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Defining the land use area threshold and optimizing its structure to improve supply-demand balance state of ecosystem services
Huang Pei (1994‒), PhD Candidate, specialized in ecosystem service management and land use optimisation. E-mail: hphyyy09@126.com |
Received date: 2023-08-23
Accepted date: 2024-02-07
Online published: 2024-05-31
Supported by
National Natural Science Foundation of China(42061052)
National Natural Science Foundation of China(41361020)
National Natural Science Foundation of China(40961031)
Joint Fund of Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology Department and Yunnan University(2018FY001-017)
Construction Project of Graduate Tutor Team in Yunnan Province(C176230200)
Postgraduate Innovative Research Project of Yunnan University(2020Z46)
Postgraduate Innovative Research Project of Yunnan University(2021T008)
Postgraduate Innovative Research Project of Yunnan University(KC-22222260)
Project of Joint Training Base for Postgraduate Integration Between Industry and Education in Yunnan Province(CZ22622203-2022-29)
Improving the supply-demand balance of ecosystem services (SDBES) from the perspective of land use is essential for managing regional ecosystem and realizing sustainable development. By combining land use with the supply and demand of ecosystem services (SDES), a technical framework for defining land use threshold and optimizing its structure to improve the SDBES state was constructed and applied to a practical case. The spatial pattern of supply and demand of each ES in Lancang county was distinctly heterogeneous, with significant differences in SDES across different land use types. Strong spatial heterogeneity existed in the ESDR of each ES at the grid scale, and the areas of deficit were ranked as carbon sequestration > water conservation > habitat quality > food production. The structure of dry land, paddy field, tea, evergreen broad-leaved forest, grassland, urban construction land, and industrial and mining construction land were the focus of land use optimization. Based on the land use area thresholds under the SDBES, the optimal land use structure for maximizing comprehensive benefits contributed to a balanced relationship between SDES and promoted sustainable regional development. The study provides a new perspective and method for improving the SDBES state, alleviating land conflicts, and managing ecological environment.
HUANG Pei , ZHAO Xiaoqing , PU Junwei , GU Zexian , RAN Yuju , XU Yifei , WU Beihao , DONG Wenwen , QU Guoxun , XIONG Bo , ZHOU Longjin . Defining the land use area threshold and optimizing its structure to improve supply-demand balance state of ecosystem services[J]. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2024 , 34(5) : 891 -920 . DOI: 10.1007/s11442-024-2232-0
Figure 1 Technical framework |
Figure 2 The geographic location and land use types (2020) of Lancang county, Yunnan province, southwest China |
Table 1 Data names and sources |
Date type | Data name | Resolution | Data source |
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Natural data | Sentinel-2 image | 10 m × 10 m | United States Geological Survey (https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/) |
NDVI | 10 m × 10 m | Calculated from the band of satellite images | |
DEM | 30 m × 30 m | Geospatial Data Cloud (https://www.gscloud.cn/sources) | |
Soil type | / | China soil map based harmonized world soil database (https://data.tpdc.ac.cn/zh-hans/) | |
Tempreture | 30 m × 30 m | National Earth System Science Data Center, National Science & Technology Infrastructure of China (http://www.geodata.cn) | |
