Developing China's Ecological Redline Policy using ecosystem services assessments for land use planning.

ABSTRACT: Ecosystems services (ES) assessment is a significant scientific topic recognized for its potential to address sustainability issues. However, there is an absence of science-policy frameworks in land use planning that lead to the ES science being used in policy. China's Ecological Redline Policy (ERP) is one of the first national policies utilizing multiple ES, but there is no standardized approach for working across the science-policy interface. We propose a transdisciplinary framework to determine ecological redline areas (ERAs) in Shanghai using: ES, biodiversity and ecologically fragile hotspots, landscape structure, and stakeholder opinions. We determine the five criteria to identify ERAs for Shanghai using multi-temporal, high resolution images (0.5 m) and biophysical models. We exami

SUBMITTER: Bai Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6072749 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature