ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Framework for Valuating Urban Wetland Park
Ecosystem Services Based on
the Cascade Approach
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College of Geography and Tourism, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China
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Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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NEWECO Design Co. Ltd, Shanghai, China
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State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coast, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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National Engineering Research Centre of Geo-Spatial Information Technology, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China
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Management Department of Aha Lake National Wetland, Guiyang, China
Submission date: 2018-03-24
Final revision date: 2018-05-22
Acceptance date: 2018-06-03
Online publication date: 2019-02-13
Publication date: 2019-03-01
Corresponding author
Cheng He
Fudan university, Environmental Science Building, Fudan University, Yangpu District, Shanghai 3018, 200082 Shanghai, China
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2019;28(4):2429-2440
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ABSTRACT
Urbanization has brought about a substantial increase in population growth, and a considerable
amount of park green space has been exposed to urban construction land, which has greatly affected
the natural and social value of the urban natural capital. Although this problem is serious in developing
countries such as China, few studies have been conducted on the basis of a comprehensive evaluation
of urban natural areas. This study evaluates the ecological services value of urban wetland parks from
two perspectives: 1) the urban economic development brought by urbanization has an obvious artificial
influence on an urban park’s economic value and 2) the wetland ecosystem plays an important role in
regulating and improving the surrounding urban environment. A flexible evaluation step model and
a series of quantitative evaluation methods was constructed and used in a case study of Aha Lake
National Wetland Park in Guiyang, China, based on a comprehensive analysis of the social, economic,
and ecological values of the park. The results show that the total ecosystem service value of Aha Lake
National Wetland Park is 1.92×109 yuan. This article has two main purposes: 1) serving as an innovative
quantitative evaluation method of key indicators and 2) establishing a framework of ecosystem services
value evaluation for urban parks based on the cascade model.