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Arid Land Geography ›› 2026, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (5): 939-948.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000-6060.2025.761

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Spatiotemporal evolution characteristics and influencing factors of the supply and demand relationship of carbon sequestration services in Shaanxi Province

GENG Tianwei1,2(), HAN Wanxing1,2, LIN Fei1,2, LI Zhenhuan3()   

  1. 1 Institute of Geographical Science, Taiyuan Normal University, Jinzhong 030619, Shanxi, China
    2 Shanxi Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology Security in Fenhe River Valley, Taiyuan Normal University, Jinzhong 030619, Shanxi, China
    3 College of Humanities, Ningbo University of Finance and Economics, Ningbo 315175, Zhejiang, China
  • Received:2025-11-24 Revised:2025-12-18 Online:2026-05-25 Published:2026-05-25
  • Contact: LI Zhenhuan E-mail:gengtianwei1002@126.com;lizhenhuan@nbufe.edu.cn

Abstract:

Understanding the spatiotemporal evolution characteristics and influencing mechanisms of the supply and demand of ecosystem carbon sequestration services is critical for solving carbon governance problems and achieving dual carbon goals. Taking Shaanxi Province of China as an example, this study measured carbon sequestration supply via sequestration capacity and demand via revised energy consumption. It also analyzed the spatiotemporal evolution characteristics and the transformation process of the supply-demand relationship of carbon sequestration services in Shaanxi Province from 2015 to 2023 and identified the dominant factors and interactive effects affecting the supply-demand relationship with the help of the geodetector method, filling the gaps on influencing factors of carbon sequestration service supply and demand. The results reveal that (1) From 2015 to 2023, the carbon sequestration supply in Shaanxi Province exhibited a fluctuating and slow growth trend, with significant differences among different regions, with only slight changes in spatial characteristics. The low- and high-value areas were distributed alternately from north to south. (2) From 2015 to 2023, the carbon sequestration demand in Shaanxi Province continued to increase rapidly. In 2023, the scope of high-value areas further expanded, whereas the scope of low- and sub-low-value areas decreased. (3) The supply-demand status of carbon sequestration in Shaanxi Province shifted from mild surplus to mild deficit from 2015 to 2023, with a tendency of deficit expansion. The supply-demand status of most districts and counties shifted in a “declining” direction. Regarding spatial characteristics, a high in the north and south and low in the middle pattern was observed, with surplus districts/counties and deficit districts/counties distributed in clusters and their boundaries being distinct. (4) The impact of carbon sequestration demand on the supply-demand relationship was stronger than that of supply, with energy factors having the greatest impact, followed by socioeconomic factors, and natural factors having the smallest effect. The annual average precipitation, private car ownership, civil car ownership, population size, and industrial waste gas emissions were dominant factors affecting the supply-demand relationship. The interactive effects of the dominant factors were all higher than those before the interaction; however, the interaction between industrial waste gas emissions and other factors showed a nonlinear enhancement effect. Therefore, the interaction effects of other factors were all characterized by bivariate enhancement.

Key words: carbon sequestration services, supply and demand characteristics, influencing factors, Shaanxi Province