Exploring the impacts of ecosystem services on human well-being in Qinghai Province under the framework of the sustainable development goals

Journal of Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 345, P. 118880 - 118880

Published: Sept. 1, 2023

Language: Английский

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How does the climate change effect on hydropower potential, freshwater fisheries, and hydrological response of snow on water availability?

Applied Water Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(4)

Published: March 7, 2024

Abstract Globally there is already a lot of pressure on water resources because climate change, economic development, as well an increasing global populace. Many rivers originate in the mountains, where snowfall fluctuations and climate’s inherent unpredictability affect hydrological processes. Climate change sensitivity has been recognized recent years would hydropower, such humidity, cloudiness, precipitation, that are considered; warming emerges one most important contributors to change. The Yangtze River supports rich biodiversity provides ecosystem services for human survival development. In addition, changes, particularly short-term long-term precipitation temperature fluctuations, influence snow regime development river flow response at basin sub-basin scales. More precise this review focused understand hydropower potential, freshwater fisheries, dynamics snow-dominated basins.

Language: Английский

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Exploring residents' perceptions of ecosystem services in nature reserves to guide protection and management

Ecological Indicators, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 158, P. 111535 - 111535

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Understanding residents' perceptions of ecosystem services (ESs) is important for modern management. However, these are often overlooked in managing nature reserves, leading to decreased participation policy implementation. This study proposes investigate the and ecological concepts contained ESs among residents using a questionnaire survey. The results showed that: (1) Residents prioritize supporting they value "leisure recreation" most, followed by "air purification" "habitat animals plants". (2) Perceptions different have significant spatial differences, distance significantly affects perceptions. (3) Most types correlated with each other, indigenous concept has profound impact on their (4) Education livelihood play positive effect ESs, while nationality, gender, age, distance, relief show negative influence. Improving education levels, establishing community rules regulations, strengthening humans connections, environmental management, integrating into regional development planning some suggested solutions. research provides valuable insights incorporating knowledge management at local levels.

Language: Английский

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The local effects of new workspaces: Analyzing the relations between coworking spaces and the real estate market in Shanghai

Applied Geography, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 178, P. 103590 - 103590

Published: March 9, 2025

Language: Английский

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Comparison of different macroinvertebrates bioassessment indices in a large near‐natural watershed under the context of metacommunity theory

Ecology and Evolution, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(2)

Published: Feb. 1, 2024

The metacommunity theory proposes that community structure and biodiversity are influenced by both local processes (such as environmental filtering) regional dispersal). Despite the extensive use of traditional bioassessments based on species-environment relationships, impact dispersal these assessments has been largely overlooked. This study aims to compare correlations between various bioassessment indices, including Shannon Weiner (H'), Biological Monitoring Working Party (BMWP), average score per taxon (ASPT), biotic index (BI), EPT taxa (EPT), macroinvertebrates collected from 147 sampling sites in a subtropical Chinese near-natural catchment. Modified indices were calculated removing species strongly address influence processes. Their relationship with factors was then compared original indices. employed random forest regression (RFR) explanatory power using two sets spearman rank correlation analysis conducted examine factors. river health assessment performed modified results reveal significant differences (especially H' BI) providing more accurate reflection conditions. Furthermore, sensitivity different varied, leading Notably, H', BMWP, ASPT overestimated results, whereas BI underestimated them. These findings offer valuable insights into evaluation within catchment other interconnected freshwater ecosystems, such lakes, reservoirs, wetlands. Our underscores importance assessing mitigating obtain precise representation status ecosystems.

Language: Английский

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Wetland ecosystem service values in Beijing significantly increased from 1984 to 2020: Trend changes, type evolution, and driving factor

Ecological Indicators, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 166, P. 112235 - 112235

Published: June 14, 2024

Wetlands play a key role in maintaining the ecological security and sustainable economic development for Beijing, capital city of China. However, dynamic changes on wetland ecosystem service values (ESV) Beijing over past decades remain unknown. In this research, we analyzed changing trend, evolution types their driving factors wetlands ESV based statistical data from 1984 to 2020 with trend test gray correlation. The results revealed that showed remarkable increasing trend. were not set stone. Although proportion regulation services value decreased by about one-third, it was still dominant (ES) type Beijing. More importantly, socioeconomic most considerable influence ESV, followed human activities, natural had least impact.

