Identifying conservation priorities and management strategies based on ecosystem services to improve urban sustainability in Harbin, China.

ABSTRACT: Rapid urbanization and agricultural development has resulted in the degradation of ecosystems, while also negatively impacting ecosystem services (ES) and urban sustainability. Identifying conservation priorities for ES and applying reasonable management strategies have been found to be effective methods for mitigating this phenomenon. The purpose of this study is to propose a comprehensive framework for identifying ES conservation priorities and associated management strategies for these planning areas. First, we incorporated 10 ES indicators within a systematic conservation planning (SCP) methodology in order to identify ES conservation priorities with high irreplaceability values based on conservation target goals associated with the potential distribution of ES indicators. Next, we ass

SUBMITTER: Qu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5907775 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature