Modeling Production-Living-Ecological Space for Chengdu, China: An Analytical Framework Based on Machine Learning with Automatic Parameterization of Environmental Elements

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Feb 22;20(5):3911. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20053911.

Abstract

Cities worldwide are facing the dual pressures of growing population and land expansion, leading to the intensification of conflicts in urban productive-living-ecological spaces (PLES). Therefore, the question of "how to dynamically judge the different thresholds of different indicators of PLES" plays an indispensable role in the studies of the multi-scenario simulation of land space changes and needs to be tackled in an appropriate way, given that the process simulation of key elements that affect the evolution of urban systems is yet to achieve complete coupling with PLES utilization configuration schemes. In this paper, we developed a scenario simulation framework combining the dynamic coupling model of Bagging-Cellular Automata (Bagging-CA) to generate various environmental element configuration patterns for urban PLES development. The key merit of our analytical approach is that the weights of different key driving factors under different scenarios are obtained through the automatic parameterized adjustment process, and we enrich the study cases for the vast southwest region in China, which is beneficial for balanced development between eastern and western regions in the country. Finally, we simulate the PLES with the data of finer land use classification, combining a machine learning and multi-objective scenario. Automatic parameterization of environmental elements can help planners and stakeholders understand more comprehensively the complex land space changes caused by the uncertainty of space resources and environment changes, so as to formulate appropriate policies and effectively guide the implementation of land space planning. The multi-scenario simulation method developed in this study has offered new insights and high applicability to other regions for modeling PLES.

Keywords: cellular automata; machine learning; multi-objective dynamic weights; production-living-ecological space (PLES); scenario simulation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • China
  • Cities
  • Computer Simulation
  • Conservation of Natural Resources
  • Ecosystem
  • Machine Learning*
  • Urban Renewal*
  • Urbanization

Grants and funding

This research is supported by the following three funds: (1) The Start-Up Funding for New Faculty at Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School (1270110033); (2) Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (2021A1515110537); and (3) NSFC: Study on comprehensive evaluation and planning response strategy of rural community resilience in post-disaster reconstruction area (51908475).