Spatial evaluation of the ecological importance based on GIS for environmental management: A case study in Xingguo county of China
The main purposes of this study are (1) to construct an integrated index at spatial scale to assess the importance of regional space maintaining water security, biodiversity conservation, disaster avoidance and protection, natural recreation, (2) to establish an GIS-based approach to identify the key space maintaining ecological security, (3) to propose some zoning regulations and measures for environmental management.