A theoretical model for assessing the sustainability of ecosystem services

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2008-03-13
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TheValueoftheWorld'sEcosystemServicesandNaturalCapitalbyCostanzain1997isgenerallyre-gardedasamonumentfortheresearchofvaluingecosystemservices.However,theclassificationofecosystemser-vices,themethodofvariousservicessummationandthepurposeforstaticglobalvaluehadbeconfrontedbymanycriticisms.Basedonthesummaryofthesecriticisms,suggestions,relatedfunctionassessmentandfurtherstudydirection,thesustainabilityofecosystemservicesispresented.Thetwobasicindicatorsinecology,productivityandbiopersity,respectivelycharacteringtheabilityofproducingandself-organizing,notonlyrepresenttheinternalfunctionofecosystem,butalsoareproportionedtoitsexternalfunctionofsupportingandprovidingforhumanlife.Onpresentingthegeneralformofecosystemservicesassessment,thispaperimprovesthemathematicalformulabygivingafunctionadjustingcoefficientcomposedofproductivityandbiopersity.Theoretically,theintegrationofthetwoindicatorsreflectsthechangesofecosystemservicesatspatialandtemporalscales,canphysicallyassessthesustainabilityofecosystemservices,andbuildafirmscientificfundamentofvalueassessmentforecosystemservices.Objectively,itsapplicationshouldbestrictlytestedinnextstep.