Journal of Geographical Sciences, Volume. 30, Issue 4, 553(2020)

Assessment and analysis of ecosystem services value along the Yangtze River under the background of the Yangtze River protection strategy

Liang ZHENG1... Hai LIU1,4, Yuefei HUANG1, Shoujing YIN2 and Gui JIN3,* |Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1Faculty of Resources and Environmental Science, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China
  • 2Ministry of Environmental Protection, Satellite Environment Center, Beijing 100094, China
  • 3College of Urban and Environment Science, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
  • 4School of Remote Sensing and Information, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430062, China
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    Figures & Tables(11)
    Location map of the Yangtze River Basin
    Ecosystem services value along the upper, middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in 2017
    Ecosystem services values in the provincial-level regions along the Yangtze River in 2017
    Unit area ecosystem services value along the Yangtze River in 2017
    Increment of ecosystem services value along the Yangtze River in 2017
    • Table 1.

      Classification of ecosystem services

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      Table 1.

      Classification of ecosystem services

      Provisioning servicesRegulating servicesSupporting servicesCultural services
      Food production (FP)Raw material production (RP)Water supply (WS)Gas regulation (GR)Climate regulation (CR)Environmental purification (EP)Hydrological regulation (HR)Soil retention (SR)Species diversity (SD)Aesthetic landscapes (AL)
    • Table 2.

      Ecosystem service equivalent value per unit area (yuan/ha)

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      Table 2.

      Ecosystem service equivalent value per unit area (yuan/ha)

      Ecosystem service equivalent value per unit area
      Ecosystem classificationProvisioning servicesRegulating servicesSupporting servicesCultural services
      Primary classificationSecondary classificationFPRPWSGRCREPHRSRSDAL
      FarmlandDry land0.850.40.020.670.360.10.271.030.130.06
      Paddy field1.360.09-2.631.110.570.172.720.010.210.09
      ForestConiferous and broad-leaved mixed forest0.310.710.372.357.031.993.512.862.61.14
      GrasslandShrub0.190.430.221.414.231.283.351.721.570.69
      Shrubs0.380.560.311.975.211.723.822.42.180.96
      WetlandsWetlands0.510.52.591.93.63.624.232.317.874.73
      DesertDesert0.010.030.020.110.10.310.210.130.120.05
      Bare land0000.0200.10.030.020.020.01
      WatersRiver system0.80.238.290.772.295.55102.240.932.551.89
    • Table 3.

      Correction of the ecosystem services value per unit area (yuan/ha) of the Yangtze River Basin

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      Table 3.

      Correction of the ecosystem services value per unit area (yuan/ha) of the Yangtze River Basin

      Equivalent factorChinaQinghaiTibetSichuanYunnanChong-qingHubeiHunanJiangxiAnhuiJiangsu
      2010481.19359.49518.53487346.53498.41550.65572.8519.6450.43592.64
      2017532.66349.69540.32525.41419.84504.3562.41593.69561.09506.25633.41
    • Table 4.

      Value of different ecosystem services in the Yangtze River Basin in 2017 (billion yuan)

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      Table 4.

      Value of different ecosystem services in the Yangtze River Basin in 2017 (billion yuan)

      RegionUpper reachesMiddle reachesLower reaches
      1 km2 km1 km2 km1 km2 km
      Provisioning servicesFP1.833.051.762.691.352.00
      RP1.352.410.530.760.380.51
      WS4.924.426.255.266.435.97
      Regulating servicesGR4.948.872.293.531.622.35
      CR12.8422.854.906.933.494.46
      EP7.1710.296.127.035.526.19
      HR76.7086.7599.26107.5392.84101.17
      Supporting servicesSR5.369.491.922.651.431.78
      SD6.1510.023.654.573.293.87
      Cultural servicesAL3.234.962.362.822.212.54
    • Table 5.

      Ecosystem services value of provinces in 1 km along the Yangtze River in 2017 (billion yuan)

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      Table 5.

      Ecosystem services value of provinces in 1 km along the Yangtze River in 2017 (billion yuan)

      ProvinceProvisioning servicesRegulating servicesSupporting servicesCultural services
      FPRPWSGRCREPHRSRSDAL
      Qinghai0.08880.08650.53450.29020.82740.54016.52510.35370.42190.2317
      Tibet0.04970.06960.09510.23220.63780.23151.12880.28450.26410.1217
      Sichuan0.52780.41261.22401.49293.85851.993419.49191.64171.80250.9243
      Yunnan0.46230.41300.73991.49773.95351.703613.37081.64771.70230.8297
      Chongqing0.70580.37112.32471.42903.56152.698536.18611.43621.95901.1249
      Hubei1.27930.41845.02061.75533.91794.773176.75071.55612.88691.8580
      Hunan0.14890.03120.34020.16030.28080.39096.59890.10290.22280.1475
      Jiangxi0.32940.07630.88580.37310.69960.951715.90760.26170.54290.3579
      Anhui0.69300.19492.64880.84521.76362.471341.02560.70561.46490.9679
      Jiangsu0.57920.16683.68510.66781.55092.864749.51450.64431.62481.1231
      Shanghai0.07430.02140.09470.10340.17280.18032.30060.07840.19770.1202
      Total4.93832.261617.59338.847221.224318.7990268.80078.712713.08977.8070
    • Table 6.

      Ecosystem services value of provinces in the 2 km along the Yangtze River in 2017 (billion yuan)

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      Table 6.

      Ecosystem services value of provinces in the 2 km along the Yangtze River in 2017 (billion yuan)

      ProvinceProvisioning servicesRegulating servicesSupporting servicesCultural services
      FPRPWSGRCREPHRSRSDAL
      Qinghai0.13600.16580.63090.55871.59160.80257.64460.68070.72990.3721
      Tibet0.09210.13560.12950.44851.23590.41271.49880.55020.49700.2242
      Sichuan0.92520.73991.02312.71356.91252.942022.34202.91742.98881.4504
      Yunnan0.76290.78250.72852.80467.52832.767415.92213.12013.06201.4293
      Chongqing1.13810.58441.90392.34085.57873.367039.34462.21832.74401.4803
      Hubei2.04890.60964.16752.78865.59975.510083.22832.16013.64482.2321
      Hunan0.25240.04520.22740.26270.39330.46507.62760.13520.28140.1797
      Jiangxi0.38530.10150.86390.48290.93511.054116.67030.35470.64770.4092
      Anhui1.00700.25312.39041.19152.21952.762444.66510.86841.71111.1021
      Jiangsu0.80260.20863.54930.92021.89033.116652.64290.76761.83461.2410
      Shanghai0.18690.04420.03160.23370.35000.30943.85880.14710.32750.1942
      Total7.73733.670515.646014.74634.234823.5090295.444913.919818.468610.3145
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    Liang ZHENG, Hai LIU, Yuefei HUANG, Shoujing YIN, Gui JIN. Assessment and analysis of ecosystem services value along the Yangtze River under the background of the Yangtze River protection strategy[J]. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2020, 30(4): 553

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    Received: Apr. 25, 2019

    Accepted: Dec. 29, 2019

    Published Online: Sep. 30, 2020

    The Author Email: Gui JIN (jingui@igsnrr.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.1007/s11442-020-1742-7

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