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Analysis of Evolving Carbon Stock Trends and Influencing Factors in Chongqing under Future Scenarios Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Kangwen Zhu, Jun He, Xiaosong Tian, Peng Hou, Longjiang Wu, Dongjie Guan, Tianyu Wang, Sheng Huang
The relationship between land use changes and regional carbon storage is closely linked. Identifying evolving trends concerning and influencing factors on carbon storage under future scenarios is key in order to achieve the “dual carbon” goals. Using Chongqing as a case study, this study integrated the advantages of the PLUS model, InVEST model, and a geographic detector model. It conducted simulations
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A 20-Year Ecotone Study of Pacific Northwest Mountain Forest Vulnerability to Changing Snow Conditions Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Todd R. Lookingbill, Jack DuPuy, Ellery Jacobs, Matteo Gonzalez, Tihomir S. Kostadinov
(1) Background: Global climate change is expected to significantly alter growing conditions along mountain gradients. Landscape ecological patterns are likely to shift significantly as species attempt to adapt to these changes. We evaluated the extent to which spatial (elevation and canopy cover) and temporal (decadal trend and El Niño–Southern Oscillation/Pacific Decadal Oscillation) factors impact
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Spatial and Temporal Changes in Ecological Resilience in the Shanxi–Shaanxi–Inner Mongolia Energy Zone with Multi-Scenario Simulation Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Xinmeng Cai, Yongyong Song, Dongqian Xue, Beibei Ma, Xianfeng Liu, Liwei Zhang
The energy-driven expansion of artificial surfaces has resulted in severe ecological problems. Scientific evaluation of regional ecological resilience under different scenarios is crucial for promoting ecological restoration. This study chose the Shanxi–Shaanxi–Inner Mongolia Energy Zone (SEZ) and modeled an ecological resilience evaluation based on resistance, adaptability, and recovery. Land-use
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Developing a Wilderness Quality Index for Continental Europe Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Iurii Strus, Stephen Carver
This paper presents an updated wilderness quality map, WQI 2.0, for Europe, which extends the existing map (WQI 1.0) to include non-EU states in Eastern Europe. The analysis utilizes the Google Earth Engine (GEE) cloud platform and incorporates contemporary datasets to assess wilderness quality across the continent. WQI 2.0 is compared to the previous version from the EU Wilderness register and global
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How Are Tier 2 Metropolises Affected by Housing Asset Value Deflation in the Depopulation Era? A Comparison between the Tokyo and Kansai Metropolitan Areas Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Masaaki Uto, Sophie Buhnik, Yuki Okazawa
This study analyzes the differences and similarities between Tier 1 (Tokyo) and Tier 2 (Kansai) metropolitan areas due to shrinking city problems. Both metropolitan areas will see a dramatic decrease in the housing asset value (HAV). Kansai is declining at a faster pace than Tokyo: it is projected that HAVs will register a further decrease of around 38% by 2045, and the decline will be quantitatively
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Remote Sensing Ecological Quality and Its Response to the Rocky Desertification in the World Heritage Karst Sites Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 Ao Jin, Kangning Xiong, Juan Hu, Anjun Lan, Shirong Zhang
Clarifying the spatial and temporal evolution characteristics of the ecological environment quality of World Heritage Karst Sites (WHKSs) and its response to different rocky desertification grades at spatial scales is crucial for the monitoring and protection of WHKSs as well as the implementation of ecological and environmental policies in karst regions. The ecological evaluation model of Remote Sensing
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Differences in Emotional Preferences toward Urban Green Spaces among Various Cultural Groups in Macau and Their Influencing Factors Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-24 Mengyao Wang, Yu Yan, Mingxuan Li, Long Zhou
This study explores the diversity in emotional tendencies and needs toward urban green spaces (UGSs) among people from different cultural backgrounds in the wave of cultural integration. We utilized social media data as research tools, gathering a wide range of perspectives and voices. Utilizing geolocation data from 176 UGSs in Macau, we collected 139,162 social media comments to analyze the emotional
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Envisaging the Intrinsic Departure from Zipf’s Law as an Indicator of Economic Concentration along Urban–Rural Gradients Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-24 Adele Sateriano, Giovanni Quaranta, Rosanna Salvia, Francisco Escrivà Saneugenio, Alvaro Marucci, Luca Salvati, Barbara Zagaglia, Francesco Chelli
