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The Impact of Urbanization on Ecosystem Health in Typical Karst Areas: A Case Study of Liupanshui City, China

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  • Yangling Zhao

    (College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China, Beijing 100081, China)

  • Rui Han

    (College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China, Beijing 100081, China)

  • Nan Cui

    (School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK)

  • Jingbiao Yang

    (College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China, Beijing 100081, China)

  • Luo Guo

    (College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China, Beijing 100081, China)

Abstract

The karst region of Southwest China is one of the largest continuous karst areas in the world, and the ecosystem in the karst region is extremely fragile. The city of Liupanshui, a typical karst area in southwestern China, has provided the main energy and raw materials during China’s rapid urbanization in the past few decades. With the continuous deterioration of the environment in Liupanshui and from the viewpoint of sustainable development strategies, research on ecosystem health (ESH) and the assessments of correlations between urbanization and ESH plays an important role in regional sustainable eco-environmental development. Therefore, the impact of urbanization on the ecosystem health of the study area was discussed in this study using a series of remote sensing images and socio-economic data from 1990 to 2015. Studies showed that Liupanshui is undergoing rapid urbanization, and the growth of urbanized land reached a peak between 2010 and 2015. From 1990 to 2015, the level of ESH in Liupanshui trended downward and then increased. During 2000 to 2010, due to the policy of returning farmland to grassland and forestland, the substantial increase in woodland and grassland and the management policy of mining areas have caused a turn in ESH. Although the value of ecosystem health in 2010–2015 increased, the process of urbanization is rapid, so we should pay more attention to the trend in future ecosystem health changes. The findings revealed that urbanization significantly negatively affects the ecosystem health of Liupanshui, and mining has the greatest impact. Therefore, in future urban development, strengthening the management of resource extraction and the supervision of environmental protection, continuing to return farmland to grassland and forestry, and controlling rocky desertification can improve the health of the urban ecosystem in the study area.

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  • Yangling Zhao & Rui Han & Nan Cui & Jingbiao Yang & Luo Guo, 2020. "The Impact of Urbanization on Ecosystem Health in Typical Karst Areas: A Case Study of Liupanshui City, China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(1), pages 1-14, December.
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    1. Shengzi Chen & Zhongfa Zhou & Lihui Yan & Bo Li, 2016. "Quantitative Evaluation of Ecosystem Health in a Karst Area of South China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 8(10), pages 1-14, October.
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