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Assessment of landscape resource using the scenic beauty estimation method at compound ecological system

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Landscape resource assessment of compound ecological system is the basic condition for planning various management activities. After field survey and obtaining landscape photos of the Badaling region, we built the evaluation system of landscape resources. Then, we recruited people to evaluate the indicators of different scenic spots with evaluation system and overall evaluation by scenic beauty estimation method (SBE). The results showed that A01 and A05 gave a good impression to tourists from the point of view of scenic spots. Judging from the evaluation indicators, the entire region had a high score in geological landscape, while some of the scenic spots had low scores in humanity landscape. Overall evaluation has better practicability for the area with better landscape. The two evaluation methods are consistent in evaluating good landscape by SBE, through analyzing the main reasons for the differences in evaluation. The results and methodology can benefit landscape resource assessments as well as provide support on planning and management for compound ecological system.

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Thanks to the editors and anonymous reviewers for their valuable suggestions. Thanks to Zibo Yu for helping to collect the data.

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This research was supported by the Beijing Municipal Commission of Science and Technology of China (Z161100001116084) and Beijing Philosophy and Social Sciences Planning Office of China (17ZDA17).

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All authors have read and agree to the published version of the manuscript. Lichun Mo: data collection, methodology, investigation; Yi Xie: writing—original draft preparation; Jiancheng Chen: writing—review and editing.

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Mo, L., Chen, J. & Xie, Y. Assessment of landscape resource using the scenic beauty estimation method at compound ecological system. Environ Sci Pollut Res 28, 5892–5899 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-10978-8

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