A rank-size rule following Zipf’s law was tested along a complete urban–rural hierarchy in Greece using 2021 census data released at different administrative levels. Testing five econometric specifications (linear, quadratic, and cubic forms, together with refined logistic and Gompertz forms) on log-transformed population numbers, deviations from the rank-size rule were assumed as an indicator of economic
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How Mediterranean Ecosystem Deals with Wildfire Impact on Soil Ecosystem Services and Functions: A Review Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Marcos Francos, Fernando Colino-Prieto, Carlos Sánchez-García
Wildfires are a common phenomenon in Mediterranean environments. This study seeks to synthesize the main results of existing studies from the last decade on this topic and to highlight the need for managing soil impacted by wildfires in the Mediterranean environment. Researchers have found that the impact of fire during a forest fire on the soil, and the subsequent consequences on soil ecosystem services
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Surface Water (SW) and Shallow Groundwater (SGW) Nutrient Concentrations in Riparian Wetlands of a Mixed Land-Use Catchment Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 Bidisha Faruque Abesh, James T. Anderson, Jason A. Hubbart
Precipitation patterns, water flow direction, and local land-use practices affect surface water (SW) and shallow groundwater (SGW) nutrient concentrations in riparian wetlands. Given physical process complexities, spatiotemporal quantification of nutrients and physical factors influencing nutrient concentrations are needed to advance wetland water resource management. To address these needs, a study
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Application of Soil Multiparametric Indices to Assess Impacts of Grazing in Mediterranean Forests Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 Picazo Córdoba Marta Isabel, García Saucedo Francisco, Wic Baena Consolación, García Morote Francisco Antonio, López Serrano Francisco Ramón, Rubio Eva, Moreno Ortego José Luis, Andrés Abellán Manuela
In this study, the effects of different stocking rates were quantified in three study areas in a Mediterranean forest (Cuenca, Spain) by applying a multiparametric soil quality index (SQI) developed from undisturbed forest soils (>40 years). The main objective was to advance the development and application of multiparametric indices that allow for soil condition assessment. To fulfill this objective
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Continuity, Resilience, and Change in Rural Settlement Patterns from the Roman to Islamic Period in the Sicani Mountains (Central-Western Sicily) Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Angelo Castrorao Barba, Carla Aleo Nero, Giuseppina Battaglia, Luca Zambito, Ludovica Virga, Alessandra Messina, Marco Cangemi, Giuseppe Bazan
This study aims to analyze the dynamics of change in settlement models from the Roman, late antique, and Byzantine periods, focusing on how these transformations influenced the formation of Islamic societies in the rural landscapes of western Sicily. The study is centered around the territory of Corleone in the Sicani Mountains (central-western Sicily). This region, strategically located between the
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Unveiling Sri Lanka’s Wilderness: GIS-Based Modelling of Wilderness Attributes Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Uthpala Mudalige, Steve Carver
This research presents the first detailed national wilderness mapping project conducted in Sri Lanka, aiming to identify and assess the spatial distribution of wilderness areas in the country. The study utilises a GIS-based Wilderness Quality Index (WQI), incorporating three main wilderness attributes: remoteness from public roads, absence of modern human interventions, and naturalness of land cover
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The Evolution and Driving Mechanisms of the Blue-Green Space Publicness Pattern in Changsha, China Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Chen Zhang, Nan Zhang, Peijuan Zhu, Shuqian Qin, Yong Zhang
Urban blue-green space (UBGS), where public life occurs, is vital for social interaction, social cohesion, public spirit cultivation, and community formation. UBGS publicness reflects whether it supports and facilitates community formation. From the perspective of the man–land relationship, UBGS with high publicness should have three significant characteristics: accessibility of elements, functional
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Post-Conflict Urban Landscape Storytelling: Two Approaches to Contemporary Virtual Visualisation of Oral Narratives Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Ghieth Alkhateeb, Joanna Storie, Mart Külvik
Armed conflicts and resulting displacement disrupt people’s sense of place, leading to an imbalance in the people–place relationship, exaggerated by rehabilitation efforts that overlook the sense of place among conflict- and displacement-impacted communities. A continuous landscape narrative that extends from pre- to post-conflict times contributes to recreating the essence of lost landscapes and therefore