Language: Английский

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Effects of riparian buffer and stream channel widths on ecological indicators in the upper and lower Indus River basins in Pakistan

Frontiers in Environmental Science, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 11

Published: Feb. 23, 2023

Riparian buffers and stream channel widths along river networks have extremely significant ecological influences on parameters stressors associated with riparian health indicators (RHIs). It is imperative for countries that rely heavily rivers irrigation to protect RHIs such as habitat, plant cover, regeneration, exotics, erosion. unclear which protection methods are most effective in less developed countries, Pakistan. This study fills this gap by using a quick field-based technique includes 273 transects examines the response of upper lower Indus River basins (IRB). In basin (LIB), buffer had considerable influence Pearson’s correlations, ranging from ̶ 0.47 < r 0.71 0.41 0.32, respectively. There was relationship between LIB when these were changed, habitat 0.37 0.41, cover 0.32 0.38, regeneration 0.29 0.25, erosion 0.34 0.49, exotics 0.39 0.24. contrast, (UIB) also adversely affected 0.28 0.27, 0.26, 0.19 0.38 0.23, 0.31 0.30. found principal component analysis responses varied considerably UIB LIB. Additionally, agglomerative hierarchical cluster stressor indices revealed dissimilarities supports need examine regions long rivers, subject same administrative strategies. Large ecosystems revised standards prevent further degradation based indicators.

Language: Английский

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Landscape ecological risk assessment and influencing factor analysis of basins in suburban areas of large cities – A case study of the Fuchunjiang River Basin, China

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 11

Published: May 11, 2023

Landscape ecological risk reflects the impact of human activities or natural hazards on landscape patterns, functions, and processes in a region. The scientific assessment its evolutionary trends can play an essential role maintaining improving regional wellbeing. This study focused Fuchunjiang River Basin suburbs Hangzhou, large city China with high degree heterogeneity rapid economic growth. Based land use data from 1990 to 2020, model geodetector tools were combined spatiotemporal variation characteristics influencing factors basin. results showed following: (1) pattern various types general trend increasing agglomeration decreasing loss index; (2) spatial distribution was “high northwest low southeast.” From basin township scales, long time although changes relatively drastic short periods; (3) GDP, interference, area urban rural residential land, arable transferred in, out dominant risk; (4) coupling between GDP 2020 exhibited inverted “U” shaped relationship, indicating that environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) may have same applicability management; (5) according main functions different agglomerations, targeted management strategies proposed. In short, this carried at scale for first time, quantitatively analyzed relationship development risk, proposed prevention strategies, which are instructive other areas experiencing urbanization world.

Language: Английский

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The impact of cross-regional social and ecological interactions on ecosystem service synergies

Journal of Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 357, P. 120671 - 120671

Published: April 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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The impact on ecosystem services from rural revitalization activity in China Shandong Province, from a human well-being perspective of local residential

Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 23, P. 100419 - 100419

Published: May 31, 2024

Rural decline is a global concern, and Ecosystem Services (ES) play crucial role in both rural revitalization the Human Well-being (HW) of residents. This study investigated 9 cases Shandong province, China, employing quantitative qualitative methods. It confirmed effect on HW based ES, using comprehensive assessment framework covering local ecosystem services contribution economic/social derived from Millennium Service Assessment (MA) Japan Biodiversity Outlook (JBO) consolidated variations into four ES dimensions perspective. As result, 4 common types were identified: (A) Large-scale Agriculture, (B) Local Specialty/Brand Making, (C) Industry Integration, (D) Urbanization Village, actors, core industries, key activities. According to interviews with residents, residents express high levels satisfaction Using TOPSIS analysis, we found that urbanization-led excels "economic/social" but falls short "Interaction nature health" "Life culture nature." In contrast, agriculture-based activities (A B) offer more balanced impact across various dimensions. The well-being varies depending how they utilize connect nature. These findings underscore potential large-scale agricultural development address population suggest fostering positive exchange capital between urban areas can enhance resilience rural-urban system. insights are especially relevant for addressing urban-rural imbalances developing countries experiencing expansion decline.

Language: Английский

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