scholarly journals Construction of the Ecological Security Pattern of Urban Agglomeration under the Framework of Supply and Demand of Ecosystem Services Using Bayesian Network Machine Learning: Case Study of the Changsha–Zhuzhou–Xiangtan Urban Agglomeration, China

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (22) ◽  
pp. 6416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ouyang ◽  
Wang ◽  
Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Bayesian Network ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Urban Agglomeration ◽  
Ecological Security ◽  
Ecological Strategy ◽  
Ecological Corridors ◽  
Ecological Corridor ◽  
Security Pattern

Coordinating ecosystem service supply and demand equilibrium and utilizing machine learning to dynamically construct an ecological security pattern (ESP) can help better understand the impact of urban development on ecological processes, which can be used as a theoretical reference in coupling economic growth and environmental protection. Here, the ESP of the Changsha–Zhuzhou–Xiangtan urban agglomeration was constructed, which made use of the Bayesian network model to dynamically identify the ecological sources. The ecological corridor and ecological strategy points were identified using the minimum cumulative resistance model and circuit theory. The ESP was constructed by combining seven ecological sources, “two horizontal and three vertical” ecological corridors, and 37 ecological strategy points. Our results found spatial decoupling between the supply and demand of ecosystem services (ES) and the degradation in areas with high demand for ES. The ecological sources and ecological corridors of the urban agglomeration were mainly situated in forestlands and water areas. The terrestrial ecological corridor was distributed along the outer periphery of the urban agglomeration, while the aquatic ecological corridor ran from north to south throughout the entire region. The ecological strategic points were mainly concentrated along the boundaries of the built-up area and the intersection between construction land and ecological land. Finally, the ecological sources were found primarily on existing ecological protection zones, which supports the usefulness of machine learning in predicting ecological sources and may provide new insights in developing urban ESP.

scholarly journals The Construction and Optimization of Ecological Security Pattern in the Harbin-Changchun Urban Agglomeration, China

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
pp. 1190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rong Guo ◽  
Tong Wu ◽  
Mengran Liu ◽  
Mengshi Huang ◽  
Luigi Stendardo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Agglomeration ◽  
Ecosystem Functions ◽  
Ecological Security ◽  
Least Cost Path ◽  
Rapid Urbanization ◽  
Songhua River ◽  
Urban Agglomerations ◽  
Ecological Corridors ◽  
Ecological Protection ◽  
Security Pattern

Urban agglomerations have become a new geographical unit in China, breaking the administrative fortresses between cities, which means that the population and economic activities between cities will become more intensive in the future. Constructing and optimizing the ecological security pattern of urban agglomerations is important for promoting harmonious social-economic development and ecological protection. Using the Harbin-Changchun urban agglomeration as a case study, we have identified ecological sources based on the evaluation of ecosystem functions. Based on the resistance surface modified by nighttime light (NTL) data, the potential ecological corridors were identified using the least-cost path method, and key ecological corridors were extracted using the gravity model. By combining 15 ecological sources, 119 corridors, 3 buffer zones, and 77 ecological nodes, the ecological security pattern (ESP) was constructed. The main land-use types composed of ecological sources and corridors are forest land, cultivated land, grassland, and water areas. Some ecological sources are occupied by construction, while unused land has the potential for ecological development. The ecological corridors in the central region are distributed circularly and extend to southeast side in the form of tree branches with the Songhua River as the central axis. Finally, this study proposes an optimizing pattern with "four belts, four zones, one axis, nine corridors, ten clusters and multi-centers" to provide decision makers with spatial strategies with respect to the conflicts between urban development and ecological protection during rapid urbanization.

scholarly journals Optimization of the Method of Constructing Ecological Security Pattern with Rapid Urban Expansion

2021 ◽  
Vol 299 ◽  
pp. 02016
Author(s):  
Ke Li ◽  
Tiantian Yu ◽  
Ji Li ◽  
Chengling Cui ◽  
Song Wu
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Urban Expansion ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
Ecological Security ◽  
Ecological Corridors ◽  
Ecological Protection ◽  
Ecological Corridor ◽  
Edge Betweenness ◽  
Security Pattern

