Abstract
Rapid urbanization has caused unregulated transformation of land use/land cover, further exacerbating the imbalance in ecological supply-demand relationships. Constructing the ecological supply-demand network by integrating natural ecological processes and human ecological demands into a unified spatio-temporal framework and considering their internal dynamic flow characteristics is an effective approach to address this issue. However, there is currently a lack of evaluation methods for the coordination of ecological network supply-demand relationships, which could provide essential guidance and reference. This article takes Yellow River Delta region (YRDR) as an example and utilizes the integrated traditional ecological network paradigm and ecosystem services theory to simulate the ecological supply-demand network for the years 2000, 2010, and 2020 in the study area. Then, a novel evaluation index system for the ecological network supply-demand relationships was proposed from the perspectives of intensity, capacity, and equilibrium. Based on this, combined with a graph-based network structure evaluation system, it reveals the spatio-temporal evolution process of the spatial structure and supply-demand relationship of the ecological network in the study area. The study results showed that: (1) The quantity of elements in the ecological supply network and the demand network show opposite trends, leading to an exacerbation of the spatial imbalance in the arrangement of ecological supply-demand network elements. (2) Although the structural changes in the ecological supply network were significantly greater than those in the ecological demand network, the overall structure of the ecological supply-demand network gradually improved. (3) However, under the coupled influence of imbalanced change in the spatial distribution and connectivity of ecological elements, the overall coordination of the ecological supply-demand relationships within the YRDR's ecological network is gradually deteriorating. (4) The proposed optimization strategy, "Two zones, Three belts, Four corridors", for the ecological security pattern in YRDR can accommodate the ecological process cycle and human ecological demand. This study can provide scientific references for "harmonious coexistence between humans and nature" ecological protection and sustainable development planning under the background of rapid urbanization.
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