Assessing the Impact of Spatiotemporal Evolution of Urbanization on Carbon Storage in the Mega-Urban Agglomeration Area: Case Study of Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration, China
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Data Source and Processing
2.3. Study Methodology
2.3.1. Construction of TVANUI
2.3.2. Classification of Urbanization
2.3.3. Carbon Storage Assessment Based on the InVEST Model
2.3.4. Correlation Analysis between Urbanization and Carbon Storage
2.3.5. Analyze the Characteristics of Carbon Storage Changes
3. Results
3.1. Spatiotemporal Evolution of Urbanization in the YRD
3.2. Patterns of Carbon Storage in the YRD
3.3. The Relationship between Urbanization and Carbon Storage
3.4. Impact of Spatiotemporal Evolution of Urbanization on Carbon Storage
3.4.1. Response of Carbon Storage Change Intensity to Urbanization
3.4.2. Response of Carbon Storage Change Density to Urbanization
4. Discussion
4.1. Spatial Response Characteristics of Carbon Storage Changes to Urbanization Process
4.2. Phased Response Characteristics of Carbon Storage Changes to Urbanization Process
4.3. TVANUI Index’s Advantage in Urbanization Evaluation
4.4. Suggestions for Low-Carbon Development of Mega-Urban Agglomeration Area
4.5. Limitations and Future Prospects
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Conditions | Urbanization Levels |
---|---|
≥ 0.397 and ≥ 0.397 | Developed urban area |
< 0.397 and ≥ 0.397 | Developing urban area |
< 0.397 and < 0.397 | Rural area |
Types of Land Use | Carbon Density (t/hm2) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Cultivated land | 18.9 | 12.5 | 85.5 | 2.4 |
Forest | 36.3 | 7.3 | 125.8 | 3.4 |
Grassland | 17.4 | 20.8 | 112.2 | 2.9 |
Water area | 0 | 0 | 81.1 | 0 |
Artificial surface | 16.2 | 3.2 | 73 | 0 |
Unused land | 24.3 | 4.9 | 74.6 | 2.2 |
Year | Shanghai | Anhui | Jiangsu | Zhejiang | YRD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000 | 0.259 | 0.019 | 0.065 | 0.044 | 0.043 |
2010 | 0.473 | 0.052 | 0.169 | 0.109 | 0.110 |
2020 | 0.511 | 0.101 | 0.245 | 0.188 | 0.175 |
Area/Time | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2000–2010 | 2010–2020 | 2000–2020 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shanghai | 84.34 | 82.82 | 82.66 | −1.51 | −0.16 | −1.68 |
Jiangsu | 1166.90 | 1160.49 | 1142.44 | −6.41 | −18.05 | −24.46 |
Zhejiang | 1567.66 | 1561.56 | 1544.95 | −6.10 | −16.61 | −22.71 |
Anhui | 1840.69 | 1834.01 | 1823.98 | −6.68 | −10.04 | −16.72 |
YRD | 4659.59 | 4638.88 | 4594.03 | −20.71 | −44.86 | −65.57 |
Indicators | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 |
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TVANUI and Carbon Storage | −0.482 ** | −0.560 ** | −0.632 ** |
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Li, H.; Hu, Y.; Li, H.; Ren, J.; Shao, R.; Liu, Z. Assessing the Impact of Spatiotemporal Evolution of Urbanization on Carbon Storage in the Mega-Urban Agglomeration Area: Case Study of Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration, China. Sustainability 2023, 15, 14548. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151914548
Li H, Hu Y, Li H, Ren J, Shao R, Liu Z. Assessing the Impact of Spatiotemporal Evolution of Urbanization on Carbon Storage in the Mega-Urban Agglomeration Area: Case Study of Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration, China. Sustainability. 2023; 15(19):14548. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151914548
Chicago/Turabian StyleLi, Hongye, Yutian Hu, Hao Li, Jinjie Ren, Rujie Shao, and Zhicheng Liu. 2023. "Assessing the Impact of Spatiotemporal Evolution of Urbanization on Carbon Storage in the Mega-Urban Agglomeration Area: Case Study of Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration, China" Sustainability 15, no. 19: 14548. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151914548