Precipitation | 30 m× 30 m | National Earth System Science Data Center, National Science & Technology Infrastructure of China (http://www.geodata.cn) | |
NPP | 500 m × 500 m | LAADS DAAC (https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/) | |
Evapotranspiration | 500 m × 500 m | LAADS DAAC (https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/) | |
Socio-economic data | Administrative boundary | / | The People’s Government of Lancang County (http://lancang.gov.cn/) |
Statistical Yearbook of Lancang County | / | Statistics Bureau of Lancang County | |
Statistical Yearbook of Yunnan Province | / | Statistics Bureau of Yunnan Province (http://stats.yn.gov.cn/) | |
Population density | 100 m × 100m | WorldPop (https://www.geodata.cn/) | |
Territorial Spatial Planning of Lancang County (2021-2035) | / | The People’s Government of Lancang County (http://lancang.gov.cn/) |
Table 2 CO2 emission allocation in Lancang county |
Classification | CO2 emission in Puer (megaton) | Basis of distribution | CO2 emission in Lancang (megaton) | Land use of allocation |
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Agriculture | 74 | Primary production | 9.61 | Cropland (dry land and paddy field) |
Service industry | 18 | Resident population | 3.30 | Urban construction land |
Industry | 487.62 | Industrial output value | 85.60 | Industrial and mining construction land |
Building industry | 323 | Construction output value | 36.03 | Urban construction land |
Urban life | 3 | Urban population | 0.32 | Urban construction land |
Rural life | 17 | Rural population | 4.02 | Rural construction land |
Road | 125 | Total road mileage | 44.44 | Urban and rural road |
Aviation | 7 | Resident population | 1.29 | Whole study area |
Total | 1055 | / | 184.61 |
Figure 3 Landscape pattern index changes at different granularity levels (a. CONNECT; b. NP; c. PD) |
Figure 4 Spatial pattern of supply and demand in different ecosystem services (ESs) in Lancang county |
Table 3 Mean ecosystem services supply and demand values of different land use types in Lancing county |
Land use type | HQ supply | HQ demand | CS supply (t/ha) | CS demand (t/ha) | SC supply (t/ha) | SC demand (t/ha) | WC supply (mm) | WC demand (mm) | FP supply (kcal/km2) | FP demand (kcal/km2) |
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x1 | 0.2975 | 0.4673 | 3.8058 | 0.3548 | 692.7669 | 15.6646 | 82.3738 | 39.0691 | 6.9384×108 | 0.0000 |
x2 | 0.3052 | 0.4597 | 3.5275 | 0.3548 | 478.1166 | 0.7387 | 85.0346 | 449.3223 | 5.3524×108 | 0.0000 |
x3 | 0.5685 | 0.2726 | 4.5113 | 0.0512 | 646.1845 | 16.5111 | 109.0222 | 1202.4535 | 4.1463×108 | 0.0000 |
x4 | 0.3802 | 0.3847 | 4.1202 | 0.0512 | 665.5980 | 6.5620 | 267.1822 | 0.3091 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 |
x5 | 0.9062 | 0.0000 | 5.7855 | 0.0512 | 798.8708 | 10.7828 | 40.6318 | 0.3217 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 |
x6 | 0.9979 | 0.0000 | 7.2750 | 0.0512 | 800.8780 | 1.0878 | 55.6357 | 0.4651 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 |
x7 | 0.9981 | 0.0000 | 6.7848 | 0.0512 | 784.7157 | 4.0071 | 48.3214 | 0.4130 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 |
x8 | 0.9960 | 0.0000 | 4.1470 | 0.0512 | 965.9204 | 7.3143 | 226.5733 | 0.3964 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 |
x9 | 0.9962 | 0.0001 | 6.9233 | 0.0512 | 834.9555 | 3.1431 | 60.6951 | 0.4378 | 32286.1228 | 0.0000 |
x10 | 0.7611 | 0.0038 | 3.4880 | 0.0512 | 737.9164 | 22.1801 | 102.4624 | 0.3118 | 1.1172×1010 | 0.0000 |
x11 | 0.1630 | 0.6019 | 0.0000 | 0.0512 | 559.6692 | 0.0578 | 0.6950 | 0.0000 | 1.3421×108 | 0.0000 |
x12 | 0.0000 | 0.7649 | 0.0000 | 97.9466 | 276.7624 | 0.0296 | 279.3969 | 1032.3706 | 0.0000 | 23405.8948 |
x13 | 0.0014 | 0.7636 | 0.0099 | 38.9083 | 589.6860 | 0.0950 | 274.3689 | 29.0935 | 0.0000 | 535.0919 |
x14 | 0.2990 | 0.4962 | 2.4503 | 510.3055 | 406.1907 | 18.8847 | 160.5418 | 265.7756 | 0.0000 | 2118.1815 |
x15 | 0.0332 | 0.7317 | 0.0000 | 0.0512 | 614.9947 | 57.9809 | 264.5853 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 |
Figure 5 The ecological supply-demand ratio (ESDR), supply-demand balance of ecosystem services (SDBES) state, and land use proportion (in the deficit area) of different ecosystem services (ESs) in Lancing county |
Figure 6 Importance of each land use area proportion to ecological supply-demand ratio (ESDR) in different ecosystem services (ESs) deficit areas |
Figure 7 Regression relationship between ecological supply-demand ratio (ESDR) and land use area proportion |
Table 4 Area threshold range of land use under the perspective of supply-demand balance of ecosystem services (SDBES) (km2) |
Land use type | ${{x}_{1}}$ | ${{x}_{2}}$ | ${{x}_{3}}$ | ${{x}_{9}}$ | ${{x}_{11}}$ | ${{x}_{12}}$ | ${{x}_{13}}$ | ${{x}_{14}}$ |
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Area proportion threshold (%) | (0.99,71.06] | (0,15.48] | (0,3.32] | (0,95.25] | (0,54.46] | (0,0.32] | (0,3.69] | (0,0.28] |
Area threshold (km2) | [87.19,6258.25] | (0,1363.32] | (0,289.39] | (0,8388.67] | (0,4796.29] | (0,28.18] | (0,346.63] | (0,24.66] |
Table 5 Area constraints of each land use type |
Constrained object | Constraints | Description |
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Primary constraint (SDBES) | $87.19\ \text{k}{{\text{m}}^{2}}\le {{x}_{1}}\le 6258.25\ \text{k}{{\text{m}}^{\text{2}}}$ $0\ \text{k}{{\text{m}}^{\text{2}}}<{{x}_{2}}\le 1363.32\ \text{k}{{\text{m}}^{\text{2}}}$ $0\ \text{km}<{{x}_{3}}\le 289.39\ \text{k}{{\text{m}}^{\text{2}}}$ $0\ \text{k}{{\text{m}}^{\text{2}}}<{{x}_{9}}\le 8388.67\ \text{k}{{\text{m}}^{\text{2}}}$ $0\ \text{k}{{\text{m}}^{\text{2}}}<{{x}_{11}}\le 4796.29\ \text{k}{{\text{m}}^{\text{2}}}$ $0\ \text{k}{{\text{m}}^{\text{2}}}<{{x}_{12}}\le 28.18\ \text{k}{{\text{m}}^{\text{2}}}$ $0\ \text{k}{{\text{m}}^{\text{2}}}<{{x}_{13}}\le 324.98\ \text{k}{{\text{m}}^{\text{2}}}$ $0\ \text{k}{{\text{m}}^{\text{2}}}<{{x}_{14}}\le 24.66\ \text{k}{{\text{m}}^{\text{2}}}$ | Area threshold range under the perspective of SDBES (Table 4). |
Total area | $\begin{align} & {{x}_{1}}+{{x}_{2}}+{{x}_{3}}+{{x}_{4}}+{{x}_{5}}+{{x}_{6}}+{{x}_{7}}+{{x}_{8}}+{{x}_{9}}+ \\ & {{x}_{10}}+{{x}_{11}}+{{x}_{12}}+{{x}_{13}}+{{x}_{14}}+{{x}_{15}}=8807\ \text{k}{{\text{m}}^{\text{2}}} \\ \end{align}$ | Total area unchanged. |
Cropland | ${{x}_{1}}+{{x}_{2}}\ge 1744.28\ \text{k}{{\text{m}}^{\text{2}}}$ ${{x}_{1}}+{{x}_{2}}\ge 1815.19\ \text{k}{{\text{m}}^{\text{2}}}$ ${{x}_{1}}+{{x}_{2}}\ge 1020.29\ \text{k}{{\text{m}}^{\text{2}}}$ ${{x}_{2}}\ge 285.16\ \text{k}{{\text{m}}^{\text{2}}}$ | According to the United Nations’ per capita food consumption standard (400kg/year) and the predicted population of Lancang county in 2035 (543,900 people), the future cropland area was calculated. Considering that Lancang county is an important agricultural production functional area in China, the grain yield corresponding to cropland area should meet the self-sufficiency demand of the farmers in addition to the local market trading demand (calculated by the statistical yearbook). Besides, the cropland area will be no less than the current permanent basic farmland area, and the paddy field area will be no less than its current area. |
