Abstract
As an ecosystem complex integrated with functions of agricultural production, residence, and socio-cultural activity, linpan (wooded lot) has characterized socio-ecologically and culturally the rural landscape in Chengdu Plain. Although functioning for centuries without disruption and supporting continuously the regional prosperity, it is currently under big threats due to rapid urbanization and a growing population. The overall goal of this paper is to improve our understanding of the linpan system and its services. Within the framework of four categories of ecosystem services, including provisioning, regulating, cultural and supporting services, the deliverables by linpan were elaborated respectively based on document review and field survey. It was addressed that as a localized cultural landscape, linpan has and will continue to provide various services to rural as well as urban people. These services including material and non-material values were highly recognized by local people, but the perceived importance of services were changeable with the socio-economic development, market fluctuation, and people’s awareness rise. Regarding the preservation of the linpan system as an important agricultural heritage system, cultural services should not be neglected within a landscape management framework. Finally, this study called for attention to the dynamics of the linpan system which required an adaptive approach for assessing and managing ecosystem services.
Highlights
China’s rapid urbanization fueled by the economic boom of the last three decades has transformed an agrarian society in many parts of China into an urbanized one at such a short time and large scale [1,2]
The overall goal of this paper is to improve our understanding of the linpan system and the plenty of services that the system provides to local people
The delivery of ecosystem services by the linpan system is a dynamic process, which is changeable with the socio-economic development and human demands on various benefits or values
Summary
China’s rapid urbanization fueled by the economic boom of the last three decades has transformed an agrarian society in many parts of China into an urbanized one at such a short time and large scale [1,2]. It is an unprecedented event in human history, which has attracted the world’s attention of scholars from different disciplines [3,4,5,6,7]. Due to the newly reshaped human-environment interactions between urban-rural interfaces, the functionalities of rural and peri-urban areas in ecosystem services have received increasing concerns [11,12]
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