Integrating territorial pattern changes into the relationship between carbon sequestration and water yield in the Yangtze River Basin, China

Abstract Territorial pattern plays an important role in regional ecosystem management and service provision. It is significant to demonstrate the coordination relationships between the territorial space evolutions and ecosystem services for sustainable regional development. This study focused on qua...

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Main Authors: Zelin Liu, Xiaoting Yu, Cong Liu, Ziying Zou, Changhui Peng, Peng Li, Jiayi Tang, Haoyun Liu, Yihang Zhu, Chunbo Huang
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Published: BMC 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13021-024-00289-7
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author Zelin Liu
Xiaoting Yu
Cong Liu
Ziying Zou
Changhui Peng
Peng Li
Jiayi Tang
Haoyun Liu
Yihang Zhu
Chunbo Huang
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Cong Liu
Ziying Zou
Changhui Peng
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Chunbo Huang
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description Abstract Territorial pattern plays an important role in regional ecosystem management and service provision. It is significant to demonstrate the coordination relationships between the territorial space evolutions and ecosystem services for sustainable regional development. This study focused on quantifying the impacts of production-living-ecological space change on carbon sequestration and water yield in the upper and middle-lower reaches of the Yangtze River Basin. Our results indicated that the production-living-ecological space variation trends are similar between the upper and middle-lower reaches during 2000–2020, while their impacts on ecosystem services are different in their respective regions. In the upper reaches, the changes in production and ecological space had a direct positive impact on NPP while the changes of living space had a negative impact on the NPP. However, the changes of production-living-ecological space had no significant effects on the water yield. In contrast, the changes of production and ecological space had no significant effect on the NPP in the middle-lower reaches, while the changes of ecological space had a positive effect on the water yield. Additionally, we also found that social-economic factors had no significant effects on the changes of ecological space in the middle-lower reaches of the Basin. We suggested that policy makers need to optimize the distribution of territorial space in order to maintain sustainable development.
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spelling doaj-art-2763b494102642c4bf802171ad7e826e2025-01-05T12:08:10ZengBMCCarbon Balance and Management1750-06802025-01-0120111410.1186/s13021-024-00289-7Integrating territorial pattern changes into the relationship between carbon sequestration and water yield in the Yangtze River Basin, ChinaZelin Liu0Xiaoting Yu1Cong Liu2Ziying Zou3Changhui Peng4Peng Li5Jiayi Tang6Haoyun Liu7Yihang Zhu8Chunbo Huang9College of Geographic Science, Hunan Normal UniversityCollege of Geographic Science, Hunan Normal UniversityCollege of Geographic Science, Hunan Normal UniversityCollege of Geographic Science, Hunan Normal UniversityCollege of Geographic Science, Hunan Normal UniversityCollege of Geographic Science, Hunan Normal UniversityCollege of Geographic Science, Hunan Normal UniversityCollege of Geographic Science, Hunan Normal UniversityCollege of Geographic Science, Hunan Normal UniversityDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Québec at MontrealAbstract Territorial pattern plays an important role in regional ecosystem management and service provision. It is significant to demonstrate the coordination relationships between the territorial space evolutions and ecosystem services for sustainable regional development. This study focused on quantifying the impacts of production-living-ecological space change on carbon sequestration and water yield in the upper and middle-lower reaches of the Yangtze River Basin. Our results indicated that the production-living-ecological space variation trends are similar between the upper and middle-lower reaches during 2000–2020, while their impacts on ecosystem services are different in their respective regions. In the upper reaches, the changes in production and ecological space had a direct positive impact on NPP while the changes of living space had a negative impact on the NPP. However, the changes of production-living-ecological space had no significant effects on the water yield. In contrast, the changes of production and ecological space had no significant effect on the NPP in the middle-lower reaches, while the changes of ecological space had a positive effect on the water yield. Additionally, we also found that social-economic factors had no significant effects on the changes of ecological space in the middle-lower reaches of the Basin. We suggested that policy makers need to optimize the distribution of territorial space in order to maintain sustainable development.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13021-024-00289-7Carbon sequestrationWater yieldThe Yangtze River BasinProduction-living-ecological spacePLS-PM
spellingShingle Zelin Liu
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Jiayi Tang
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Chunbo Huang
Integrating territorial pattern changes into the relationship between carbon sequestration and water yield in the Yangtze River Basin, China
Carbon Balance and Management
Carbon sequestration
Water yield
The Yangtze River Basin
Production-living-ecological space
PLS-PM
title Integrating territorial pattern changes into the relationship between carbon sequestration and water yield in the Yangtze River Basin, China
title_full Integrating territorial pattern changes into the relationship between carbon sequestration and water yield in the Yangtze River Basin, China
title_fullStr Integrating territorial pattern changes into the relationship between carbon sequestration and water yield in the Yangtze River Basin, China
title_full_unstemmed Integrating territorial pattern changes into the relationship between carbon sequestration and water yield in the Yangtze River Basin, China
title_short Integrating territorial pattern changes into the relationship between carbon sequestration and water yield in the Yangtze River Basin, China
title_sort integrating territorial pattern changes into the relationship between carbon sequestration and water yield in the yangtze river basin china
topic Carbon sequestration
Water yield
The Yangtze River Basin
Production-living-ecological space
PLS-PM
url https://doi.org/10.1186/s13021-024-00289-7
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