Impact of rapid urban construction land expansion on spatial inequalities of ecosystem health in China: Evidence from national, economic regional, and urban agglomeration perspectives

IF 7 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Ecological Indicators Pub Date : 2025-02-24 DOI:10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.113196

Lei Qi , Hina Najam , Yessengali Oskenbayev , Sansyzbaev Alisher , Kamla Hairis

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Balancing urban construction land expansion (UCE) with ecosystem health (EHI) is critical for sustainable management. This study evaluates how UCE impacts EHI across China’s cities, economic subregions, and urban agglomerations using multivariate satellite remote sensing data and spatial econometric models. Findings reveal a consistent decline in EHI, with an average annual decrease of 2.012 % between 2000 and 2023, correlating with UCE growth. Declining EHI clusters were concentrated in major urban agglomerations, notably BTH, GBA, and YRD. The analysis highlights a strong negative spatial dependency, with mature urban agglomerations experiencing significant spillover effects, while emerging regions faced more direct impacts. The research underscores the need for cross-regional ecological governance and tailored strategies to enhance ecological resilience in urban development.

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Ecological Indicators 环境科学-环境科学

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11.80

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8.70%

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1163

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78 days

期刊介绍： The ultimate aim of Ecological Indicators is to integrate the monitoring and assessment of ecological and environmental indicators with management practices. The journal provides a forum for the discussion of the applied scientific development and review of traditional indicator approaches as well as for theoretical, modelling and quantitative applications such as index development. Research into the following areas will be published. • All aspects of ecological and environmental indicators and indices. • New indicators, and new approaches and methods for indicator development, testing and use. • Development and modelling of indices, e.g. application of indicator suites across multiple scales and resources. • Analysis and research of resource, system- and scale-specific indicators. • Methods for integration of social and other valuation metrics for the production of scientifically rigorous and politically-relevant assessments using indicator-based monitoring and assessment programs. • How research indicators can be transformed into direct application for management purposes. • Broader assessment objectives and methods, e.g. biodiversity, biological integrity, and sustainability, through the use of indicators. • Resource-specific indicators such as landscape, agroecosystems, forests, wetlands, etc.