ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Effects of Land Use Changes on Ecosystem Service
Values: A Case Study in Guilin, China
			
	
 
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				College of Urban and Rural Construction, Shaoyang University, Shaoyang, China
				 
			 
										
				
				
		
		 
			
			
			
			 
			Submission date: 2019-02-14
			 
		 		
		
			
			 
			Final revision date: 2019-03-16
			 
		 		
		
		
			
			 
			Acceptance date: 2019-04-14
			 
		 		
		
			
			 
			Online publication date: 2019-09-18
			 
		 		
		
			
			 
			Publication date: 2020-01-16
			 
		 			
		 
	
							
										    		
    			 
    			
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    					Xuncheng  Fan   
    					College of Urban and Rural Construction, Shaoyang University, China
    				
 
    			
				 
    			 
    		 		
			
							 
		
	 
		
 
 
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2020;29(2):1483-1492
		
 
 
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Based on the Landsat 5 TM/Landsat 8 OLI images of Guilin City in 2002, 2012, and 2017, the objectoriented
land use classification method and mathematical models (such as transfer matrix and dynamic
degree), as well as the Chinese ecosystem service unit area value equivalent factor table, were used to
quantifiably analyze the land use status and changes in the value of ecosystem services in Guilin from
2002 to 2017. The results showed that forest land was the main matrix type in the study area. During the
study period, forest land and unused land were the types of land that had increased and decreased the
most, respectively, while the reduced unused land was mainly transferred to forest land and cultivated
land. The changes in unused land and construction land were particularly intense, and the land use
changes of Guilin as a whole continued to increase during the study period. The value of ecosystem
services in Guilin continued to rise, and the value of ecosystem services on forest land accounts for more
than 85% of the entire ecosystem. The value of services such as soil formation and protection, water
conservation, and biodiversity conservation were higher within the value of each individual service.
In contrast, services such as food production had the lowest value, indicating that the service function
of Guilin’s ecosystem was far greater than the productive function.