The contradiction between urban development and ecological environment protection is particularly obvious in rapidly expanding urban areas. It is necessary to build a reasonable urban ecological security pattern. to balance urban expansion and ecological security. This paper takes Zhengzhou as an example, based on spatial principal component analysis, a comprehensive assessment of urban ecological security is carried out by using natural characteristics, human characteristics, and natural and human interaction characteristics, and ecological sources are extracted; Based on the ecological corridors extracted by the minimal cumulative resistance (MCR) model, the edge-betweenness index is used to optimize the model, and redundant corridors are eliminated, the first-level ecological corridors and ecological nodes on the first-level ecological corridor are extracted. Through experiments, 25 important ecological sources, 24 first-level ecological corridors, and 32 ecological nodes were extracted. Important ecological sources, first-level ecological corridors and ecological nodes constitute the basic ecological security pattern of Zhengzhou, which effectively alleviate the contradiction between rapid urban expansion and ecological protection, and ensuring urban ecological security at the same time.

scholarly journals Establishing an ecological security pattern for urban agglomeration, taking ecosystem services and human interference factors into consideration

PeerJ ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. e7306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dongchuan Wang ◽  
Junhe Chen ◽  
Lihui Zhang ◽  
Zhichao Sun ◽  
Xiao Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Water Conservation ◽  
Carbon Fixation ◽  
Urban Agglomeration ◽  
Ecological Security ◽  
Ecological Services ◽  
Security Patterns ◽  
Ecological Corridors ◽  
Resistance Surface ◽  
New Research

The assessment of ecological security patterns is a topic of conversation in landscape ecology in recent years. However, ecosystem services and human activities are seldom considered comprehensively in the assessment of ecological security patterns. The present study employs the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei urban agglomeration as a study area, and uses ecological services to determine the ecological sources. The importance of ecological sources is classified based on logical coding and functional types of ecological services. The research combines regional characteristics to select and quantitatively calculate three human disturbance factors: soil erosion sensitivity, geological hazard sensitivity, and night lighting. Then the basic surface resistance of land use to limit migration is modified and ecological corridors are identified by combining these three disturbance factors. The results indicate that the sources of water production, soil and water conservation, and carbon fixation are mainly provided in mountainous areas, recreation sources are mostly distributed in the plains, and these ecological sources improve the maintenance of ecological corridors. The modification of resistance surfaces significantly changes the length of ecological corridors in Tianjin, Tangshan, Cangzhou, and Beijing, and the modified resistance surface improves the recognition of ecological corridors. This study provides a new research framework for identifying the ecological security patterns of urban agglomerations and provides scientific guidance related to ecological protection and urban planning for the Beijing−Tianjin−Hebei urban agglomeration.

scholarly journals Ecological Security Pattern Construction in Karst Area Based on Ant Algorithm

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (13) ◽  
pp. 6863
Author(s):  
Xiaoqing Zhao ◽  
Qifa Yue ◽  
Jianchao Pei ◽  
Junwei Pu ◽  
Pei Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Ecological Restoration ◽  
Regional Distribution ◽  
Karst Area ◽  
Ant Algorithm ◽  
Sensitivity Index ◽  
Ecological Security ◽  
Ecological Corridors ◽  
Security Pattern

Constructing the ecological security pattern is imperative to stabilize ecosystem services and sustainable development coordination of the social economy and ecology. This paper focuses on the Karst region in southeastern Yunnan, which is ecologically fragile. This paper selects the main types of ecosystem services and identifies the ecological source using hot spot analysis for Guangnan County. An inclusive consideration of the regional ecologic conditions and the rocky desertification formation mechanism was made. The resistance factor index system was developed to generate the basic resistance surface modified by the ecological sensitivity index. The Ant algorithm and Kernel density analysis were used to determine ecological corridor range and ecological restoration points that constructed the ecological security pattern of Guangnan County. The results demonstrated that, firstly, there were twenty-three sources in Guangnan County, with a total area of 1292.77 km2, accounting for 16.74% of the total. The forests were the chief ecological sources distributed in the non-Karst area, where Bamei Town, Yangliujing Township and Nasa Town had the highest distribution. Secondly, the revised resistance value is similar to “Zhe (Zhetu Township)-Lian (Liancheng Town)-Yang (Yangliujing Township)-Ban (Bambang Township)”. The values were lower in the north and higher in the south, which is consistent with the regional distribution of Karst. Thirdly, the constructed ecological security pattern of the “Source-Corridor-Ecological restoration point” paradigm had twenty-three ecological corridors. The chief ecological and potential corridor areas were 804.95 km2 and 621.2 km2, respectively. There are thirty-eight ecological restoration points mainly distributed in the principal ecological corridors and play a vital role in maintaining the corridor connectivity between sources. The results provide guidance and theoretical basis for the ecological security patterns construction in Karst areas, regional ecologic security protection and sustainable development promotion.

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