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23. Land Transformation Processes in NE China: Tracking Trade-Offs in Ecosystem Services Across Several Decades with Landsat-TM/ETM+ time Series

Authors : Joachim Hill, Marion Stellmes, Changyao Wang

Published in: Land Use and Land Cover Mapping in Europe

Publisher: Springer Netherlands

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Understanding the impact of land transformation processes on ecosystem services (ESS) is an essential prerequisite for drafting and implementing sustainable land management concepts. This study presents an analysis of land transformation processes in Horqin Sandy Lands, one of the dry areas in Inner Mongolia (China). It aims at demonstrating the impacts of governmental management policies on land use change and its impact on the long-term availability of important ecosystem services. Spectral mixture analysis is applied to a calibrated time series of Landsat-TM/ETM+ images which covers a period of 20 years (1987–2007); the mixture model comprises three spectral end-members (Green Vegetation, Mobile Sand, Water) which are conceived as surrogates for important ecosystem services. Changing land surface conditions are identified through linear trend analysis of end-member proportions and by mapping the spatial extension of specific surface types at subsequent dates within the observation period. For translating the derived change rates into readjustments of selected ESS-indicators a simple linear model is proposed. Fuelled by long-term satellite observations, the synoptic representation of changing ecosystem services forms the basis for addressing synergies and trade-offs between ecological and societal well-being. The case of Horqin Sandy Lands, where new land use concepts are implemented by promoting selected ecosystem services at the cost of others, provides a striking example for these mechanisms.

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Title: Land Transformation Processes in NE China: Tracking Trade-Offs in Ecosystem Services Across Several Decades with Landsat-TM/ETM+ time Series
Authors: Joachim Hill
Marion Stellmes
Changyao Wang
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Book: Land Use and Land Cover Mapping in Europe
Print ISBN: 978-94-007-7968-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-94-007-7969-3

Copyright Year: 2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7969-3_23

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