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Your Favourite Park Is Not My Favourite Park: A Participatory Geographic Information System Approach to Improving Urban Green and Blue Spaces—A Case Study in Edinburgh, Scotland Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Charlotte Wendelboe-Nelson, Yiyun Wang, Simon Bell, Craig W. McDougall, Catharine Ward Thompson
Access to urban green and blue spaces (UGBSs) has been associated with positive effects on health and wellbeing; however, the past decades have seen a decline in quality and user satisfaction with UGBSs. This reflects the mounting challenges that many UK cities face in providing appropriate public facilities, alongside issues such as health inequalities, an ageing population, climate change, and loss
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Potential Interactions between Climate Change and Land Use for Forest Issues in the Eastern United States Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Brice B. Hanberry, Marc D. Abrams, Gregory J. Nowacki
Applying an interaction framework, we examined whether climate change and combined land use and disturbance changes were synergistic, antagonistic, or neutral for forest issues of wildfires, tree growth, tree species distributions, species invasions and outbreaks, and deer herbivory, focused on the eastern United States generally since the 1800s and the development of instrumental records (1895). Climate
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A Review of Rural Land Capitalization: Current Status and Further Research Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Weiguo Fan, Yuheng Zhang, Nan Chen, Wanqing Nie
Land stands as a crucial factor in the production process. The rational allocation of land resources and the enhancement of land use efficiency play pivotal roles in maintaining stable economic development. Various land use types facilitate the capitalization of land resources through activities such as land transfer, land investment, and large-scale land management. Presently, certain regions grapple
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The Effects of Implementing Three Climate-Smart Practices with an Integrated Landscape Approach on Functional Connectivity and Carbon Storage Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Juan José Von Thaden, Debora Lithgow, Daniel A. Revollo-Fernández, María del Pilar Salazar-Vargas, Aram Rodríguez de los Santos
Climate-smart practices are actions that can be implemented without affecting agricultural activities and that can promote these activities, generating direct and indirect benefits in ecosystem services provision and increasing agricultural productivity and private income. The present study evaluated the effect of three climate-smart actions (establishment of isolated trees, recovery of riparian vegetation
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Characteristics Analysis and Prediction of Land Use Evolution in the Source Region of the Yangtze River and Yellow River Based on Improved FLUS Model Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Haoyue Gao, Tianling Qin, Qinghua Luan, Jianming Feng, Xiuyan Zhang, Yuhui Yang, Shu Xu, Jie Lu
Climate change profoundly alters land use in alpine regions, and delving into the evolutionary characteristics of these changes is crucial for the sustainable development of regional land resources and the gradual enhancement of the ecological environment. Taking the source region of the Yangtze and Yellow River (SRYAYE) as a case study, we integrate permafrost and snowfall data into the Future Land
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Spatial Disparity and Residential Assessment of Housing Cost-Burdened Renters Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Hyunjeong Lee
With the expanding rental sector and rising housing expenses, this research aims to compare the socio-demographic, economic, and housing statuses of renters burdened by housing costs in four regions, and also to explore predictors affecting their residential assessment. Using data from the 2020 Korean Housing Survey, this cross-sectional study identified 245 cost-burdened households whose housing expenses
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Scenario-Based Land Use and Land Cover Change Detection and Prediction Using the Cellular Automata–Markov Model in the Gumara Watershed, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Haile Belay, Assefa M. Melesse, Getachew Tegegne
Land use and land cover (LULC) change detection and prediction studies are crucial for supporting sustainable watershed planning and management. Hence, this study aimed to detect historical LULC changes from 1985 to 2019 and predict future changes for 2035 (near future) and 2065 (far future) in the Gumara watershed, Upper Blue Nile (UBN) Basin, Ethiopia. LULC classification for the years 1985, 2000
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Spatial Distribution of Soil Organic Carbon in the Forests of Nepal Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-17 Rajesh Malla, Prem Raj Neupane
