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Urban greenbelt eco-service value of Hangzhou City under effects of land use change: An evaluation with CITYgreen model

ZHANG Kan;ZHANG Jianying;CHEN Yingxu;ZHU Yinmei   

  1. College of Environment and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China
  • Received:2005-10-22 Revised:2006-07-21 Online:2006-10-18 Published:2006-10-18

Abstract: Based on the Landset TM information of land use/cover change and greenbelt distribution in Hangzhou city in 1994 and 2004, and by using CITYgreen model, this paper estimated the eco-service value of urban greenbelt in the city under the effects of land use change and economic development. The results showed that in the 10 years from 1994 to 2004, the greenbelt area in the city decreased by 20.4%, while its eco-service value increased by 168 million yuan. The annual increment of greenbelt eco-service value and GDP was 111.92% and 5.32%, respectively . Suitable adjustment of land use pattern in the city harmonized the relationships between urban economic development and urban eco-function, and achieved higher eco-service efficiency of land utilization.