Plantation | ${{x}_{3}}\ge 31.10\ \text{k}{{\text{m}}^{\text{2}}}$ ${{x}_{4}}\ge 580.52\ \text{k}{{\text{m}}^{\text{2}}}$ ${{x}_{5}}\ge 194.14\ \text{k}{{\text{m}}^{\text{2}}}$ | Orchard, tea and rubber are the main garden cash crops in Lancang county. Their total area will be no less than their current area. |
Forest | ${{x}_{6}}+{{x}_{7}}+{{x}_{8}}+{{x}_{9}}\ge 5704.75\ \text{k}{{\text{m}}^{\text{2}}}$ $\begin{align} & ({{x}_{3}}+{{x}_{4}}+{{x}_{5}}+{{x}_{6}}+{{x}_{7}}+{{x}_{8}}+{{x}_{9}})/ \\ & 8807\ \text{k}{{\text{m}}^{\text{2}}}\ge 0.7 \\ \end{align}$ ${{x}_{6}}\ge 436.14\ \text{k}{{\text{m}}^{\text{2}}}$ $1629.33\ \text{k}{{\text{m}}^{2}}\le {{x}_{7}}\le 2240.33\ \text{k}{{\text{m}}^{\text{2}}}$ ${{x}_{9}}\ge 3047.11\ \text{k}{{\text{m}}^{\text{2}}}$ | The forest area will be no less than its current area. According to the Lancang County Territorial Spatial Master Planning (2020-2035), the forests coverage rate in 2035 shall be more than 70% (including x3, x4, x5). Eucalyptus species represent cyclical logging forest, with an area no less than the current area. Considering that Simao pine is an important economic forest and to ensure regional ecological security, its increased area does not exceed 10% of the original area, and the decreased area shall not exceed 20%. The shrub area will not be less than the current area but not greater than 10% of the original area. The area of evergreen broad-leaved forest will not be less than its current area. |
Grassland | $9.25\ \text{k}{{\text{m}}^{2}}\le {{x}_{10}}\le 10.17\ \text{k}{{\text{m}}^{\text{2}}}$ | The grassland area is not less than the current area and the increased area does not exceed 10% of the current area. |
Water | $102\ \text{k}{{\text{m}}^{\text{2}}}\le {{x}_{11}}\le 112.19\ \text{k}{{\text{m}}^{\text{2}}}$ | Taking into account future water resources development, the water area will be more than its current area, but the increased area shall not exceed 10% of the current area. |
Construction land | $21.25\ \text{k}{{\text{m}}^{\text{2}}}\le {{x}_{12}}\le 28.18\ \text{k}{{\text{m}}^{\text{2}}}$ ${{x}_{13}}\ge 111.39\ \text{k}{{\text{m}}^{\text{2}}}$ ${{x}_{12}}+{{x}_{13}}+{{x}_{14}}\ge 140.49\text{ k}{{\text{m}}^{\text{2}}}$ | Based on the predicted urban population (326,900 people), rural population (217,000 people), the requirements of the Code for Classification of Urban Land Use and Planning Standards of Development Land (GB 50137- 2011), and Standard for Planning of Town (GB 50188- 2007), the area of urban construction land and rural construction land are calculated. Due to the irreversibility of construction land, its area will not be less than the current area. |
Unutilised land | $0\ \text{k}{{\text{m}}^{2}}\le {{x}_{15}}\le 6.09\ \text{k}{{\text{m}}^{\text{2}}}$ | The unutilised land area will not exceed its current area. |
Table 6 Ecosystem service value (ESV) coefficient of land ecosystem (ten thousand yuan/km2) |
ESs | Cropland | Plantation | Forest | Grassland | Water | Construction land | Unutilised land | ||||
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${{x}_{1}}$ | ${{x}_{2}}$ | ${{x}_{3}},{{x}_{4}},{{x}_{5}}$ | ${{x}_{6}}\text{,}{{\text{x}}_{9}}$ | ${{x}_{7}}$ | ${{x}_{8}}$ | ${{x}_{10}}$ | ${{x}_{11}}$ | ${{x}_{12}},{{x}_{13}}$ | ${{x}_{14}}$ | ${{x}_{15}}$ | |
HQ | 1.54 | 2.50 | 25.52 | 28.63 | 22.34 | 18.65 | 25.90 | 30.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.24 |
CS | 7.96 | 13.19 | 23.04 | 25.78 | 20.20 | 16.75 | 23.41 | 9.15 | -50.32 | -2.28 | 0.24 |
SC | 12.24 | 0.12 | 28.06 | 31.49 | 24.48 | 20.44 | 28.52 | 11.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.24 |
WC | 0.24 | 1.06 | 3.62 | 4.04 | 3.21 | 2.62 | 3.68 | 98.50 | -66.61 | -144.29 | 0.00 |
