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Journal of Chinese
Architecture and Urbanism Study on ecosystem service value in Wuhan

must be used. Although the price information at different than 2.5 m, which is conducive to the accuracy of land use
stages were collected and corrected with the Consumer classification and valuation. The unit value-based approach
Price Index (CPI) to improve the comparability of prices, was often used in previous works that evaluated the ESV
the historical material parameters were hardly accurate due of Wuhan, whereas the primary data-based approach was
to the large number of evaluation indicators, especially its applied and many dense new parameters were adopted in
historical dynamic change indicators; therefore, constant the present study, which provide reference for subsequent
average condition of material parameters were adopted. research.
Such constant average material parameters would affect the Although urbanization had caused the increase of
accuracy and precision of ESV over time. Compared with built-up area and the massive loss of cultivated land, the
the benefit transfer method criticized due to the validity total ESV in Wuhan showed an increasing trend due to
and accuracy (Plummer, 2009), market valuation method the combined effects of rapid economic development and
assesses ESV in each area directly, but further accurate ecological protection policies implementation. Thus, it is
analysis is necessary, and the use of various technologies necessary to implement ecological protection policies for
and resources will be required. sustainable development. However, the different stages of

5. Conclusions urbanization and the potential of ecological protection
measures have different influences on the ESV, which
In this study, we adopted a detailed estimation of ESV in the should be further studied in future research, especially in
response of land use change in Wuhan, a big city in central highly dispersed, heterogeneous, and complex urban areas.
China. Based on the land use data, socioeconomic data,
and natural resources data, the ESVs during the 22 years Acknowledgments
from 1996 to 2018 were evaluated from the perspectives of None.
urban ecology. The main conclusions are as follows:
(i). The land use changed substantially from 1996 to 2018. Funding
Although the built-up area expanded significantly The authors would like to acknowledge support from Ethnic
(63.52% in 1996 – 2018), and the cultivated land and Religious Affairs Commission of Hubei Province
continued to decrease significantly (28.73% in the (SMZW201901) and Social Sciences Project of Hubei
period 1996 – 2018) due to economic development Provincial Department of Education (Grant No.18Y066).
and rapid urbanization, forestry area, and water area
increased by 32.21% and 20.72%, respectively, at the Conflict of interest
same time.
(ii). The ESV maintained an increasing trend throughout The authors declare they have no competing interests.
the study period, with average annual growth rate Author contributions
of 1.27% (from 1996 to 2000), 3.86% (from 2000 to
2005), 3.49% (from 2005 to 2010), 2.97% (from 2010 Conceptualization: Yunhua Lin, Donghoon Lee
to 2015), and 1.87% (from 2015 to 2018). Investigation: Yunhua Lin
(iii). Although the total ESV continued to rise during Visualization: Yunhua Lin
the study, the development direction of the internal Writing – original draft: Yunhua Lin
structure had undergone further changes. Direct Writing – review & editing: Yunhua Lin, Donghoon Lee
use value, which directly generates economic value Ethics approval and consent to participate
including provision and cultural services, increased
significantly, up by 21.77% (from 11.97% in 1996 Not applicable.
to 33.73% in 2018), with an average annual growth
rate of 6.53% and 29.14%, respectively. Meanwhile, Consent for publication
indirect use value, which had no direct economic Not applicable.
value including regulation and supporting services,
continued to decline (from 88.03% in 1996 to 66.27% Availability of data
in 2018) with an average annual change rate of −1.45% Not applicable.
and −1.23%, respectively, except for hydrological
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