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Scenario simulation of water retention services under land use/cover and climate changes: a case study of the Loess Plateau, China

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Comprehensive assessments of ecosystem services in environments under the influences of human activities and climate change are critical for sustainable regional ecosystem management. Therefore, integrated interdisciplinary modelling has become a major focus of ecosystem service assessment. In this study, we established a model that integrates land use/cover change (LUCC), climate change, and water retention services to evaluate the spatial and temporal variations of water retention services in the Loess Plateau of China in the historical period (2000–2015) and in the future (2020–2050). An improved Markov-Cellular Automata (Markov-CA) model was used to simulate land use/land cover patterns, and ArcGIS 10.2 software was used to simulate and assess water retention services from 2000 to 2050 under six combined scenarios, including three land use/land cover scenarios (historical scenario (HS), ecological protection scenario (EPS), and urban expansion scenario (UES)) and two climate change scenarios (RCP4.5 and RCP8.5, where RCP is the representative concentration pathway). LUCCs in the historical period (2000–2015) and in the future (2020–2050) are dominated by transformations among agricultural land, urban land and grassland. Urban land under UES increased significantly by 0.63×103 km2/a, which was higher than the increase of urban land under HS and EPS. In the Loess Plateau, water yield decreased by 17.20×106 mm and water retention increased by 0.09×106 mm in the historical period (2000–2015), especially in the Interior drainage zone and its surrounding areas. In the future (2020–2050), the pixel means of water yield is higher under RCP4.5 scenario (96.63 mm) than under RCP8.5 scenario (95.46 mm), and the pixel means of water retention is higher under RCP4.5 scenario (1.95 mm) than under RCP8.5 scenario (1.38 mm). RCP4.5-EPS shows the highest total water retention capacity on the plateau scale among the six combined scenarios, with the value of 1.27×106 mm. Ecological restoration projects in the Loess Plateau have enhanced soil and water retention. However, more attention needs to be paid not only to the simultaneous increase in water retention services and evapotranspiration but also to the type and layout of restored vegetation. Furthermore, urbanization needs to be controlled to prevent uncontrollable LUCCs and climate change. Our findings provide reference data for the regional water and land resources management and the sustainable development of socio-ecological systems in the Loess Plateau under LUCC and climate change scenarios.

water retentionwater yieldland use/cover changeclimate changerepresentative concentration pathwayMarkov-Cellular Automata modelLoess Plateau

SUN Dingzhao、LIANG Youjia、PENG Shouzhang

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State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau,Institute of Water and Soil Conservation,Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources,Yangling 712100,China

School of Resources and Environmental Engineering,Wuhan University of Technology,Wuhan 430070,China

Institute of Surveying and Mapping,Guizhou Geology and Mineral Exploration Bureau,Guiyang 550018,China

State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess PlateauScience Foundation of Hubei Province,China国家自然科学基金

A314021402–2021102021CFB29542077451

2022

干旱区科学
中国科学院新疆生态与地理研究所,科学出版社

干旱区科学

CSTPCDCSCDSCI
影响因子：1.743
ISSN：1674-6767
年,卷(期)：2022.14(4)
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