Integrating Thematic Map and Ecosystem Services in Evaluating the Effectiveness of District-Level Land Use Master Plans

Ecosystem services (ES) are understood as all the benefits that people can receive from the ecosystem. According to Planning Law No. 21/2017/QH14 promulgated on 24/11/2017 by the Government of Vietnam clearly states: “The spatial distribution of development in the planning process must ensure consistency between infrastructure, land allocation and environmental protection, ecosystem services”. District-level land use master plan is one of 38 types of detailed planning. In order to provide a visual, unified and comprehensive view of the change in human benefits due to the impact of the land use master plan, the difference between the values of ecosystem services needs to be assessed and shown in thematic maps. The object of research in this paper is the approved land use master plan of Tanh Linh district, Binh Thuan Province, Vietnam. The main points of the article are as follows: (1) Summary of the approved land use master plan of Tanh Linh district, Binh Thuan province, Vietnam; (2) Valuing the change in the value of ecosystem services due to the impact of the master plan by the benefit transfer method, using the Ecosystem Services Valuation Database (ESVD); (3) Select appropriate methods and use thematic maps showing research results.