Soil organic carbon (SOC) is the major constituent of the soil organic matter. SOC stocks are determined by several factors such as altitude, slope, aspect, canopy cover, and vegetation type. Using the Third National Forest Inventory (2010–2014) data of Nepal, we assessed SOC status in forests at a national scale for the better understanding of the SOC distribution within Nepal. In this study, we estimated
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A Systematic Review on Digital Soil Mapping Approaches in Lowland Areas Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-17 Odunayo David Adeniyi, Hauwa Bature, Michael Mearker
Digital soil mapping (DSM) around the world is mostly conducted in areas with a certain relief characterized by significant heterogeneities in soil-forming factors. However, lowland areas (e.g., plains, low-relief areas), prevalently used for agricultural purposes, might also show a certain variability in soil characteristics. To assess the spatial distribution of soil properties and classes, accurate
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Applying Multi-Sensor Satellite Data to Identify Key Natural Factors in Annual Livestock Change and Winter Livestock Disaster (Dzud) in Mongolian Nomadic Pasturelands Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Sinkyu Kang, Nanghyun Cho, Amartuvshin Narantsetseg, Bolor-Erdene Lkhamsuren, Otgon Khongorzul, Tumendemberel Tegshdelger, Bumsuk Seo, Keunchang Jang
In the present study, we tested the applicability of multi-sensor satellite data to account for key natural factors of annual livestock number changes in county-level soum districts of Mongolia. A schematic model of nomadic landscapes was developed and used to select potential drivers retrievable from multi-sensor satellite data. Three alternative methods (principal component analysis, PCA; stepwise
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Research on Adaptive Reuse Strategy of Industrial Heritage Based on the Method of Social Network Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Jinghua Song, Junyang Chen, Xiu Yang, Yuyi Zhu
With the deceleration of urban expansion, the adaptive reuse of industrial heritage buildings has emerged as a novel area of research. In previous times, the majority of approaches to adapting industrial heritage buildings relied on experiential knowledge, which lacked the ability to objectively assess the relationship between spaces and engage in rational planning. However, the social network analysis
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How Do Ecological Restoration Projects Affect Trade-Offs and Synergies between Ecosystem Services? Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Yuhui Ji, Miaomiao Xie, Yunxuan Liu, Renfen Zhu, Zhuoyun Tang, Rongwei Hu
Scientific ecosystem management requires the clarification of the synergic and trade-off relationship between ecosystem services, particularly in the environmentally delicate Loess Plateau region. Previous studies have indirectly deduced that ecological restoration projects affect ESRs by analyzing their impacts on ecosystem services, but there is no direct evidence from the existing research to show
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Evaluation of Soil Hydraulic Properties in Northern and Central Tunisian Soils for Improvement of Hydrological Modelling Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Asma Hmaied, Pascal Podwojewski, Ines Gharnouki, Hanene Chaabane, Claude Hammecker
The hydrological cycle is strongly affected by climate changes causing extreme weather events with long drought periods and heavy rainfall events. To predict the hydrological functioning of Tunisian catchments, modelling is an essential tool to estimate the consequences on water resources and to test the sustainability of the different land uses. Soil physical properties describing water flow are essential
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Seminatural Grasslands: An Emblematic Challenge for Nature Conservation in Protected Areas Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Daniela Gigante, Simone Angelucci, Federica Bonini, Federico Caruso, Valter Di Cecco, Domizia Donnini, Luciano Morbidini, Mariano Pauselli, Bernardo Valenti, Andrea Tassi, Marco Vizzari, Luciano Di Martino
Seminatural grasslands are among the most threatened habitats in Europe and worldwide, mainly due to changes in/abandonment of their traditional extensive use by grazing animals. This study aimed to develop an innovative model that integrates plant biodiversity, animal husbandry, and geo-informatics to manage and preserve seminatural grasslands in protected areas. With this objective, an integrated
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Urbanization Effects in Estimating Surface Air Temperature Trends in the Contiguous United States Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Siqi Huang, Guoyu Ren, Panfeng Zhang
