The results showed that the urban expansion trend in the study area experienced a morphological change from integration to diffusion and then to integration in 1990–2019; edge-expansion was the dominant expansion form. Food supply decreased continuously while other ecosystem services had fluctuating changes, and they all had spatial heterogeneity. The leapfrogging, edge-expansion, and infilling all had negative impacts on ecosystem services, and among them, the edge-expansion intensity had the highest influence degree in the early expansion, and the leapfrogging intensity occupied the dominant position in all influences with the expansion of urban scales. For different city sizes, the impact of edge-expansion in large-scale cities was greater than in small-scale cities in the early expansion, and the impact of leapfrogging in large-scale cities exceeded the edge-expansion in the subsequent expansion. These findings will help further understand the influential mechanisms between urban expansion and ecosystem services and provide a scientific basis for formulating reasonable urban planning.

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“…Research on agroecosystem services began in the 1990s. Researchers have shown that the evaluation and prediction of agroecological services contribute to agroecosystem protection (Longato et al 2019 ; Khosravi Mashizi et al 2019 ; Del Rio et al 2020 ). Some researchers have focused on the regional impacts of ecosystem services (Chen et al 2020 ; Yang et al 2020 ; Zhong et al 2020 ), especially the ecosystem service values (ESVs) of grasslands and forests (Cao et al 2020 ).…”

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Evaluation of Agricultural Ecosystem Service Value in Arid and Semiarid Regions of Northwest China Based on the Equivalent Factor Method

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A reasonable assessment of the value of ecosystem services is an effective measure to maintain the normal operation of the ecosystem and adjust the balance between economic development and the ecological environment. With the help of the related concepts of ecosystem services, this paper establishes an evaluation framework system and adopts the widely used and comprehensive evaluation method of equivalent factors, which is a rapid accounting tool used for the evaluation of ecosystem services. The value of agricultural ecosystem services was estimated from 2008 to 2017 in a typical arid-semiarid region, and nine ecosystem service functions were analyzed. Our research showed that from 2008 to 2017 the value of agricultural ecological services in Gansu Province increased annually, and the annual growth rate in 2012 was the highest (15%). The results showed that the selection of appropriate methods could quickly and effectively evaluate the value of agricultural ecosystem services. In-depth research on the function and value of agroecological services could better promote the sustainable development of agroecosystems and maintain the balance and integrity of ecological service functions. Evaluation of the balance and integrity of agricultural ecosystem ecological service functions in arid semi-arid regions will provide recommendations for land use and sustainable development and ecological environment protection in these regions. Highlights • Agricultural ecosystem services have changed in an arid and semiarid region of China in recent decades. • We reflect the results of China's ecological progress. • This study provides advice on agricultural development of other developing countries.

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“…However, research on ES in arid and semi-arid areas of the world has mainly focused on improving ecosystem management by evaluating the interaction of ES under land use/cover change. For example, studies on arid and semi-arid areas in Spain, Iran, Central Asia, and China mainly focus on evaluating the trade-offs and interactions between ES (i.e., food production, water production, soil erosion control, and CAS), and providing scientific methods for ecosystem management [15,19,[57][58][59]. Other research has focused on evaluating the importance of ES through field surveys of local residents [60].…”

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The Enhanced Management of Water Resources Improves Ecosystem Services in a Typical Arid Basin

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Ecosystem services (ES) are essential for human well-being. However, few studies have investigated the optimization of the management of water resources based on trade-offs of ES in arid areas. In order to solve this problem, four important ES that affect the carbon cycle and water cycle were selected from the regulating ecosystem services (carbon storage (CAS), evapotranspiration (ET)), the supporting ecosystem services (the soil drought index (TVDI)) and the provisioning ecosystem services (groundwater depth (GWD)) in arid areas. The spatiotemporal distribution of these four ES were quantitatively analyzed—using related models—in the Tarim River, situated in a typical arid inland basin, in 2000, 2010, and 2018, in order to determine the fundamental driving factors of change in ES. The results showed that CAS was mainly affected by changes in land use, while ET, TVDI, and GWD were mainly affected by changes in water volume. The unified management of water resources improved the regulating ecosystem services (an initial increase in CAS, followed by a decrease; ET continued to grow from 2000 to 2018), the supporting ecosystem services (TVDI was maintained at 0.69–0.74), and the provisioning ecosystem services (GWD rose 5.77% in 2000–2010, and stabilized at 3.05 m in 2018). The trade-off/synergy relationships of the four ES were further analyzed at different geographical scales through correlation analysis and the trade-off index (RMSD). In different river sections, the ES that affect carbon and water cycles were highly dependent on each other. In areas with high CAS, the groundwater depth was low, and the soil moisture and ET were high. With different land use types, there was a synergistic relationship between CAS and GWD in woodland and grassland areas, and between ET and GWD in farmland areas. This showed that there was still strong competition between natural vegetation and groundwater, represented by woodland and grassland, and the ineffective loss of water resources such as ET through expansion of farmland. Finally, this study innovatively incorporated the results of trade-offs of ES into water resource management. In order to reduce the trade-offs between ES, and to improve ES, to achieve the ecological protection and restoration of desert riparian forests, and to optimize the water resource management in arid areas, different ecological water regulation and control measures were proposed in the high-flow years and the low-flow years of arid areas. This study can provide important scientific references for the improvement of ES and the optimization of the management of water resources in other similar river basins in arid areas.

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Exploring management objectives and ecosystem service trade-offs in a semi-arid rangeland basin in southeast Iran

Cited by 27 publications

References 95 publications

Impacts of Urban Expansion Forms on Ecosystem Services in Urban Agglomerations: A Case Study of Shanghai-Hangzhou Bay Urban Agglomeration

Impacts of Urban Expansion Forms on Ecosystem Services in Urban Agglomerations: A Case Study of Shanghai-Hangzhou Bay Urban Agglomeration

Evaluation of Agricultural Ecosystem Service Value in Arid and Semiarid Regions of Northwest China Based on the Equivalent Factor Method

The Enhanced Management of Water Resources Improves Ecosystem Services in a Typical Arid Basin

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