Valuation of Wetland Ecosystem Services in Rapidly Urbanizing Region: A Case Study of the Nanjing Jiangbei New Area, China

Tang, Shuang

doi:10.15666/aeer/1705_1090910927

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“…Ecologists identify the degradation of ecosystem services as the second most frequented topic in many new towns across the country, with great impacts in Binhai in Tianjin, Jiangbei in Jiangsu, Lingang in Shanghai, and Zhoushan in Zhejiang (Long et al 2014, 536; Qiu et al 2017, 17; Tang, Wang, and Wu 2019; Wang, Chen, and Wang 2019, 6; Yang et al 2012). These case studies, adopting the ecosystem services theory and evaluation method, measure the new towns’ land cover changes before and after their designations.…”

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China's new Towns in Controversy: A Literature Review

2021

Journal of Planning Literature

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In the past forty years, more than 3,800 new towns emerged and accommodated over 150 million urban inhabitants in China, which drew much attention since they were reported as “ghost cities” by media in the late 2000s. This literature review examines existing research and synthesizes current discussions through a meta-analysis. It concludes that existing literature, led by environmental scientists and designers, exhibits two polarized debates around the new towns’ uniqueness and the future of ghost cities. Gaps exist in national-scale surveys, criticism of planning methodology, and theories that can explain the current disputes.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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China's new Towns in Controversy: A Literature Review

2021

Journal of Planning Literature

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“…Size, area, habitat heterogeneity, and proximity were also critical in enhancing QoL parameters such as mental/physical wellbeing and socioecological and socioeconomic values. For instance, significant mental/physical wellbeing, stress relief [79,92], and physical health improvement [79,93] occurred by regularly spending time in UGS.…”

Section: International Journal Of Scientificmentioning

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Ecosystem Service Concept as a Rationale for Urban Green Space Conservation- A Systematic Review Report

Silwal¹,

Thomas²,

Shrestha³

2023

International Journal of Scientific Advances

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Urban Green Space (UGS) is recognized as vital to modern infrastructure development worldwide. While the conventional method of urban planning has long prioritized built structures over UGS, an increasing number of scientific studies have demonstrated that UGS not only supports biodiversity but also provides numerous essential benefits for humans, such as clean air, water, weather regulation, food, and a place for respite for urban residents. This points to a need for an interdisciplinary synthesis of recently published research to document the ecological and social benefits and present comprehensive recommendations. We conducted an in-depth review of existing scientific literature to explore supporting, regulating, cultural, and provisioning ecosystem services benefits, major factors enhancing them, and management recommendations to optimize those benefits. The results indicate that optimizing heterogeneous UGS coverage as an essential part of urban design benefits natural as well as human communities in the form of enhanced wildlife habitat, clean air and water, weather regulation, and livability. Findings highlight the multifaceted contributions of UGS in maintaining natural ecosystems to provide essential benefits for human wellbeing and environmental health, which are integral components of sustainable development. We discuss evidence-based recommendations for policy and planning for optimum UGS suitable for different environmental, geographic, ecoclimatic, and socioeconomic statuses worldwide. The availability of comprehensive information on the enhanced benefits of UGS renders new directions and impetus for UGS conservation in the era of expanding urbanization and climate change.

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“…e key service function of this area is urban ecology. However, with the unlimited expansion of cities and metropolitan areas, the ecological carrying capacity of NMA is seriously overloaded, the ecological functions are reducing, the pollution is serious, and the quality of human settlements is reduced [41][42][43].…”

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Deducing Leading Factors of Spatial Distribution of Carbon Reserves in Nanjing Metropolitan Area Based on Random Forest Model

Xue

Yan

2022

Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience

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Improving carbon reserves is considered to be an important way to alleviate global warming. However, there is a lack of research work based on the perspective of metropolitan area, and there is also a lack of analysis on the leading influencing factors of spatial distribution of carbon storage in subregions of metropolitan area. In this study, Nanjing metropolitan area (NMA) is taken as the research area, and the InVEST model is used to calculate the spatial distribution of regional carbon reserves, and the evolution of carbon reserves distribution in recent 20 years is analyzed. Then, based on the random forest (RF) model, taking the whole study area and subareas as the research scope, a regression model of each selected impact factor and carbon reserves is established, and the leading factors of spatial distribution of carbon reserves in NMA are obtained. The results show that the overall carbon reserves level in the study area is in a downward trend. Through the application of the RF model, the leading factors of the spatial distribution of carbon reserves in NMA and its subareas are derived. The research proves that the application of the RF model in the analysis is helpful for city planners and governments to make plans and improve regional carbon storage more effectively.

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Valuation of Wetland Ecosystem Services in Rapidly Urbanizing Region: A Case Study of the Nanjing Jiangbei New Area, China

Cited by 8 publications

References 30 publications

China's new Towns in Controversy: A Literature Review

China's new Towns in Controversy: A Literature Review

Ecosystem Service Concept as a Rationale for Urban Green Space Conservation- A Systematic Review Report

Deducing Leading Factors of Spatial Distribution of Carbon Reserves in Nanjing Metropolitan Area Based on Random Forest Model

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