The excessive expansion of road transportation often has an impact on the quality of regional habitats. This paper attempts to assess the impact of road transportation on regional habitat quality in economically developed areas. A kernel density analysis was used to characterise the road transportation development in Jiangsu Province from 2000 to 2015. An Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade‐offs (InVEST) habitat quality model was applied to assess changes in habitat quality. Furthermore, a fixed‐effect regression model was utilised to examine the impact of road transportation development in Jiangsu Province on habitat quality. The analysis indicates that the average kernel density of road transportation in the province increased from 0.109 to 0.551 km/km2 while the habitat quality decreased from 0.51 to 0.48. The development of road transportation in Jiangsu Province has had a serious negative impact on the quality of the habitat. For every 1‐ha increase in land area for road use, the habitat quality index will decrease by 0.066; for every 1 km/km2 increase in road transportation kernel density, the habitat quality index will decline by 0.121.

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经济发达地区道路交通发展对生境质量的影响——以江苏省为例

道路交通的过度扩张往往对区域生境质量产生影响。本文试图评估道路交通对经济发达地区区域生境质量的影响。使用核密度分析来描述 2000 年至 2015 年江苏省道路交通发展的特征。应用生态系统服务和权衡综合评估 (InVEST) 栖息地质量模型来评估栖息地质量的变化。此外，利用固定效应回归模型来检验江苏省道路交通发展对生境质量的影响。分析表明，全省道路交通平均核密度从0.109提高到0.551 km/km2，生境质量从0.51下降到0.48。江苏省道路交通的发展对生境质量产生了严重的负面影响。道路用地面积每增加1公顷，生境质量指数将下降0.066；道路交通核心密度每增加1km/km2，生境质量指数将下降0.121。