Evaluation of Changchun Jingyuetan National Scenic Spot Ecosystem Services, China

Abstract

Changchun Jingyuetan National Scenic Spot is a sophisticated ecosystem, to explicit the functions and values of ecological products, ecological process, and to offer information for decision makers, a range of appropriate ecological assessment methods: opportunity cost approach, cost analysis, human capital approach, the asset value method, travel cost method, willingness to pay method, were taken to evaluated the worth of scenic spot. The research find out that ecosystem service valuation of Changchun Jingyuetan National Scenic Spot is RMB 1420.7089 million, social value of providing ecosystems production, recreation places and employment accounting for 1.84% of the total value. The public services function value, selection value, heritage value and existing value account for 98.2% of the total value. Ecosystem value, which has been liable to be neglected by traditional development concept, is much more significant than its social economic value. The evaluation of Changchun Jingyuetan National Scenic Spot is conducive to its future development.