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Li Y, Xie L, Zhang L, Huang L, Lin Y, Su Y, AmirReza S, He S, Zhu C, Li S, Gan M, Huang L, Wang K, Zhang J, Chen X. Understanding different cultural ecosystem services: An exploration of rural landscape preferences based on geographic and social media data. J Environ Manage 2022; 317:115487. [PMID: 35751282 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2022] [Revised: 05/25/2022] [Accepted: 06/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Rural landscapes offer a variety of cultural ecosystem services (CESs). However, the relationship between rural landscape characteristics and different CESs is still poorly understood. Therefore, this study explored the rural areas of Huzhou city, China, as a case study to assess the main rural landscape characteristics of different CESs based on public preferences. First, 148 scenic spots were classified into four CESs (physical, experiential, intellectual and inspirational), and the public preferences for each scenic spot were determined by combining tourists' scores obtained from social media and government assessment scores. Then, the landscape characteristic indicators were constructed from the natural, infrastructural and sensory perspectives by combining geographic and social media data. Finally, the random forest model was used to evaluate the public preferences for rural landscape characteristics overall and for different CESs. The word frequency analysis showed that, in addition to the nature landscape, infrastructure and service had a strong influence on public preferences. The relationship with rural landscape characteristics varied across different CESs. For physical CESs, the convenience of infrastructure played a greater role than natural landscape characteristics. Experiential CESs, on the other hand, were affected by natural landscape characteristics themselves. Intellectual CESs had higher requirements for both infrastructure and nature. Inspirational CESs included sensory evaluation indicators, in addition to their focus on natural landscape characteristics and infrastructure, indicating that this category of CESs was more concerned with inner experience. The use of social media data has enriched the dimensions of sensory elements and provided new ideas and information supplements for comprehensively understanding different CESs, thus better supporting the management, planning and protection of rural landscapes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yongjun Li
- Institute of Agriculture Remote Sensing and Information Technology, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
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- College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
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- Zhejiang Shuzhi Space Planning Design Co., Ltd, Hangzhou, 310000, China.
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- Zhejiang University City College, Business College, Hangzhou, 310015, China.
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- Institute of Agriculture Remote Sensing and Information Technology, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
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- College of Economics & Management, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, China.
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- Institute of Agriculture Remote Sensing and Information Technology, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
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- College of Economics and Management, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China.
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- Institute of Agriculture Remote Sensing and Information Technology, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
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- Institute of Agriculture Remote Sensing and Information Technology, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
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- Institute of Agriculture Remote Sensing and Information Technology, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China; The Rural Development Academy, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
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- Institute of Agriculture Remote Sensing and Information Technology, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China; The Rural Development Academy, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
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- Institute of Agriculture Remote Sensing and Information Technology, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China; The Rural Development Academy, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
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- Institute of Agriculture Remote Sensing and Information Technology, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China; The Rural Development Academy, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China; Key Laboratory of Urban Land Resources Monitoring and Simulation, Ministry of Natural Resources, Shenzhen, 518000, China.
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- Territorial Consolidation Center in Zhejiang Province, Department of Natural Resources of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, 310007, China.
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Li NX, Xu JF, Yin W, Chen QZ, Wang J, Shi ZH. Effect of local watershed landscapes on the nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations in the waterbodies of reservoir bays. Sci Total Environ 2020; 716:137132. [PMID: 32045768 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2019] [Revised: 02/03/2020] [Accepted: 02/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
Reservoir bays, which are affected by the reservoir and watershed characteristics, are the initial and most sensitive areas in the evolution process of reservoir water quality. However, the relationship between the watershed characteristics and nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations in reservoir bays is poorly understood. We selected 66 bays from the Danjiangkou Reservoir and sampled twice per year (storage and discharge periods) from 2015 to 2018 to monitor the total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP) concentration in the waterbodies of the reservoir bays. Four types of watershed characteristic indices (topographic variables, soil variables, land-use composition, and landscape patterns) around these bays were obtained. We quantified the relationship between the TN and TP concentrations and watershed characteristics in the waterbodies of the reservoir bays using partial least squares regression (PLSR). The results showed that the mean concentrations of TN and TP in the storage period (TN:1.69 mg·L-1, TP:0.088 mg·L-1) were higher than those in the discharge period (TN:1.22 mg·L-1, TP:0.063 mg·L-1). The optimal PLSR models explained 67.9% and 82.5% of the TN concentration variability, and 65.4% and 67.2% of the TP concentration variability during the storage and discharge period, respectively. Based on the variable importance in the projection (VIP) values, soil erodibility had significant effects on the TN and TP concentrations. The key factors affecting the TN concentration were the slope gradient, basin relief, topographic wetness index, forest and agricultural land use, whereas the factors controlling the TP concentration were the landscape shape index, edge density, Shannon's diversity index and grass land use, although the TP concentration was also controlled by the patch density and contagion during the storage period, and by mean patch size and largest patch index during the discharge period. This study provides critical insights into sustainable landscape planning and effective reservoir water quality management.
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- N X Li
- College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; CAS Center for Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change, Xi'an 710061, China
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- The Yangtze River Water Resources Protection Science Institute, Wuhan 430051, China
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- The Yangtze River Water Resources Protection Science Institute, Wuhan 430051, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; CAS Center for Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change, Xi'an 710061, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; CAS Center for Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change, Xi'an 710061, China.
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- College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China; CAS Center for Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change, Xi'an 710061, China.
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Bai Y, Chen Y, Alatalo JM, Yang Z, Jiang B. Scale effects on the relationships between land characteristics and ecosystem services- a case study in Taihu Lake Basin, China. Sci Total Environ 2020; 716:137083. [PMID: 32036149 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2019] [Revised: 01/08/2020] [Accepted: 02/01/2020] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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It is generally recognized that marginal changes in landscape characteristics can influence multiple ecosystem services, but the causal relationships involved are still very unclear due to lack of knowledge and data gaps. Planners and managers need spatial information and evidence on these causal relationships for systematic and sound land planning. This study evaluated the effects of landscape characteristics on seven types of ecosystem services and the trade-offs among the ecosystem services by combining statistical data and the InVEST model with correlation analysis across Taihu Lake Basin, China. We found that all ecosystem services except food production increased from 2005 to 2015 in the whole basin. We also found that correlations between landscape characteristic metrics and ecosystem services indicators changed over time for different types of ecosystem service indicators at the county scale, and between county and pixel scale. The results demonstrated the effects of landscape characteristic metrics on multiple ecosystem services indicators and the tradeoffs among these ecosystem services indicators, and also revealed scale effects on correlations and tradeoffs. Therefore planners and managers need to consider both landscape characteristic metrics and scale effects for effective landscape management to improve ecosystem services and reduce unwanted tradeoffs.
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- Yang Bai
- Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xishuangbanna 666303, China; Center of Conservation Biology, Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla 666303, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, P.O. Box: 2713, Doha, Qatar; Environmental Science Center, Qatar University, P.O. Box: 2713, Doha, Qatar
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- Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xishuangbanna 666303, China
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- Changjiang Water Resources Protection Institute, Wuhan 430051, China.
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