Supply and demand dynamics of hydrologic ecosystem services in the rapidly urbanizing Taihu Lake Basin of China
Supply and demand dynamics of hydrologic ecosystem services in the rapidly urbanizing Taihu Lake Basin of China
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DOI：
10.1016/j.apgeog.2022.102853
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发表时间：
2023-02
影响因子：
4.9
通讯作者：
Y. Tao;Zhao Li;Xiaojuan Sun;Jiangxiao Qiu;S. Pueppke;Weixin Ou;Jie Guo;Qin Tao;Fei Wang
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Y. Tao;Zhao Li;Xiaojuan Sun;Jiangxiao Qiu;S. Pueppke;Weixin Ou;Jie Guo;Qin Tao;Fei Wang
Although it is challenging to integrate supply and demand to comprehensively understand urbanization effects on ecosystem services, this knowledge is essential, especially in rapidly urbanizing areas. A spatially explicit approach was developed here to synthesize supply and demand dynamics of the two most important hydrologic services in the rapidly urbanizing Taihu Lake Basin (TLB) of eastern China. The supply of water purification (WPS) and flood mitigation (FMS) were measured as nitrogen removal and runoff retention, respectively. Whereas the demand for water purification (WPD) was quantified as the difference between total and permitted nitrogen loading based on relevant water quality standards, the demand for flood mitigation (FMD) was estimated as the vulnerability to potential flood damage, including economic losses and causalities. We found a spatial mismatch where highWPSandFMSoccurred in mountainous areas while highWPDandFMDconcentrated in urban and agricultural areas across the basin.WPSandWPDdecreased by 10% and 20%, respectively during 2000–2015, due mainly to loss of croplands to urban expansion. This was also the main cause of decreasedFMSby 7% but increasedFMDby 67%, which underscored the importance of conserving croplands in rapidly urbanizing regions of the TLB. Overall, land use composition had strong associations withWPD(r2≥ 0.57) andFMS(r2≥ 0.38) at the sub-basin scale, while the configuration of multiple land uses, such as urban sprawl, cropland fragmentation, and riparian buffers were crucial in influencingWPS. In comparison,FMDwas most sensitive to urban expansion (r2= 0.74), economic development (r2= 0.81), and population growth (r2= 0.93). These findings provide new insights into sustainable land management for coordinating supply of and demand for hydrologic services in the TLB and other urbanizing watersheds of the world.