In the past century, local-scale warming caused by a strengthening urban heat island effect has brought inevitable systematic bias to observational data from surface weather stations located in or near urban areas. In this study, the land use situation around U.S. Climate Reference Network (USCRN) stations was used as a reference for rural station selection; stations with similar environmental conditions
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Analysis of Influencing Factors on Farmers’ Willingness to Pay for the Use of Residential Land Based on Supervised Machine Learning Algorithms Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Jiafang Jin, Xinyi Li, Guoxiu Liu, Xiaowen Dai, Ruiping Ran
Aimed at advancing the reform of the Paid Use of Residential Land, this study investigates the willingness to pay among farmers and its underlying factors. Based on a Logistic Regression analysis of a micro-survey of 450 pieces of data from the Sichuan Province in 2023, we evaluated the effects of three factors, namely individual, regional and cultural forces. Further, Random Forest analysis and SHAP
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Evaluation and Driving Forces of Ecosystem Service Change in Maqu Alpine Wetland: An Emergy Approach Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Ziyi Han, Ruifeng Zhao, Lihua Zhang, Xidong Chen, Jingfa Wang, Haitian Lu, Fushou Liu
Wetlands are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth, providing various key ecosystem services to humans and other organisms. However, an insufficient understanding of the economic value and importance of wetland resources has seriously weakened the ecosystem service value of wetlands. Thus, a more comprehensive understanding of wetland ecosystem services must be revealed in order to propose
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Spatial–Temporal Differentiation and Trend Prediction of Coupling Coordination Degree of Port Environmental Efficiency and Urban Economy: A Case Study of the Yangtze River Delta Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Min Wang, Yu Lan, Huayu Li, Xiaodong Jing, Sitong Lu, Kexin Deng
Green development is a primary path for ports and cities to achieve a low-carbon transition under the Sustainable Development Goals and a powerful driving force to elevate regional port–city relations to a high level of coordination. In this paper, twenty port cities in the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) were selected and port environmental efficiency (PEE) was calculated through the window SBM model, while
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Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Carbon Emissions and Their Influencing Factors at the County Scale: A Case Study of Zhejiang Province, China Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-17 Xuanli Wang, Huifang Yu, Yiqun Wu, Congyue Zhou, Yonghua Li, Xingyu Lai, Jiahao He
Significant carbon emissions, a key contributor to global climate warming, pose risks to ecosystems and human living conditions. It is crucial to monitor the spatial and temporal patterns of carbon emissions at the county level to reach the goals of carbon peak and neutrality. This study examines carbon emissions and economic and social problems data from 89 counties in Zhejiang Province. It employs
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Comparative Effects of Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) Rooting on the Chemical Properties of Soils in Natural and Post-Fire Environments of the Edough Forest Massif (Northeastern Algeria) Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-17 Kamelia Hesni Benotmane, Mehdi Boukheroufa, Rym Sakraoui, Feriel Sakraoui, Csaba Centeri, Ádám Fehér, Krisztián Katona
Wild boars use a wide range of habitats. Their invasive nature is gaining attention due to the complexity of its impact. The goal of this research is to analyze the impact of the wild boar on the chemical properties of soils in a natural and a post-fire forest in the Edough Forest Massif in Algeria. This study compares the impact of wild boar rooting on soil parameters to determine the functional role
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Spatiotemporal Evolution and Mechanisms of Habitat Quality in Nature Reserve Land: A Case Study of 18 Nature Reserves in Hubei Province Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Ying Lin, Xian Zhang, He Zhu, Runtian Li
The contribution of biodiversity to the global economy, human survival, and welfare has been significantly increasing. However, nature reserves have long been subject to a sequence of ecological environmental issues caused by human activities. Therefore, quantitatively assessing the spatiotemporal evolution characteristics of habitat quality due to land use changes and exploring the mechanisms of potential
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Visual Perception Optimization of Residential Landscape Spaces in Cold Regions Using Virtual Reality and Machine Learning Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Xueshun Li, Kuntong Huang, Ruinan Zhang, Yang Chen, Yu Dong
