ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Impact of Urbanization on the Value of Ecosystem
Services in Nanping City, China
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College of Urban and Rural Construction, Shaoyang University, Shaoyang, 422000 China
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Forestry College, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, 350002 Fuzhou, China
Submission date: 2020-04-23
Final revision date: 2020-06-13
Acceptance date: 2020-06-18
Online publication date: 2020-09-18
Publication date: 2020-11-10
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Xuncheng Fan
College of Urban and Rural Construction, Shaoyang University, China
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2021;30(1):965-975
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ABSTRACT
The optimization of regional land use structures and functions and the sustainable use of the
ecological environment are very important in the process of urbanization. In this study, based on
the Landsat 7+ETM images of Nanping City from 2015, the object-oriented land use classification
method was used to calculate the value of ecosystem services in Nanping City and various counties
(districts).The spatial distribution characteristics between the levels of population urbanization, spatial
urbanization, economic urbanization, and living urbanization and the value of ecosystem services were
quantitatively analyzed by utilizing spatial measurement methods. The impact of the levels of four
types of urbanization on the spatial distribution of ecosystem services values was explored using the
bivariate spatial autocorrelation method. The results showed that there was a significant negative spatial
correlation between population urbanization and the total value of ecosystem services. Specifically,
the negative correlation between population urbanization and food production services was the most
significant. Additionally, there was a certain positive correlation between economic urbanization and
waste disposal services. Further, the bivariate LISA figures between different urbanization levels
and the values of ecosystem services showed that a high urbanization-low ecosystem services value
(High-Low) appeared in Jian’ou and Shaowu, while the regions of Guangze and Shunchang reflected
a low urbanization-high ecosystem services value (Low-High).The findings of this study can provide
information for decision-making regarding the sensible use of regional land resources and the
improvement of ecological and environmental quality.