Abstract
Competition for land is increasing as demand for multiple land uses and ecosystem services rises. Land regulation of the principles of landscape ecology is necessary to develop more sustainable approaches to land use planning. The research evaluated the present land patterns and determined best practices for its regulation of Dongwang Township in Quyang County, located in the Taihang Mountain area of Hebei Province, China. The research used the landscape ecology theory to construct an index system for landscape pattern analysis based on the GIS and Fragstats 3.3 software. In this study, we examined the specific reasons that landscape ecology is superior to traditional methods in land consolidation planning and design, which is conducive to the comprehensive development of land ecological benefits. Landscape ecological planning can effectively reduce landscape fragmentation and improve intensive management. The result found that the descending order of the Shannon index was current landscape, landscape ecological planning, and traditional planning. Landscape ecological planning could protect the natural diversity than traditional planning. Landscape ecological planning enables the creation of long corridors, with higher densities and connectivity and lower average corridor widths than traditional planning. Besides, it can improve ecological service function values in the study area to varying degrees, thus discouraging residents from limiting themselves to grain production. This research has great potential to improve the visibility of ecosystem services in local land use planning and, thus, to improve the ecological functioning of future landscapes.
Highlights
Competition for land is increasing as demand for multiple land uses and ecosystem services rises. e quantity and quality of cultivated land are declining, which seriously threaten food security and ecological security [1,2,3]
The history of land regulation involved three stages. e first stage extended from the middle of the 16th century to the end of the 19th century and was defined by organized and planned land consolidation, adjustments of ownership, and improvement of agricultural production conditions to carry out simple land renovations. e second stage stretched from the beginning of the 20th century to the 1950s; with the emergence of industrialization, land renovation began to revolve around urban construction and industrial development, which is a specific stage of land renovation. e third stage occurred in the 1960s, when land renovation
We conducted a comparative analysis of the landscape pattern status, traditional landscape pattern planning results, and ecological landscape planning results of Quyang County using the landscape pattern index and the calculation results of ecological service value to assess best practices for land regulation planning in the study area. e results are as follows: (1) e average patch area in the landscape ecology planning and design scheme was higher than that of the traditional planning scheme; the number and density of patches in the landscape ecology scheme were lower than in the traditional
Summary
Competition for land is increasing as demand for multiple land uses and ecosystem services rises. e quantity and quality of cultivated land are declining, which seriously threaten food security and ecological security [1,2,3]. Complexity began to be geared toward promoting regional economic development, narrowing the gap between urban and rural areas, increasing incomes, and protecting and improving the ecological environment It was a more comprehensive stage of land renovation, and the integration of landscape ecology would play an important role in the improvement of Europe’s ecology [6, 7]. The land use mode and ditch road design can be determined by considering the topography, climate, hydrological condition, water resource condition, social condition, and economic condition; improving natural function compatibility states that the planning and design of the land renovation of agricultural ecosystems should apply the principles of landscape heterogeneity and ecological diversity to enhance the ecological functions of landscape patch in line with the requirements of agricultural production
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