Assessing the Impacts of Urban Land Use Changes on Regional Ecosystem Services According to Urban Green Space Policies V
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Assessing the Impacts of Urban Land Use Changes on Regional Ecosystem Services According to Urban Green Space Policies Via the Patch-Based Cellular Automata Model Ilkwon Kim
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Hyuksoo Kwon
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Received: 24 March 2020 / Accepted: 3 November 2020 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract As urbanization affects the quality of regional ecosystems, which are needed to ensure the well-being of residents, urban land management plans should consider ecosystem services. While several studies have assessed urbanization impacts on regional ecosystem services in developing urban areas, they used limited approaches that only considered options pertaining to urban green space management. A modeling approach that simulates changes in urban land use and associated ecosystem services can better support urban land management decisions by comparing the effects of different scenarios. We simulated urban land use change impacts on regional ecosystem services using a patch-based cellular automata model and assessment tools for seven ecosystem service indicators in different urban management scenarios regarding green space policies in Ansan, South Korea. The simulation results showed spatial patterns of land use changes and impacts on associated ecosystem services although their impacts varied according to different service types. While urbanization affected regional ecosystem services to a lesser extent than land use changes, urban green space policies contributed to increasing ecosystem services. Our approach provides useful information for improved policy decisions with regard to coupling urban management with ecosystem services, as urban green spaces are necessary for residents’ well-being. Keywords Urbanization Land use change Ecosystem service Scenario assessment Cellular automata ●
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Introduction Urbanization is a global phenomenon that alters urban landscapes and affects interactions between social and ecological systems (Eigenbord et al. 2011; Haase et al. 2012). Rapid growth in urban populations, expected to reach 68% of the world’s population by 2050 (United Nations 2018), will increase demands on urbanized areas and lead to changes in urban ecosystems (Alberti and Marzluff 2004; Seto et al. 2013). As urbanization leads to growth in urban infrastructure and economies that support the lives of urban
Supplementary information The online version of this article (https:// doi.org/10.1007/s00267-020-01394-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. * Hyuksoo Kwon [email protected] 1
Team of Ecosystem Service, Division of Ecological Assessment Research, National Institute of Ecology, Seocheon, South Korea
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residents, it can affect the quality of urban ecosystem (Luederitz et al. 2015). Growing demands on urbanized areas change natural landscapes to built landscapes, leading to the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services that contribute to the well-being of urban residents (MEA 2005; Zhou and Wang 2011; Brunner and
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