The effects of urbanization on China's forest loss from 2000 to 2012: Evidence from a panel analysis

Lin, Yuying; Qiu, Rongzu; Yao, Jixue; Hu, Xisheng; Lin, Junjie

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.12.317

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“…In contrast, farmland was always the main ecosystem that was converted into other ecosystem types, with contributions of 48%, 57%, 46%, and 33%, respectively, followed by forest and water bodies with increasing contributions. Our results are highly consistent with previous research, indicating that rapid urbanization has become the main reason for the loss of farmland, forest, water bodies, and wetlands [8,9,11,40,41]. Due to the close geographical location, new increased construction land mainly originates from the conversion of farmland, resulting in farmland suffering the most loss [6,8,28].…”

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“…Our results supported this finding, and the new increase in farmland coupled with construction land expansion mainly resulted in the degradation of forest and water body ecosystems throughout the study period. The loss and degradation of forests, water bodies, and wetlands have severe impacts on global environmental change, ecosystem services, natural habitat, and biodiversity loss [10,11,41].…”

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Changes in Ecosystems and Ecosystem Services in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area since the Reform and Opening Up in China

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Ecosystem services provide important support for the sustainable development of humans; these services are provided by various ecosystems, but they have been severely influenced by anthropogenic activities globally in the past several decades. To respond to the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations, this study investigated the changes in ecosystem structure and estimated the associated ecosystem services value (ESV) since China’s reform and opening-up policy in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), one of the most developed and populous areas of China. Our results showed that dramatic changes in ecosystem structure occurred in the GBA, characterized by unpresented construction land sprawl (an average of 148 km2/yr) and extensive farmland loss (an average of 111 km2/yr). The change size and rate of ecosystems from 2000 to 2010 was the biggest and fastest, followed by that from 1990 to 2000. The ESV of the study area showed an overall decreasing trend, declining from 464 billion yuan to 346 billion yuan. The ESV supported by forest ecosystems and water body ecosystems made dominant contributions to the total ESV, ranging from 92% to 95%. Strong spatial heterogeneity of the ESV of the GBA might be noted throughout the study period, with lower values in the central region and higher values in the surrounding region. To realize sustainable development in the GBA; this study strongly suggests that local governments, and the public, scientifically use various ecosystems and their services, focusing on vigorously protecting ecosystems with high and important ESVs, such as water body, wetland, forest, and farmland ecosystems.

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Changes in Ecosystems and Ecosystem Services in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area since the Reform and Opening Up in China

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“…The absence of green space affects humans' health and their human well-being [6]. As China's urbanization rate continues to grow, pushing the rural population to the cities, forest disturbance has become more serious as it is further occupied and degraded [7]. For the promotion of humans' well-being and sustainable development, the government is changing its concept of forest land management by focusing mainly on conservation and restoration.…”

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Quantifying the Compound Factors of Forest Land Changes in the Pearl River Delta, China

Chen

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Forestland has been a focus of urbanization research, yet the effect of urbanization on forest land change on an urban agglomeration scale still remains unclear. Screening and quantifying the main factors affecting forest land changes have practical significance for land planning and management. Considering the characteristics of the region and referring to related studies, 26 natural, social, and economic factors were screened in the Pearl River Delta (PRD), where land-use changes are intense. Geographically weighted regression and the relative importance were used to quantify the spatial heterogeneity of these main factors. There was still a large area of deforestation evident in the PRD with its afforestation area of 604.3 km2 (mainly converted from cropland) and a deforestation area of 1544.6 km2 (mainly converted from built-up land). The effects of socio-economic factors were the main factors for these forest land changes, especially the rural population and migration. Deforestation mainly occurs in urban growth boundaries, which will be the focus area for further land management. These main factors have the potential to provide a methodological contribution to land-use changes, and the results of this study can provide a solid theoretical basis for forest land management and urban planning (e.g., balancing expansion of built-up land and ecological protection that advances forest land protection and restoration).

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“…Coordinating urbanization and ESs is, therefore, at the forefront of Earth system science and sustainability research [25]. Many scholars worldwide have discussed the relationship between urbanization, global change, resources, and environment from the perspective of sustainable development on a global scale [26][27][28], exploring the interaction between urbanization and natural ecosystems and global change at different spatial scales [29][30][31]. For example, André Mascarenhas [32] explored the impact of population and urbanization development in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area on land occupation and ecosystem services, and the results show that each pattern can have both positive and negative effects on the supply of ecosystem services.…”

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Spatial–Temporal Interaction Relationship between Ecosystem Services and Urbanization of Urban Agglomerations in the Transitional Zone of Three Natural Regions

Pan

Shi

2020

Sustainability

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Clarifying the spatial interaction relationship between urbanization and multiple ecosystem services (ESs) is a prerequisite for reducing the impact of urbanization on the ecological environment and coordinating urbanization and ecological environmental protection. Urbanization is especially significant for ecologically fragile areas, where ecosystems are particularly sensitive to changes in urban patterns. This study considered the Lan–Xi (LX) urban agglomeration in three natural transitional regions using socio-economic, ecological environment, and other data, through a variety of methods, to supersede administrative boundaries and to explore the relationship between urbanization and ESs on a grid scale. The results revealed a significant negative spatial correlation between the levels of urbanization and comprehensive ESs, indicating that rapid urbanization has led to a decline in regional ESs. However, with the rapid urbanization trend from 2010 to 2018, the ESs in the LX region showed an upward trend because the implementation of ecological protection and restoration projects greatly offset the decline in ESs caused by urban expansion. We found a positive correlation between nutrient purification and the levels of urbanization among various ESs and four principal types of spatial–temporal interactions between ESs and urbanization levels. Among them, the high–high cluster areas occupied the smallest proportion, and the low–low cluster areas occupied the largest proportion.

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The effects of urbanization on China's forest loss from 2000 to 2012: Evidence from a panel analysis

Cited by 48 publications

References 54 publications

Changes in Ecosystems and Ecosystem Services in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area since the Reform and Opening Up in China

Changes in Ecosystems and Ecosystem Services in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area since the Reform and Opening Up in China

Quantifying the Compound Factors of Forest Land Changes in the Pearl River Delta, China

Spatial–Temporal Interaction Relationship between Ecosystem Services and Urbanization of Urban Agglomerations in the Transitional Zone of Three Natural Regions

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