FP | 10.46 | 14.50 | 3.75 | 3.45 | 2.61 | 2.27 | 4.52 | 9.51 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Total | 32.44 | 31.37 | 83.99 | 93.39 | 72.84 | 60.72 | 86.03 | 158.51 | -116.93 | -146.57 | 0.72 |
Table 7 Economic coefficient of land ecosystem (ten thousand yuan/km²) |
Land use type | Cropland | Plantation | Forest | Grassland | Water | Construction land | Unutilised land | ||||
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${{x}_{1}},{{x}_{2}}$ | ${{x}_{3}}$ | ${{x}_{4}}$ | ${{x}_{5}}$ | ${{x}_{6}}\text{,}{{\text{x}}_{7}}$ | ${{x}_{8}}\text{,}{{\text{x}}_{9}}$ | ${{x}_{10}}$ | ${{x}_{11}}$ | ${{x}_{12}},{{x}_{14}}$ | ${{x}_{13}}$ | ${{x}_{15}}$ | |
Economic benefits coefficient | 150.50 | 465.67 | 597.22 | 34.94 | 8.18 | 0 | 11135.14 | 405.88 | 30776.04 | 83.75 | 0 |
Table 8 The optimization results of land use structure (km2) |
Land use type | Current status (km2) | After optimization (km2) | Change (km2) | Area proportion after optimization (%) |
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${{x}_{1}}$ | 175.53 | 1530.03 | ‒223.48 | 17.37 |
${{x}_{2}}$ | 285.13 | 285.13 | 0 | 3.23 |
${{x}_{3}}$ | 31.10 | 31.10 | 0 | 0.35 |
${{x}_{4}}$ | 580.52 | 772.36 | 191.84 | 8.77 |
${{x}_{5}}$ | 194.14 | 194.14 | 0 | 2.20 |
${{x}_{6}}$ | 436.14 | 479.75 | 43.61 | 5.45 |
${{x}_{7}}$ | 2036.66 | 1629.33 | -407.33 | 18.50 |
${{x}_{8}}$ | 184.85 | 184.85 | 0 | 2.10 |
${{x}_{9}}$ | 3047.11 | 3410.82 | 363.71 | 38.73 |
${{x}_{10}}$ | 9.25 | 10.17 | 0.92 | 0.12 |
${{x}_{11}}$ | 102.00 | 112.19 | 10.19 | 1.27 |
${{x}_{12}}$ | 17.73 | 31.08 | 13.35 | 0.35 |
${{x}_{13}}$ | 111.39 | 111.39 | 0 | 1.26 |
${{x}_{14}}$ | 11.38 | 24.66 | 13.28 | 0.28 |
${{x}_{15}}$ | 6.09 | 0.00 | -6.09 | 0.00 |
Table A1 CO2 emission allocation in Lancang county |
Classification | CO2 emission in Puer (megaton) | Basis of distribution | CO2 emission in Lancang (megaton) | Land use of distribution |
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Agriculture | 74 | Primary production | 9.61 | Cropland (dry land and paddy field) |
Service industry | 18 | Resident population | 3.30 | Urban construction land |
Industry | 487.62 | Industrial output value | 85.60 | Industrial and mining construction land |
Building industry | 323 | Construction output value | 36.03 | Urban construction land |
Urban life | 3 | Urban population | 0.32 | Urban construction land |
Rural life | 17 | Rural population | 4.02 | Rural construction land |
Road | 125 | Total road mileage | 44.44 | Urban and Rural road |
Aviation | 7 | Resident population | 1.29 | Whole study area |
Total | 1055 | / | 184.61 |
Table A2 The Land use allocation of main food types in Lancang county |
Food types | Allocated land use types | Energy conversion coefficient (kcal/100g) | Yield (t) | Energy (108·kcal) |
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Grain crops | Cropland | 225 | 254400 | 5724.00 |
Oil plants | Cropland | 360 | 3100 | 111.60 |
Sugar crops | Cropland | 60 | 1124200 | 6745.20 |
Fruits | Orchard | 45 | 21500 | 96.75 |
Vegetables | Cropland | 20 | 38300 | 76.60 |
Meat | Cropland and Grassland | 284 | 35700 | 1012.93 |
Poultry and eggs | Cropland and Grassland | 115 | 552 | 6.35 |
Aquatic products | Water | 66 | 21400 | 140.26 |
Total | - | - | 1499152 | 13913.68 |
Appendix B The full names and abbreviations of some key nouns |
Full name | Abbreviation |
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Ecosystem services | ESs |
Supply and demand of ESs | SDES |
Supply-demand balance of ESs | SDBES |
Ecological supply-demand ratio | ESDR |
Habitat quality | HQ |
Carbon sequestration | CS |
Soil conservation | SC |
Water conservation | WC |
Food production | FP |
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