The visual perception of landscape spaces between residences in cold regions is important for public health. To compensate for the existing research ignoring the cold snow season’s influence, this study selected two types of outdoor landscape space environments in non-snow and snow seasons as research objects. An eye tracker combined with a semantic differential (SD) questionnaire was used to verify
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Understanding the Spatial Distribution of Ecotourism in Indonesia and Its Relevance to the Protected Landscape Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Saraswati Sisriany, Katsunori Furuya
Ecotourism, a dynamic force in global tourism, holds promise for conserving the environment while ensuring benefits for local economies. In this study, we developed an ecotourism distribution map of Indonesia. We utilized location-based social networks (LSBNs) data derived from Google Maps API to map 172 ecotourism sites in Indonesia. Furthermore, we investigated the distribution patterns of ecotourism
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Inclusion of Nature-Based Solution in the Evaluation of Slope Stability in Large Areas Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Lukáš Zedek, Jan Šembera, Jan Kurka
In areas affected by mining, which are undergoing reclamation, their geotechnical characteristics need to be monitored and the level of landslide risk should be assessed. This risk should preferably be reduced by nature-based solutions. This paper presents a KurZeS slope stability assessment technique based on areal data. This method is suitable for large areas. In addition, a procedure is presented
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Dynamics of Peatland Fires in South Sumatra in 2019: Role of Groundwater Levels Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Muhammad Irfan, Erry Koriyanti, Khairul Saleh, Hadi, Sri Safrina, Awaludin, Albertus Sulaiman, Hamdi Akhsan, Suhadi, Rujito Agus Suwignyo, Eunho Choi, Iskhaq Iskandar
During the dry season, extensive peatland fires in South Sumatra and another peatland in Indonesia result in environmental damage and pose health risks to humans. The Indonesian Government has implemented several measures to prevent the recurrence of these fires. One such measure involves the establishment of observation stations to monitor hydrometeorological parameters in different peatlands across
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Bridging Geospatial and Semantic Worlds: Enhancing Analysis of Place-Based Concepts in GIS Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Omid Reza Abbasi, Ali Asghar Alesheikh, Aynaz Lotfata, Chiara Garau
People’s actions and behaviours contribute to the diversity and personality of a space, transforming it into a vibrant and thriving living environment. The main goal of this research is to present a GIS-based framework for assessing places. The framework is constructed based on the idea of conceptual spaces, integrating spatial and semantic concepts inside a geometric structure. The explanation of
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Synthesizing Recent Trends in Interventions and Key Ecosystem Services in Indonesian Peatland Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Hyun-Ah Choi, Cholho Song, Chul-Hee Lim, Woo-Kyun Lee, Hyunyoung Yang, Raehyun Kim
This study conducted a systematic literature review focusing on peatlands studies in Southeast Asia, specifically in Jambi, South Sumatra, and the Riau province of Indonesia, covering the period from 2001 to 2023. To ensure the quality and rigor of the analyzed articles, a critical process and systematic review were employed. Journal articles were extracted using reputable resources, including Google
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The Government–Farmer Cooperation Mechanism and Its Implementation Path to Realize the Goals of Optimizing Grain Planting Structure Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Gaofeng Ren, Xiao Cui
In order to alleviate the grain supply–demand structural contradictions and ensure the realization of grain planting structure optimization goals, it is necessary to clarify the interactive relationship between multiple entities, establish a cooperation mechanism, and explore its implementation paths. To this end, a differential game model is built to compare and analyze the optimal strategies, optimal
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Assessment of Coastal Cultural Ecosystem Services and Well-Being for Integrating Stakeholder Values into Coastal Planning Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Kristina Veidemane, Agnese Reke, Anda Ruskule, Ivo Vinogradovs
Coastal areas provide ecosystem services (ES), including a wide range of cultural ecosystem services (CES). This study aims to operationalize the ES approach for integrated assessment and mapping of coastal CES through the case of the eastern Baltic Sea coast in Latvia. It explores an interdisciplinary approach to enhance coastal planning, leveraging the strengths of plural disciplines to ensure a
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Agricultural Yield Responses to Climate Variabilities in West Africa: A Food Supply and Demand Analysis Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Martin Schultze, Stephen Kankam, Safiétou Sanfo, Christine Fürst
