The Spatiotemporal Evolution and Prediction of Carbon Storage: A Case Study of Urban Agglomeration in China’s Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region
Due to rapid urban expansion, urban agglomerations face enormous challenges on their way to carbon neutrality. Regarding China’s urban agglomerations, 25% of the land contains 75% of the population, and all types of land are used efficiently and intensively. However, few studies have explored the sp...
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| description | Due to rapid urban expansion, urban agglomerations face enormous challenges on their way to carbon neutrality. Regarding China’s urban agglomerations, 25% of the land contains 75% of the population, and all types of land are used efficiently and intensively. However, few studies have explored the spatiotemporal link between changes in land use and land cover (LULC) and carbon storage. In this work, the carbon storage changes from 1990 to 2020 were estimated using the InVEST model in China’s Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei (BTH) region. By coupling the Future Land Use Simulation (FLUS) model and InVEST model, the LULC and carbon storage changes in the BTH region in 2035 and 2050 under the natural evolution scenario (NES), economic priority scenario (EPS), ecological conservation scenario (ECS), and coordinated development scenario (CDS). Finally, the spatial autocorrelation analysis of regional carbon storage was developed for future zoning management. The results revealed the following: (1) the carbon storage in the BTH region exhibited a cumulative loss of 3.5 × 10<sup>7</sup> Mg from 1990 to 2020, and the carbon loss was serious between 2000 and 2010 due to rapid urbanization. (2) Excluding the ECS, the other three scenarios showed continued expansion of construction land. Under the EPS, the carbon storage was found to have the lowest value, which decreased to 16.05 × 10<sup>8</sup> Mg in 2035 and only 15.38 × 10<sup>8</sup> Mg in 2050; under the ECS, the carbon storage was predicted to reach the highest value, 18.22 × 10<sup>8</sup> Mg and 19.00 × 10<sup>8</sup> Mg, respectively; the CDS exhibited a similar trend as the NES, but the carbon storage was found to increase. (3) The carbon storage under the four scenarios was found to have a certain degree of similarity in terms of its spatial distribution; the high-value areas were found to be clustered in the northwestern part of Beijing and the northern and western parts of Hebei. As for the number of areas with high carbon storage, the ECS was found to be the most abundant, followed by the CDS, and the EPS was found to be the least. The findings of this study can help the BTH region implement the “dual carbon” target and provide a leading example for other urban agglomerations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b1e1360001a14af4810dcd2a0da0a0aa2023-11-23T17:31:51ZengMDPI AGLand2073-445X2022-06-0111685810.3390/land11060858The Spatiotemporal Evolution and Prediction of Carbon Storage: A Case Study of Urban Agglomeration in China’s Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei RegionYingting He0Chuyu Xia1Zhuang Shao2Jing Zhao3School of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, ChinaFaculty of Architecture, Civil and Transportation Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, ChinaSchool of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, ChinaSchool of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, ChinaDue to rapid urban expansion, urban agglomerations face enormous challenges on their way to carbon neutrality. Regarding China’s urban agglomerations, 25% of the land contains 75% of the population, and all types of land are used efficiently and intensively. However, few studies have explored the spatiotemporal link between changes in land use and land cover (LULC) and carbon storage. In this work, the carbon storage changes from 1990 to 2020 were estimated using the InVEST model in China’s Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei (BTH) region. By coupling the Future Land Use Simulation (FLUS) model and InVEST model, the LULC and carbon storage changes in the BTH region in 2035 and 2050 under the natural evolution scenario (NES), economic priority scenario (EPS), ecological conservation scenario (ECS), and coordinated development scenario (CDS). Finally, the spatial autocorrelation analysis of regional carbon storage was developed for future zoning management. The results revealed the following: (1) the carbon storage in the BTH region exhibited a cumulative loss of 3.5 × 10<sup>7</sup> Mg from 1990 to 2020, and the carbon loss was serious between 2000 and 2010 due to rapid urbanization. (2) Excluding the ECS, the other three scenarios showed continued expansion of construction land. Under the EPS, the carbon storage was found to have the lowest value, which decreased to 16.05 × 10<sup>8</sup> Mg in 2035 and only 15.38 × 10<sup>8</sup> Mg in 2050; under the ECS, the carbon storage was predicted to reach the highest value, 18.22 × 10<sup>8</sup> Mg and 19.00 × 10<sup>8</sup> Mg, respectively; the CDS exhibited a similar trend as the NES, but the carbon storage was found to increase. (3) The carbon storage under the four scenarios was found to have a certain degree of similarity in terms of its spatial distribution; the high-value areas were found to be clustered in the northwestern part of Beijing and the northern and western parts of Hebei. As for the number of areas with high carbon storage, the ECS was found to be the most abundant, followed by the CDS, and the EPS was found to be the least. The findings of this study can help the BTH region implement the “dual carbon” target and provide a leading example for other urban agglomerations.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/6/858land usecarbon storageFLUS-InVEST modelspatial autocorrelation analysismulti-scenario simulation |
| spellingShingle | Yingting He Chuyu Xia Zhuang Shao Jing Zhao The Spatiotemporal Evolution and Prediction of Carbon Storage: A Case Study of Urban Agglomeration in China’s Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region Land land use carbon storage FLUS-InVEST model spatial autocorrelation analysis multi-scenario simulation |
| title | The Spatiotemporal Evolution and Prediction of Carbon Storage: A Case Study of Urban Agglomeration in China’s Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region |
| title_full | The Spatiotemporal Evolution and Prediction of Carbon Storage: A Case Study of Urban Agglomeration in China’s Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region |
| title_fullStr | The Spatiotemporal Evolution and Prediction of Carbon Storage: A Case Study of Urban Agglomeration in China’s Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Spatiotemporal Evolution and Prediction of Carbon Storage: A Case Study of Urban Agglomeration in China’s Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region |
| title_short | The Spatiotemporal Evolution and Prediction of Carbon Storage: A Case Study of Urban Agglomeration in China’s Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region |
| title_sort | spatiotemporal evolution and prediction of carbon storage a case study of urban agglomeration in china s beijing tianjin hebei region |
| topic | land use carbon storage FLUS-InVEST model spatial autocorrelation analysis multi-scenario simulation |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/6/858 |
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