Arid Zone Research ›› 2024, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (9): 1593-1604.doi: 10.13866/j.azr.2024.09.15

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Identification of the key regions of spatial ecological restoration in the Northwest Shanxi based on the MSPA model and circuit theory

LI Kexuan1(), ZHANG Lei2, LI Hao2, ZHANG Enyue1, LI Yuzhen1, SONG Caiyun1, LIU Geng1()   

  1. 1. College of Geography Science, Taiyuan Normal University, Jinzhong 030619, Shanxi, China
    2. School of Economics and Management, Taiyuan Normal University, Jinzhong 030619, Shanxi, China
  • Received:2024-04-08 Revised:2024-06-19 Online:2024-09-15 Published:2024-09-25
  • Contact: LIU Geng E-mail:1195797486@qq.com;liugeng9696@126.com

Abstract:

Ecological restoration of land space is an important measure to implement the national strategy of ecological civilization. The identification of key areas of ecological restoration is a key link to the ecological restoration of land space and is difficult to carry out scientifically. Maintaining regional ecological security is of great significance. However, at present, the research on the key region identification of ecological restoration in our country lags in practice. In this paper, based on the morphological spatial analysis (MSPA) model and the value of ecosystem services, the ecological corridor was identified and extracted by circuit theory, the key areas of ecological restoration were identified, the space-time evolution law was analyzed, and the corresponding ecological restoration strategies were provided. The results showed that from 2000 to 2020, the quantity and area of ecological source areas in Northwest Shanxi increased, and the total source areas enhanced from 1898.43 to 2026.17 km2 in 20 years. The number and length of eco-corridors first elevated and then decreased, and their spatial distribution was short and dense in the south, middle, and north. In the key areas of ecological restoration, the area of ecological pinch declined from 262.89 to 194.34 km2 in the past 20 years; the ecological barrier sites in Pianguan County, Pinglu District, Shenchi County, and Shuocheng District enhanced from 324.61 to 504.72 km2 and then reduced to 338.86 km2; the obstacle points were generally distributed in the middle of the ecological corridor, and their distribution changed from aggregation to uniformity. The paper studies the space-time evolution characteristics of the critical ecological restoration areas and the ecological background of the study areas. It also puts forward the targeted ecological restoration strategies, namely, strengthening the management of small watersheds and areas at pinch and obstacle points, and reducing human disturbance, to provide reference for regional land space ecological restoration.

Key words: ecological restoration for territorial space, identification of key areas, spatio-temporal evolution, Northwest Shanxi