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Wenjing Wang; Tong Wu; Yuanzheng Li; Shilin Xie; Baolong Han; Hua Zheng; Zhiyun Ouyang. Erratum: Wang et al. Urbanization Impacts on Natural Habitat and Ecosystem Services in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao “Megacity”. Sustainability 2020, 12, 6675. Sustainability 2021, 13, 4580 .
AMA StyleWenjing Wang, Tong Wu, Yuanzheng Li, Shilin Xie, Baolong Han, Hua Zheng, Zhiyun Ouyang. Erratum: Wang et al. Urbanization Impacts on Natural Habitat and Ecosystem Services in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao “Megacity”. Sustainability 2020, 12, 6675. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (8):4580.
Chicago/Turabian StyleWenjing Wang; Tong Wu; Yuanzheng Li; Shilin Xie; Baolong Han; Hua Zheng; Zhiyun Ouyang. 2021. "Erratum: Wang et al. Urbanization Impacts on Natural Habitat and Ecosystem Services in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao “Megacity”. Sustainability 2020, 12, 6675." Sustainability 13, no. 8: 4580.
Shortfalls and mismatches between the supply and demand of ecosystem services (ES) can be detrimental to human wellbeing. Studies focused on these problems have increased in recent decades, but few have applied land use optimization to reduce such spatial mismatches. This study developed a methodology to identify ES mismatches and then use these mismatches as objectives for land use optimization. The methodology was applied to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao “Greater Bay Area” (GBA), a megacity of over 70 million people and one of the world’s largest urban agglomerations. Considering the demand for a healthy and secure living environment among city-dwellers, we focused on three ES: heat mitigation, flood mitigation, and recreational services. The results showed large spatial heterogeneity in supply and demand for these three ES. However, compared to current conditions in the GBA, our model showed that optimized land use allocation could better match the supply and demand for heat mitigation (number of beneficiaries increased by 15%), flood mitigation (amount of population exposed to flood damage decreased by 37%), and recreation (number of beneficiaries increased by 14%). By integrating land use allocation and spatial mismatch analysis, this methodology provides a feasible way to align ES supply and demand to advance urban and regional sustainability.
Wenjing Wang; Tong Wu; Yuanzheng Li; Hua Zheng; Zhiyun Ouyang. Matching Ecosystem Services Supply and Demand through Land Use Optimization: A Study of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Megacity. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18, 2324 .
AMA StyleWenjing Wang, Tong Wu, Yuanzheng Li, Hua Zheng, Zhiyun Ouyang. Matching Ecosystem Services Supply and Demand through Land Use Optimization: A Study of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Megacity. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18 (5):2324.
Chicago/Turabian StyleWenjing Wang; Tong Wu; Yuanzheng Li; Hua Zheng; Zhiyun Ouyang. 2021. "Matching Ecosystem Services Supply and Demand through Land Use Optimization: A Study of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Megacity." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 5: 2324.
The world is faced with significant climate change, rapid urbanization, massive energy consumption, and tremendous pressure to reduce greenhouse gases. Building heating and cooling is one primary source of energy consumption and anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions. First, this review presents previous studies that estimate the specific amount of climate change impact on building heating and cooling energy consumption, using the statistical method, physical model method, comprehensive assessment model method, and the combination method of statistical and physical model methods. Then, because the heating and cooling degree days indices can simply and reliably indicate the effects of climate on building heating and cooling energy consumption, previous studies were reviewed from the aspects of heating and cooling degree days indices, regional spatial-temporal variations in degree days and related indices, influencing factors of the spatial distributions of degree days, and the impacts of urbanization on degree days. Finally, several potential key issues or research directions were presented according to the research gaps or fields that need to be studied further in the future, such as developing methods to simply and accurately estimate the specified amounts of climate change impact on building cooling and heating energy consumption; using more effective methods to analyze the daytime, nighttime, and all-day spatial-temporal changes in different seasons in the past and future under various environment contexts by considering not only the air temperature but also the relative humidity, solar radiation, population, etc., and further exploring the corresponding more kinds of driving forces, including the various remotely sensed indices, albedo, nighttime light intensity, etc.; estimating the daytime, nighttime, and all-day impacts of urbanization on heating degree days (HDDs), cooling degree days (CDDs), and their sum (HDDs + CDDs) for vast cities in different environmental contexts at the station site, city, regional and global scales; producing and sharing of the related datasets; and analyzing the subsequent effects induced by climate change on the energy consumption for building heating and cooling, etc.
Yuanzheng Li; Wenjing Wang; Yating Wang; Yashu Xin; Tian He; Guosong Zhao. A Review of Studies Involving the Effects of Climate Change on the Energy Consumption for Building Heating and Cooling. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 18, 40 .
AMA StyleYuanzheng Li, Wenjing Wang, Yating Wang, Yashu Xin, Tian He, Guosong Zhao. A Review of Studies Involving the Effects of Climate Change on the Energy Consumption for Building Heating and Cooling. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 18 (1):40.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYuanzheng Li; Wenjing Wang; Yating Wang; Yashu Xin; Tian He; Guosong Zhao. 2020. "A Review of Studies Involving the Effects of Climate Change on the Energy Consumption for Building Heating and Cooling." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 1: 40.
The population aggregation and built-up area expansion caused by urbanization can have significant impacts on the supply and distribution of crucial ecosystem services. The correlation between urbanization and ecosystem services has been well-studied, but additional research is needed to better understand the spatiotemporal interactions between ecosystem services and urbanization processes in highly urbanized areas as well as surrounding rural areas. In this paper, the relationships of urbanization with natural habitat and three key regulating ecosystem services—water retention, soil conservation, and carbon sequestration, were quantified and mapped for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), a rapidly developing urban agglomeration of over 70 million people, for the period of 2000–2018. Our results showed that urbanization caused a general decline in ecosystem services, and urbanization and ecosystem services exhibited a negative spatial correlation. However, this relationship varied along urban-rural gradients and weak decoupling was the overall trend during the course of the study period, indicating a greater need for the protection and improvement of ecosystem services. Our results provide instructive insights for new urbanization planning to maintain regional ecosystem services and sustainable development in the GBA and other large, rapidly urbanized agglomerations.
Wenjing Wang; Tong Wu; Yuanzheng Li; Shilin Xie; Baolong Han; Li Yuanzheng; Zhiyun Ouyang. Urbanization Impacts on Natural Habitat and Ecosystem Services in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao “Megacity”. Sustainability 2020, 12, 6675 .
AMA StyleWenjing Wang, Tong Wu, Yuanzheng Li, Shilin Xie, Baolong Han, Li Yuanzheng, Zhiyun Ouyang. Urbanization Impacts on Natural Habitat and Ecosystem Services in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao “Megacity”. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (16):6675.
Chicago/Turabian StyleWenjing Wang; Tong Wu; Yuanzheng Li; Shilin Xie; Baolong Han; Li Yuanzheng; Zhiyun Ouyang. 2020. "Urbanization Impacts on Natural Habitat and Ecosystem Services in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao “Megacity”." Sustainability 12, no. 16: 6675.