Agricultural productivity is expected to decrease under changing climate conditions that correspond to the stability of West African food systems. Although numerous studies have evaluated impacts of climate variability on crop yields, many uncertainties are still associated with climate extremes as well as the rapid population growth and corresponding dietary lifestyle. Here, we present a food supply
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Sample Size Optimization for Digital Soil Mapping: An Empirical Example Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Daniel D. Saurette, Richard J. Heck, Adam W. Gillespie, Aaron A. Berg, Asim Biswas
In the evolving field of digital soil mapping (DSM), the determination of sample size remains a pivotal challenge, particularly for large-scale regional projects. We introduced the Jensen-Shannon Divergence (DJS), a novel tool recently applied to DSM, to determine optimal sample sizes for a 2790 km2 area in Ontario, Canada. Utilizing 1791 observations, we generated maps for cation exchange capacity
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Spatial and Temporal Changes in Soil Freeze-Thaw State and Freezing Depth of Northeast China and Their Driving Factors Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Jiangtao Yu, Hangnan Yu, Lan Li, Weihong Zhu
It is necessary to further investigate the spatial considerations, temporal characteristics, and drivers of change affecting the beginning and end of soil freezing and thawing, including the maximum depth of the seasonal freezing (MDSF) and the active layer thickness (ALT) in Northeast China. Hourly soil temperature, among other data, from 1983–2022 were investigated, showing a delay of about 6 days
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Spatiotemporal Differentiation and Its Attribution of the Ecosystem Service Trade-Off/Synergy in the Yellow River Basin Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Huiying Sun, Zhenhua Di, Piling Sun, Xueyan Wang, Zhenwei Liu, Wenjuan Zhang
Clarifying the spatio-temporal patterns of ecosystem services trade-off/synergy relationships (ESTSs) and their attribution in the Yellow River Basin is crucial to constructing ecological civilization in China. This study first analyzed the spatio-temporal change of ecosystem services (ESs) including the water yield, soil conservation, carbon sequestration, and habitat quality in the Yellow River Basin
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Book Review: Ajai; Rimjhim, B. Desertification and Land Degradation: Concept to Combating; Routledge: Abingdon, UK, 2022; ISBN: 978-0-8153-6172-5 Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Pandi Zdruli
Desertification and land degradation (DLD) are some of the most silent, consistent, and dangerous threats to mankind [...]
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Reduction of Fine Dust and Alleviation of Heat Island Effect: An Analysis of Cold Air Flow in Pohang City, South Korea Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Woonkun Jung, Gunwoo Kim
The urban heat island (UHI) effect poses a significant challenge for cities like Pohang, South Korea, which suffer from environmental pollution. Integrating a ventilation corridor into city planning can mitigate this issue. Despite wind’s potential as a resource for urban areas, its role remains under-studied in urban planning and design. To address this gap, this study analyzes the wind environment
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Mateo Tepe or Devils Tower: Native and Tourist Differences in Geosite Interpretations Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Richard Stoffle, Kathleen Van Vlack, Heather H. Lim, Alannah Bell
Devils Tower is located in Wyoming, USA. It is composed of volcanic elements from the Tertiary Period of geologic time. Geologists are interested in this geosite because it is a unique, upstanding, steep-sided, high-relief exhumed Tertiary-age volcanic plug. As a Native American cultural geosite, however, it is often called Mateo Tepe, and it is a sacred place to over 20 Native American tribes. It
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Research on the Vitality of Public Spaces in Tourist Villages through Social Network Analysis: A Case Study of Mochou Village in Hubei, China Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Jinghua Song, Yuyi Zhu, Xiangzhai Chu, Xiu Yang
The construction of tourist villages is an important implementation path for promoting the new urbanization strategy in China. The optimization of their spatial pattern and functional adjustment is a key way to achieve high-quality urban development. The purpose of this study is to determine the influencing factors of public space vitality in tourist villages from the perspective of human behavior
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Identifying the Climatic and Anthropogenic Impact on Vegetation Surrounding the Natural Springs of the Arava Valley Using Remote Sensing Methods Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Ariel Mordechai Meroz, Avshalom Babad, Noam Levin
