Construction and optimization of ecological network using MSPA in Zhengzhou, China

Abstract

Construction of ecological network is important for improving urban ecological environment under the scenarios of rapid urbanization．This paper extracted the core area with good connectivity as the ecological sources with the methods of morphological spatial pattern analysis (MSPA) and landscape index with Zhengzhou City as the study area．The ecological network was then constructed by minimal cumulative resistance (MCR) model and was quantitatively analysed by network analysis method. After that an optimized ecological network was finally constructed．