Dataset of ecosystem services in Beijing and its surrounding areas

Tianqian Chen; Zhe Feng; Huafu Zhao; Kening Wu

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2020.105151

Dataset of ecosystem services in Beijing and its surrounding areas

Data Brief. 2020 Jan 17:29:105151. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.105151. eCollection 2020 Apr.

Authors

Tianqian Chen¹, Zhe Feng^{1

2}, Huafu Zhao^{1

2}, Kening Wu^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ School of Land Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China.
² Key Laboratory of Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation, Ministry of Natural Resources, Beijing 100035, China.

Abstract

This data article describes the multiple ecosystem services in Beijing and surrounding areas, including grain providing, water yield, carbon sequestration, soil retention, purified water service, cultural services, and habitat quality. These data are mainly from public data sets such as the Harmonized World Soil Database. These data can be used to improve the optimization of human well-being in the social-ecological system and further achieve regional sustainable development.

Keywords: Beijing and its surrounding areas; Daily carrying capacity; Ecosystem service; InVEST model; NDVI; RUSLE.