Natural springs, recognized as biodiversity hotspots and keystone ecosystems, exert positive ecological influences beyond their immediate extent, particularly in dryland environments. The water feeding these springs, largely governed by natural climatic conditions, is susceptible to anthropogenic impacts. The objective of this study was to determine the factors that cause fluctuations in water availability
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Measuring the Convergence and Divergence in Urban Street Perception among Residents and Tourists through Deep Learning: A Case Study of Macau Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Jiacheng Shi, Yu Yan, Mingxuan Li, Long Zhou
In today’s context of flourishing tourism, the development of urban tourism leads to a continuous influx of population. Existing empirical evidence highlights the interaction between tourists’ and residents’ perception of urban spaces and the local society and living spaces. This study, focusing on Macau, utilizes the region’s streetscape images to construct a deep learning-based model for quantifying
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Comparative Study of Cultural Landscape Perception in Historic Districts from the Perspectives of Tourists and Residents Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-09 Siyu Jiang, Jiang Liu
From a human-centric perspective, improving the spatial quality of historical districts is a key focus in achieving their refined governance. Based on a public survey performed in Zhangzhou Ancient City, we explored the differences in the perception of cultural landscape genes (CLGs) between residents and tourists with different individual characteristics, utilizing non-parametric tests and box-plot
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Identifying the Optimal Area Threshold of Mapping Units for Cultural Ecosystem Services in a River Basin Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Ye Li, Junda Huang, Yuncai Wang
Mapping cultural ecosystem services (CES) in river basins is crucial for spatially identifying areas that merit conservation due to their significant CES contributions. However, precise quantification of the appropriate area of mapping units, which is the basis for CES assessment, is rare in existing studies. In this study, the optimal area threshold of mapping units (OATMU) identification, consisting
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The Impact of Territorial Spatial Transformation on Carbon Storage: A Case Study of Suqian, East China Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Wenting Huang, Long Guo, Ting Zhang, Ting Chen, Longqian Chen, Long Li, Xundi Zhang
The carbon storage of terrestrial ecosystems plays a crucial role in mitigating climate change, and the transformation of territorial space has a significant impact on the carbon cycle of a country’s terrestrial ecosystems. Therefore, evaluating the impact of space transformation on carbon storage is essential for enhancing regional carbon storage potential and reducing carbon emissions. We use the
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Towards a Multi-Scale Effect of Land Mixed Use on Resident Population—A Novel Explanatory Framework of Interactive Spatial Factors Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Liu Liu, Huang Huang, Jiaxin Qi
Starting from Jane Jacobs’ critiques and largely promoted and emphasized by New Urbanism, land mixed use (LMU) has become prevalent worldwide. It is believed to be an efficient approach to shaping a higher level of vitality in the economy, equality in society, and quality in the environment. To reveal the differences of this effect at distinct spatial scales, this study selected the two most related
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Agricultural Land Market in Ukraine: Challenges of Trade Liberalization and Future Land Policy Reforms Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Shamil Ibatullin, Yosyp Dorosh, Oksana Sakal, Vitaliy Krupin, Roman Kharytonenko, Maria Bratinova
After over 20 years of a strict moratorium on the turnover of agricultural land in Ukraine, an official market for this type of land has recently been established. The purpose of this study was to examine the functioning of the fundamental elements of this market from the moment of its introduction on 1 July 2021 until today, as well as to understand the possible directions for its further development
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An Investigation of the Perception of Neoclassical, Eclectic, Modernist, and Postmodern Architecture within Different Urban Landscapes: Athens vs. Paris Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Amaury Chesné, Romanos Ioannidis
The public perception of buildings belonging to different architectural movements is a largely unexplored area from a quantitative scientific perspective. However, a better scientific understanding of perceptions of architectural movements is important for the formation of improved planning and design policies. In this work, we carry out an initial exploration of the public preferences of the architectural