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Ecological Suitability of Island Development Based on Ecosystem Services Value, Biocapacity and Ecological Footprint: A Case Study of Pingtan Island, Fujian, China

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  • Weiheng Zheng

    (State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
    Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen 361005, China)

  • Feng Cai

    (Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen 361005, China)

  • Shenliang Chen

    (State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China)

  • Jun Zhu

    (Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen 361005, China)

  • Hongshuai Qi

    (Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen 361005, China)

  • Shaohua Zhao

    (Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen 361005, China)

  • Jianhui Liu

    (Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen 361005, China)

Abstract

The ecological environment and resource endowment of an island are more vulnerable compared to the mainland, and special assessment and measurement of the ecological suitability for development are significant. Pingtan Island (Fujian, China) was taken as a case study. Changes in ecosystem services value and the profit-and-loss balance between ecological footprint and biocapacity were assessed using land use/cover changes based on remote-sensing images taken in 2009, 2014 and 2017, and the ecological suitability of development was measured. Results show that island development led to a decrease in the ecosystem services value and an increase in ecological footprint and biocapacity. The key ecological factors restricting the scale of island development are topography, vegetation with special functions and freshwater. Biocapacity of islands can increase not only by changing from lower-yield land types to higher-yield construction land types but also by external investment. A new measurement framework was proposed that simply and clearly reveals the ecological suitability of island development and the underlying key constraints.

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  • Weiheng Zheng & Feng Cai & Shenliang Chen & Jun Zhu & Hongshuai Qi & Shaohua Zhao & Jianhui Liu, 2020. "Ecological Suitability of Island Development Based on Ecosystem Services Value, Biocapacity and Ecological Footprint: A Case Study of Pingtan Island, Fujian, China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(6), pages 1-19, March.
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