[Figure 8]
3.3 Spatial correlation between
ecosystem health and urbanization from 2000 to
2020
The global Moran’I results demonstrated that the spatial distribution of
EHI and urbanization was not random, but presented a negative spatial
correlation (all Moran’s I values <0 and
p-values < 0.05) (Table 6), which indicated that
urbanization degrading ecosystem health. However, the degree of negative
correlation varied across time. The negative correlation was strongest
in 2005 (Moran’s I: -0.059), and gradually increased after 2010.