Study on the Spatial-Temporal Evolution of Land Use Ecosystem Service Value and Its Zoning Management and Control in the Typical Alpine Valley Area of Southeast Tibet—Empirical Analysis Based on Panel Data of 97 Villages in Chayu County

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

 

I reviewed the manuscript. In my opinion, this is an applicable idea in relevant problems. However, I can see the study does not include any methodological or conceptual novelty. In my opinion, simply applying these models to a case study area is not in itself enough for a scientific publication. Moreover, I have several concerns about the paper. For example: 

• What type of Spatio-Temporal model has been used to model the temporal aspect of the paper (it seems that you have used snapshot, but why? Why didn't you consider the rest of the Spatio-Temporal models?)
• The inconsistency of the scales,
• Discontinuity of the writing,
• Incompleteness of the related references,
• Non-quantitative conclusions,
• The lack of appropriate validation of the results. 

 

Author Response

Response to Reviewer 1 Comments

 

Point 1: What type of Spatio-Temporal model has been used to model the temporal aspect of the paper (it seems that you have used snapshot, but why? Why didn't you consider the rest of the Spatio-Temporal models?)

Response 1: Thanks to the reviewer, the comments have been adopted.

Spatial autocorrelation analysis is an important method and effective means to quantitatively study spatial relationships and analyze spatial patterns. Ecosystem ser-vice value is directly related to the distribution of natural geographical elements and the social and economic development of the region. With randomness and structure in space, these factors have geoscience characteristics. Therefore, ecosystem service value, like various geographical entities, has a certain spatial correlation, and geoscience sta-tistical analysis methods such as spatial autocorrelation analysis can be em-ployed.（This part is marked in red in the paper.）

 

Point 2: The inconsistency of the scales,

Response 2: Thanks to the reviewer, the comments have been adopted. Some contents involved have been adjusted and uniformly stated.（The revised part has been marked in red in the paper.）

 

Point 3: Discontinuity of the writing,

Response 3: Thanks to the reviewer, the comments have been adopted. Experts in the field have been invited to polish the writing and language of the paper, which specifically involves many parts of the paper, and there are no more examples here.

 

Point 4: Incompleteness of the related references,

Response 4: Thanks to the reviewer, the comments have been adopted. According to the content and revision of the paper, resort out the relevant references as required.（The revised part has been marked in red in the paper.）

 

Point 5: Non-quantitative conclusions,

Response 5: Thanks to the reviewer, the comments have been adopted. The research results of the paper have been refined again, and the expression of quantitative conclusions has been appropriately added.（The conclusion has been rewritten, and the modified part has been marked in red in the paper.）

 

Point 6: The lack of appropriate validation of the results.

Response 6: Thanks to the reviewer, the comments have been adopted. With reference to relevant literature, add some discussion contents, and focus on the appropriate verification and expression of the results of the paper.（The results have been properly verified, and the modified part has been marked in red in the paper.）

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Reviewer 2 Report

This manuscript presents a significant contribution to  analysis for  land use ecosystem service value. Also, the description of the study case and the diverse elements that compound the analysis are valuable to increase the knowledge about environmental complexity.Some aspects of this work could be still improved:

- What does the literature available provides for analyzing in this region?

- Justify the choice of the period under analysis

- Maps  are too small. If possible to improve the resolution of the figures and increase subtitle.

- P 10, in subchapter 4.2.4., please check the wording (With reference to relevant literature Error! Reference source not found.Error! Reference source not found....)

- One particular issue needs addressing is placing the results of this study into the land use policy context.

- Present the theoretical, practical and political contributions of the study.

- Highlight the main limitations of the study.

Author Response

Response to Reviewer 2 Comments

 

Point 1: What does the literature available provides for analyzing in this region?

Response 1: Thanks to the reviewer, the comments have been adopted.

The existing documentary achievements are substantial, which can provide technical ideas, model algorithms and other references for this study. （This part is marked in red in the paper.）

 

Point 2: Justify the choice of the period under analysis.

Response 2: Thanks to the reviewer, the comments have been adopted.

Since 2000, China has increased social and economic construction and paid atten-tion to the improvement of the ecological environment. Considering the availability of data and comparative differences, this study, taking 10 years as a period, selects three time spans of the case sites in 2000, 2010 and 2020. （This part is marked in red in the paper.）

 

Point 3: Maps are too small. If possible to improve the resolution of the figures and increase subtitle.

Response 3: Thanks to the reviewer, the comments have been adopted. The data has been reprocessed, and the map elements have been readjusted to improve the resolution and font size.

 

Point 4: P 10, in subchapter 4.2.4., please check the wording (With reference to relevant literature Error! Reference source not found.Error! Reference source not found....)

Response 4: Thanks to the reviewer, the comments have been adopted. According to the content of the paper, consult the data and readjust the literature representation.

 

Point 5: One particular issue needs addressing is placing the results of this study into the land use policy context.

Response 5: Thanks to the reviewer, the comments have been adopted. According to the content of the paper, consult the data and readjust the literature representation. The focus is on the review and discussion of research results, and the current land use policy background in China is appropriately added.

 

Point 6: Present the theoretical, practical and political contributions of the study.

Response 6: Thanks to the reviewer, the comments have been adopted. The theoretical, practical and political contributions have been appropriately stated in the discussion and other contents.（The revised part has been marked in red in the paper.）

 

Point 7: Highlight the main limitations of the study.

Response 7: Thanks to the reviewer, the comments have been adopted. The main limitations of the study have been highlighted in the discussion section.（The revised part has been marked in red in the paper.）

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report

Congratulations the paper can be accepted